Overview
Pines, boulders, a trickle of meltwater across the path, and the lake glinting far below through the trees.
Resting: Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.
Getting here
Ways in
- The travel map: The Hill Trail, in Lake Zarovich, the wolf hills and Lake Baratok. It shows once visited vallaki and (quest.the ravens ransom or quest fens trail at or past the blazes).
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On along the trail, west | the travel map | |
| 2 | On along the trail, west | the travel map | |
| 3 | On along the trail, east | the travel map | |
| 4 | On along the trail, east | the travel map |
Map
Key: gold, people; red, containers; purple, hidden finds; teal, skill checks; white, exits; orange, traps. The numbers match the lists on this page.
Close up
Ilarie
People
- Ilarie, A Hunter on the Hill Trail: The hill trail, 07:00–18:00 (#5)
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | something hidden under a stump (hidden) | Hunting Trap | Search: Perception DC 13 |
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 8 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Fights
- The count's fowlers drop out of the dead pine, and the bats come down after them like a black sheet shaken…, in The Hill Trail above Lake Zarovich: Vampire Spawn, Swarm of Bats. Scales with your level.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- The Hill Trail above Lake Zarovich, when fowlers ready and level ≥ 7: The Count's Fowler (Vampire Spawn), A Fowler (Vampire Spawn), 4 × Swarm of Bats (3800 XP; surprise: party)
- The Hill Trail above Lake Zarovich, when fowlers ready and level ≥ 6: The Count's Fowler (Vampire Spawn), A Fowler (Vampire Spawn), 3 × Swarm of Bats (3750 XP; surprise: party)
- The Hill Trail above Lake Zarovich, when fowlers ready: The Count's Fowler (Vampire Spawn), 2 × Swarm of Bats (1900 XP; surprise: party)
- The Hill Trail above Lake Zarovich, when not fowlers ready and level ≥ 7: The Count's Fowler (Vampire Spawn), A Fowler (Vampire Spawn), 4 × Swarm of Bats (3800 XP)
- The Hill Trail above Lake Zarovich, when not fowlers ready and level ≥ 6: The Count's Fowler (Vampire Spawn), A Fowler (Vampire Spawn), 3 × Swarm of Bats (3750 XP)
- The Hill Trail above Lake Zarovich, when not fowlers ready: The Count's Fowler (Vampire Spawn), 2 × Swarm of Bats (1900 XP)
Quests and lore
- Grandda's Trail: Thistle was raised in the deep woods by a trapper called Fen Burley. He followed a wolf the size of a pony into a wall of fog and never…
- The Ravens' Ransom: Urwin and Danika Martikov's younger boy flew out of the inn's window after dark to look at the castle, and didn't come home.