The Black Russian Arrives: House of the Beast 0

From the West, BLACKBEARD THE SLAV a.k.a. THE BLACK RUSSIAN (a Ninjirate defeated at the battle of Monastery Island who is now seeking to atone for his sins as a questing knight in Pantaloonia's service) arrives with a motley retinue –

 



In addition to his stalwart squire, MISTER BRICKMAN, and the ever-mysterious PRISONER, he has added an additional 3 penitent pirates – seeking, as he does, to atone for their crimes. (Stanley the Standardbearer, Samurai Sam, and Mister Bully-hammer Esquire.)



Together, they arrive in the midst of the crumbling for-towers of THE HOUSE OF THE BEAST.



To their immediate right looms a large hill topped by a strange rock formation – perhaps the BURIAL MOUND of some ancient Pantaloonian?



 

To their left is a WOODCUTTER'S SHACK. A terrible stench wafts from its rotting timbers, and flies buzz all around it.



Beyond the shack stands STEEP CLIFF topped with a GUARD TOWER. Perhaps there is some way up the cliff on the other side? A strange scuttling, SCUFFLING NOISE drifts down from the top of the cliff.



In front of BLACKBEARD's war band is a STONE ROAD. To the right it disappears around the BURIAL MOUND.


 

To the left, the ROAD heads towards a MASSIVE STONE KEEP, surely the heart of the fortress's defenses. Could that be movement at the keep's base?

On the other side of the road stands one of the fortress's smaller towers. A variety of strange MUSHROOMS grows at its base. A strange murmuring, snoring noise emanates from the tower's other side.



What will BLACKBEARD THE SLAV and his motley crew do?

1. Climb and investigate the BURIAL MOUND.

2. Investigate the stinking WOODCUTTER'S SHACK. 

3. Look for a way to climb up the CLIFF and investigate the SCUFFLING NOISE.

4. Take the stone ROAD RIGHT, around the BURIAL MOUND.

5. Take the stone ROAD LEFT, towards the KEEP.

6. Cross the road and investigate the MUSHROOMS and SNORING.

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