Rooms in Three of Swords

• A Groomed Path - You are standing in the western end of a very, very small valley, just about room enough for the one house standing to your east. You can see from here that the door to the cozy cottage is open and inviting, but the interior seems very dark. A path bordered by shrubberies leads up to the structure, and ends where you are standing; right by the easiest path back up into the mountains.
• A Rocky Slope - This slope is fairly shallow and easy to walk on, despite the loose shale and gravel. To the east is a high ridge you could stand on, and to the west is a flat area near two trails leading up and down into the mountains. High above you, to your west, is that ominous, dark peak, which seems to radiating a sense of hopelessness...
• A Rocky Slope - This treacherous slope leads ever-downward quite a ways, down to a valley where there seems to be a small village! What a village is doing this far from civilization, and how they survive you've no idea. From the smoke wafting from some of the chimneys, it looks like this place is still inhabited as well. Now if you can only get down this slope without breaking an ankle...
• A Rocky Slope - You are hungry. You are thirsty. You're slipping and sliding across this slope, trying to get to your destination without breaking your leg or falling and shattering your head. Below, you spot some movement in the village, giving proof the place is not a ghost-town. The main road of the village starts at the bottom of the slope just to the east, and the slope continues west and up far, far up the mountain.
• A Scraggly Trail - This trail slopes up and away from the main road to the west. At points the trail seems to fade into obscurity against the grey stone and near-grey mountain grass prevalent here. The trail leads generally eastward and up higher into the rocky ground. There is a sign here, seemingly out-of-place in this rough country.
• A Scraggly Trail - What could barely be called a trail leads west back down the mountainside, and down into a very small valley where a small house sits in the middle of a well-groomed yard. The door to the house is open and inviting, welcoming you for a visit.
• A Small Garden - This garden was probably once kept orderly and weedless. Unfortunately, it seems someone has been careless with a fireball. There's nothing here now but blast-marks and ashes, and the remains of a trail leading to the east edge of this tiny valley.
• Cave Entrance - You are standing in the entrance of a simply huge cave! The size is stunning! All around the entrance are burnt bones and various types of wooden and metal debris. Giant claw marks are all along the ground, leading back deeper into the cave. Two tunnels lead off from here, one up, one down. There are claw marks leading in either direction.
• Cave Passageway - The passage you are standing in turns west and south from here. One of the sconces here is out, making this area extremely dark and hard to see in. You do see lights from the south, however, seemingly brighter than the sconces you've seen along the walls so far.
• Cave Passageway - You are standing in a north-south tunnel carved naturally through the stone of the mountain. To the north the tunnel is lighted by sconces along the wall, banishing the deep, deep darkness you now stand in. To the south you can see nothing. A deep thumping noise seems to be getting louder and louder as you stand here, coming from somewhere deep inside.
• Corral - Many horses look up at you when you enter this corral. The horses are kept in by a big wooden fence, which they seem quite happy to been kept in by. You don't see anyone around taking care of these horses, but someone is probably close by.
• Diverging Paths - You are standing on a small plateau in the mountains, just south of a ridge that leads northwards through the rocky area. To the east, south, and west are gentle slopes leading down into different areas of the mountains. A giant, dark peak looks down over you to the west, looking quite spooky indeed!
• General Store - A bored shopkeeper waves an idle hand towards his stock of stuff. Browse, type list, buy, sell, whatever...
• Lair - This place is huge!!! It should be considering the dragon's great bulk. However, instead of seeing the customary carnage and mound of gold that one is accustomed to seeing in a dragon lair, this one is decorated subtly with tapestries and drapes, and other comforts of human life. There is even a huge-dragon sized bed--undoubtedly conjured to life by its elder dragon owner.
• Ledge - This ledge overlooks a small path that leads up and down from here. Below, you see the path head down to a large flat area where a small cottage lies nestled in the mountains, smoke rising from it in a curling line. Above, the path seems to head towards that dark peak piercing the sky. You notice a few boot-tracks in the earth, seemingly to lead down towards the cottage.
