Champions of the Spheres - IC

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The Kenku runs away into the darkness, and you turn your attention back to the hill. After a little effort, you reach the top where the clearing and ruins are. Targan carefully checks for traps on the way, but doesn't find any - the pit traps seem to be limited to the path. You reach the edge of the clearing, and hide behind the last few trees while you get a better look around.

The six ruined statues surround a stone well, set atop a cobbled mosaic. The statues depict warriors with swords and shields; there were once six of them, but one has been broken and only the legs and a heap of rubble remain. To the north is a large building, which looks distinctly like a temple; to the south is its mirror image. Scattered around to the east and west are five more buildings of varying sizes. Both the temples and the smaller buildings are in various sates of decay; one of the smaller buildings has collapsed completely and trees are growing inside the southern temple.

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Disregard the compass rose; North is going to be at the top of the map to make things easier to describe in PBP. Each square is 5ft. The path comes in to the SE; you've arrived from the NW after getting turned around in the forest.

Near the well, there is a small fire built up, and in its light you can see three more kenku walking to and fro. They're "talking" to one another with snatches of words and bird sounds, and seem unaware of your presence. As well as the kenku, there are also a huge number of dark birds around, perched on every available surface, right up to the edge of the trees. Crows, by the looks of them. A whole swarm of them.