Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter Five – What Lies Below

As they descended, stone gave way to something older—walls that curved like bones, rooms preserved for a purpose long forgotten. In the heart of the darkness, they found it: a cold chamber of metal and silence, a body vivisected with ritual precision, its insides arranged not for healing but for binding. And then the door closed behind them.

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April 16, 2025

Adventure: The Echoes of Black Hollow

Deep beneath the abandoned mines of Black Hollow, an ancient darkness stirs. The townsfolk speak of whispers in the night, of vanished miners, and of a long-forgotten entity that should have remained sealed. This mystery horror adventure for six 3rd-level characters takes players through a cursed town, haunted tunnels, and a buried temple where they must uncover the truth before the Hollow Shade consumes them all. Will your party break the cycle of doom—or become part of its legend?

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March 20, 2025

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Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter Nine – The Labyrinth of False PromisesApril 18, 2025
Reading Time: 9 minutesTrapped in a cursed maze beneath the ruined city, the heroes chase the illusion of a sacred artifact. As Kaelen’s cursed wound worsens and Aelinthir unravels emotionally, the party faces deadly traps, hallucinatory corridors, and a room packed with undead horrors. But when they realize the Orb of Rah was never real, their purpose shifts—from hope to vengeance.
Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter 8 – The Catacombs BeneathApril 18, 2025
Reading Time: 10 minutesDescending into a suffocating maze beneath a ruined city, the party encounters Varlek the Craven at last—but not before Kaelen is cursed by a necromantic dagger. As the ancient tomb collapses and the necromancer vanishes into shadow, the party is left reeling, their strongest warrior dying, and the only hope for a cure buried deeper in darkness.
Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter 7 – The Corridor of ChoicesApril 17, 2025
Reading Time: 11 minutesTrapped in a tomb of seamless stone, the heroes find themselves fighting not with steel, but with time. As golden sand pours in from the ceiling, threatening to bury them alive, only Thimara’s heightened senses can reveal the ancient puzzle that holds their salvation. In the darkness, breathless and sinking, they must trust in instinct, intelligence, and each other—or be entombed forever beneath the earth.
Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter Six – A Way Blocked By DeathApril 16, 2025
Reading Time: 9 minutesIn Chapter Six of Cresthaven: The Shattered Path, the heroes descend into ancient catacombs only to face a terrifying undead monstrosity—a Minotaur Lord animated by dark necromancy.
Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter Five – What Lies BelowApril 16, 2025
Reading Time: 6 minutes As they descended, stone gave way to something older—walls that curved like bones, rooms preserved for a purpose long forgotten. In the heart of the darkness, they found it: a cold chamber of metal and silence, a body vivisected with ritual precision, its insides arranged not for healing but for binding. And then the door closed behind them.
Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter Four – Beneath the HollowApril 15, 2025
Reading Time: 8 minutesAs the storm’s echoes faded, the party ventured into Shady Hollows, where fog clung low and silence reigned. Disturbed graves, vanished names, and a fleeing shadow led them to a forgotten crypt bearing the Hollowmere name.
Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter Three – Where the Hollow SleepsApril 14, 2025
Reading Time: 12 minutesAs a supernatural storm descends upon Cresthaven, the temple becomes a battlefield. The dead rise not with hunger, but with relentless fury. The heroes hold the line as wave after wave crashes against the stone, and hope dims with each fallen villager.
Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter TwoApril 13, 2025
Reading Time: 11 minutesAs a storm brews over Cresthaven, the heroes delve into the secrets of the Temple of Aysys. There, beneath polished stone and rigid doctrine, they uncover visions tied to their dreams and hints of an ancient truth long buried. When the trail leads to a disturbed grave in the Shady Hollows Cemetery, the earth itself seems to awaken.
Cresthaven: The Shattered Path: Chapter OneApril 11, 2025
Reading Time: 12 minutesIt began not in the village square beneath the flickering lanterns of Cresthaven, but days earlier—at the crossroads west of the Ironspine Range, where ancient pines leaned close as if to eavesdrop on destiny. The forest stood sentinel here, as it had for a thousand years, its dark boughs heavy with secrets whispered only to the wind.
Cresthaven: The Shattered PathApril 11, 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutesFor centuries, Cresthaven had nestled in the shadow of the Ironspine Range, a haven for those seeking refuge from the wider world's turmoil. Its people were hardy folk who lived by simple truths: honor your word, respect the land, and never venture into Whispering Hollow after nightfall.