The cave is pitch black and smells of dank and mold. It's quiet except for a faint dripping noise from water overhead and the occasionally scurrying of an unseen rodent through the darkness. Barely discernable by the light of a torch is a small pile of bones in one corner. From what type of animal they are from is unclear.
Gallery, Cave
crow
hunter
I came into the village to tell the men there that I knew where the wolves were sleeping and where their pups are, I offered to take them there and help end the menace in exchange for most of the pelts. The wolfskins will sell well in the town nearby. I'll make a pretty penny.
Don't worry, Crow. You are safe. I'm searching for far bigger beasts than you. Oh really? I've heard such cunning sayings just before I was attacked. Desperate times and all. I've got much bigger game in mind. I have found where the wolves are sleeping with their pups. So many of them. Their wolfskins will sell for much money. But I need to find a villager or two to help me. I hunt for mice in here often. You won't find any wolves in here, hunter. See that pile of bones in the corner? It wasn't a wolf that did that. No, no wolves in here. I'm looking for a fellow villager. Have you seen any in your flights around? No, no villagers. At least, not anymore... They've changed. Changed? How? Did something happen? Hear that dripping noise? Those waters... they help you see. They can all see now. They know. You make no sense. Waters? Perhaps if I drink the water I might see what they see. But maybe I should avoid them? Yes, yes, you should. I myself drank of them, and even I, a crow, can see much more than you can. I know so much... It's pretty disgusting water. Smells like sulphur. I can't see anything. In fact, it feels as if I am going blind. Did you trick me? Mwahahaha! It's only the beginning! Get ready to meet your new friends... or perhaps your doom. I hope you brought a weapon hunter.