Description
A long walkway closed in on both sides by brutal, dark vegetation, the ground scorched and stained, cracking open at points that sear with heat and boiling gases. At the end stands a portal or opening of some kind, a strong translucent energy pouring from it that is at the same time both enticing and repellent. The ground seems vulnerable when walked upon, rumours of spiked pits awaiting beneath the surface for those who tread forward without care.
Encounter Hook
As the party steps with trepidation along this dark walkway, the portal at its end beckons all attention, but reaching it is not to be taken for granted, for the walkway itself bubbles on its surface, its almost sentient nature reacting to every tremor, to every step taken or word whispered. And then a shadow appears through the energy emanating from the portal. And then another shadow. Then another, as a number of winged creatures burst forth...
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Animated Version
Meantime, here's a logomarked animated version - you get the full mp4 file in your pack once you complete the purchase!