Crispvale Thicket

The Crisp Vale Thicket was a small forest consisting of thick dark green pine trees. This forest was located in in the northeast of the Dwendalian Empire, on the crossroads between Bladegarden and Nogvurot, and between Hupperdook and Grimgolir.

Known Inhabitants

 * Guiatao Clan. A tribe of Firbolg.

While the Mighty Nein was heading north from Hupperdook towards Shady Creek Run in an effort to catch the Iron Shepherds and rescue Jester, Fjord, and Yasha from enslavement, they decided to not take the path through towards the crossroads but instead take the presumed quicker path around the forest. Making their way around the forest they discovered an abandoned homestead that was around 200 feet from the northern edge of the thicket. This one story farmhouse had a partially collapsed roof on one side, around three to four rooms within, and jagged broken pane glass windows. Although the interior of the house was a disarray of mildew, rotten and partly burnt furniture, investigating the space Nott was able to find, 5 torches, a rusted yet functional handaxe, and a partially filled broken oil lantern, from which she filled one of her unused flasks with its oil. additionally, Molly discovered a small scarred and pockmarked iron symbol to the Pelor a top the fireplace mantle as a place of worship. Noticeably, the wood around the fireplace and stone was damaged similarly to the symbol, in that it was strangely smoothed over. Making camp, the party prepared to take a rest. They sensed localized rumbling and the horses became distressed, and then the party was assaulted by group of ankheg that emerged out of the ground and spit acid at their horses. Two of the horses had were killed outright or had to be put down.