Overview
A clearing up the deer path from the Tser Pool camp, where the stream comes down out of the Svalich Woods: pines, a jumble of rocks with an old bear den under them, and hunters' traps in the leaves (The Dancing Bear, docs/story/side_quests.md).
A clearing in the pines where the stream comes down over stones. Under a heap of mossy rocks on the far side there's a dark hollow that smells of animal, and the leaves round it have been scraped up into a bed.
Resting: Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Tser Pool Encampment: Up the deer path beside the stream
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down the deer path to the camp |  Tser Pool Encampment | |
| 2 | Down the deer path to the camp | Tser Pool Encampment |
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
an iron trap
People
Who turns up at points in the story (1)
- Bujor, The clearing (#3): when quest the dancing bear at asked or quest the dancing bear at defended
What to find
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 4 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Fights
- Out of the trees all round the clearing come things that aren't trees, toward the sound of the cub crying., in The Old Den: Vine Blight, Needle Blight, Twig Blight. Scales with your level. Part of The Dancing Bear.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- The Old Den, when level ≥ 4: 4 × Vine Blight, 5 × Needle Blight, 3 × Twig Blight (725 XP)
- The Old Den: 2 × Vine Blight, 5 × Needle Blight, 4 × Twig Blight (550 XP)
Quests and lore
- The Dancing Bear: Lavinia's bear Bujor, who has danced on the Tser Pool camp's stage for nine years, broke his chain in the night and went up into the woods.