Overview
Caves under the hill where Kiril Stoyanovich's pack sleeps: a great cave round a fire pit, the pack leader's lair, a shrine to Mother Night, the alcove where the old leader Emil hangs in silver chains, and a pen of stolen children.
Warm, close and dark. Straw and furs, gnawed bones, the smell of animals that are sometimes people, and somewhere deeper in, small voices whispering.
Resting: no Not here. Every shadow in this cave has teeth, and some of them are pretending to sleep.
Getting here
Ways in
- From The Hills above Lake Zarovich: Down to the caves
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up to the hillside |  The Hills above Lake Zarovich | |
| 2 | Up to the hillside | The Hills above Lake Zarovich |
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
Offerings at the shrine, the shrine of Mother Night, an offering hidden under the shrine
Kiril's hoard
Bundles of drying herbs, a flask in the drying herbs
People
Who turns up at points in the story (5)
- Zuleika Toranescu, The great cave, The shrine of Mother Night (#3, #4, #5): when kiril defeated and emil toranescu with the party and not pack aftermath done; or when wolf pack leader is “emil”; or when (zuleika vouched or den guards cleared or emil freed) and not pack challenge begun and not pack resolved
- Emil Toranescu, The chained alcove, The great cave (#6, #7): when not emil freed and not emil dead; or when wolf pack leader is “emil” and not emil toranescu with the party
- Kiril Stoyanovich, The passage, The great cave (#8, #9): when emil freed and not pack challenge begun and not pack resolved; or when wolf pack leader is “kiril” and not truce broken
- Mirela, The great cave, The pen (#10, #11): when (kiril defeated or den broken) and not emil toranescu with the party and not pack aftermath done; or when not den children freed
- Fen Burley, The chained alcove (#12): when name thistle and not fen fate
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Offerings at the shrine | Candle ×3, 35 gp | open it |
| 14 | Kiril's hoard | Potion of Healing ×2, Perfume, Fine Clothes, Dice Set, 140 gp | lock DC 15 |
| 17 | a sword among Kiril's trophies (hidden) | Longsword of Wounding | Search: Perception DC 15 |
| 18 | an offering hidden under the shrine (hidden) | Moon Sickle, +2 (Sickle) | Search: Perception DC 15 |
| 19 | a flask in the drying herbs (hidden) | Elixir of Health | Search: Investigation DC 14 |
Tarokka treasure spots. If the reading hid one of the treasures here, it's in: Werewolf Den Shrine (mother_night_offerings)
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.
Skill checks
| # | Where | Check | Try | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Kiril's trophies | Survival 15 | Read Kiril's trophies | finds Longsword of Wounding |
| 16 | Bundles of drying herbs | Nature 14 | Sort the drying herbs | finds Elixir of Health |
Fights
- Shapes uncurl from the straw along the walls, and the cave is suddenly full of yellow eyes. Nobody told them…, in The Werewolf Den: Werewolf, Dire Wolf. Scales with your level.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- The Werewolf Den, when not zuleika vouched and not den guards cleared and not emil freed and not pack resolved and level ≥ 8: 5 × Werewolf, 2 × Dire Wolf (3900 XP)
- The Werewolf Den, when not zuleika vouched and not den guards cleared and not emil freed and not pack resolved and level ≥ 7: 4 × Werewolf, 2 × Dire Wolf (3200 XP)
- The Werewolf Den, when not zuleika vouched and not den guards cleared and not emil freed and not pack resolved: 3 × Werewolf, Dire Wolf (2300 XP)
- Kiril throws back his head and laughs, and the laugh turns into a howl halfway through, and his loyal wolves…, in The Werewolf Den: Kiril Stoyanovich, Werewolf, Dire Wolf. Scales with your level.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- The Werewolf Den, when den guards cleared and level ≥ 8: Kiril Stoyanovich, 3 × Werewolf, 2 × Dire Wolf (3600 XP; loot: 30 gp, Potion of Healing)
- The Werewolf Den, when level ≥ 8: Kiril Stoyanovich, 4 × Werewolf, 2 × Dire Wolf (4300 XP; loot: 30 gp, Potion of Healing)
- The Werewolf Den, when den guards cleared and level ≥ 7: Kiril Stoyanovich, 2 × Werewolf, 2 × Dire Wolf (2900 XP; loot: 30 gp, Potion of Healing)
- The Werewolf Den, when level ≥ 7: Kiril Stoyanovich, 3 × Werewolf, 2 × Dire Wolf (3600 XP; loot: 30 gp, Potion of Healing)
- The Werewolf Den: Kiril Stoyanovich, 2 × Werewolf, Dire Wolf (2700 XP; loot: 30 gp, Potion of Healing)
- For one moment Kiril and Emil look at each other across the cave, and agree on something for the first time…, in The Werewolf Den: Kiril Stoyanovich, Emil Toranescu, Werewolf, Dire Wolf. Scales with your level.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- The Werewolf Den, when level ≥ 8: Kiril Stoyanovich, Emil Toranescu, Zuleika (Werewolf), 3 × Werewolf, 2 × Dire Wolf (5000 XP; loot: 30 gp, Potion of Healing)
- The Werewolf Den, when level ≥ 7: Kiril Stoyanovich, Emil Toranescu, Zuleika (Werewolf), 2 × Werewolf, 2 × Dire Wolf (4300 XP; loot: 30 gp, Potion of Healing)
- The Werewolf Den: Kiril Stoyanovich, Emil Toranescu, Zuleika (Werewolf), Werewolf, Dire Wolf (3400 XP; loot: 30 gp, Potion of Healing)
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 Children in the Pen: Five children taken from the farms below Krezk, kept in a pen in the werewolves' den until their first moon.
- The Destined Ally: Madam Eva's fourth card named the one who will stand with us against the devil.
- The Pack in the Hills: A pack of werewolves dens in the hills above Lake Zarovich. Its leader serves the castle, and its old leader hangs in chains for refusing…