• Main Road - This place leaves you very unimpressed. And bored. You are definitely bored by this place. The people are listless, going about their daily chores with a slowness that pains your eyes. A slope to the west climbs up the mountainside, and two open shops made of wood and stone are to your north and south. East-wards this road continues. There is a small sign here.
• Mountain Ridge - You are standing on a ridge in the mountains, just east of a very small valley. You spot a tiny cottage sitting in the center of the valley, and the ridge continues south. Looking at the sheer drops to the north and west, you consider not taking those directions.
• Mountain Ridge - The mountain range continues north from here, and widens out into a small plateau just to your south. Going east and west from here would be a bad idea, considering the steepness of the drop. From this height, you have a fairly good panoramic view to the south, including what appears to be a small mountain village to your south and west, and a tall, ominous peak westwards from here.
• Mountain Trail - This mountain trail leads straight up into the evil looking mountains. High above you, one mountain peak seems to radiate danger and fear, and the trail seems to be leading straight up to it. You wonder if it is wise to continue this way... The trail goes even higher up to the west, and back down to the east.
• Mountain Trail - You have traveled high into the mountains. You can see a great deal of the Great Eastern Desert from here to the west. The skies are shrouded in patchy dark grey clouds, allowing only an occasional beam of sunlight to shine through. You can continue further up the mountain by heading east or back down to the west.
• Mountain Trail - The trail leads straight up into the high mountains and continues eastward. The heavy foliage makes visible difficult. A large blood stained boulder is laying nearby.
• Near the Peak - This is as close to the peak as you're going to get, unless you use that tiny, tiny path leading up to your north. Up the side of the mountain you see a great cave hollowed out, the inside pitch black. The path leads down the mountains to your east, which seems to be the best place to go.
• Outside a House - The path you are on leads from the front door of the cottage to your east, to the edge of the small valley to the west. The building seems quiet...almost too quiet. A small voice in the back of your head, the same voice that has saved your life on countless occasions, seems to be telling you that something is very, very wrong here.
• Reception - A hall leads away to the west lined with small brown doors. A small table has a ledger on it, seemingly almost unused. The hall is plain and without any decoration, except for a nice painting of (what else) a mountain hanging above the stairs that lead back down to the inn proper.
• Sloping Tunnel - This tunnel slopes deep, down into the mountain's heart. The air feels still and uncomfortably warm, despite the closeness of the cave's entrance above you. There's a deep, musky odor in the air, and the giant claw marks continue downwards.
• Sloping Tunnel - A bright light greets your eyes from the north, in direct contrast to the darkness of the tunnel overhead. You break out in a sweat due to the overwhelming warmth of the air. The musky odor has grown quite intense, drowning out everything else in the air and making it hard to breathe. Something in your gut begins squirming uncomfortably as you wonder what's ahead...
• Sloping Tunnel - The tunnels slopes up to the north deeper into the mountain. A rather gusty breeze riffles your clothing from ahead somewhere. The claw marks in the stone floor continue up the passage, through the darkness.
• Sloping Tunnel - The tunnel continues its slope upwards, and the wind blows at you even stronger yet. The claw tracks in the stone stop abruptly here, where there seems to be a lot of unearthed dirt and stone around, heaped upon the floor. You feel uneasy about this place, as if you could die without notice if you went north.
• Small Plateau - You are standing upon another mini-plateau, bordered by a sheer wall of rock to the north. You can climb up the slope to the east, or continue along the flat area to the west. Another slope leads downwards to the south, looking unsafe but climbable.
• Small, Dangerous Path - This path leads up, up, up the side of the mountain, to the evil-seeming cave. It also heads down to the south--a lot safer place to be. In fact, you hear footsteps above your head...
• Small, Dangerous Path - Unfortunately, you realize too late that this bigger ledge that leads north to the darkened cave is an ideal spot for an ambush. This ledge gives you a beautiful panoramic view of the entire mountain range, however. Breathtaking!
• Smithery - Devastation greets your eyes. The forge has been blasted apart, along with most of the back door. Hammers, tongs, and anvils lie about in one gigantic mess, and the smith's bed smoulders yet. This place has been utterly wrecked and blasted apart, by more than one man you would think from all the tracks in the dust...