On a great mound, sacred to the druids of this cursed land, sits dark cairns and standing stones reaching up as if the dead were rising from their graves.
Atop the hill and within it's concentric rings of piled stones sits a circular walled enclosure. Within stood half a dozen black and twisted stumps of trees, mishapen and corrupted, in their own dark circle. Within these dark stumps is believed to be the body of the souless children who are to be transformed into Lost Ones.
South and west stood the giant Black Banyan Tree with it's hanging roots twisted about and within many smaller trees encircling it. Where once stood a mighty oak, it had become almost completely strangled and absorbed by the ichorous corruption of the Black Banyan tree. Movement could be seen within.
When the PCs went to investigate, a swarm of Lost Ones erupted from the trees and rushed to attack. This included children, wolves and the larger lost children as well.
This battle was fought and won with great success.The heroes set the giant Black Banyan Tree on fire and battled against the Druids who responded. They freed four of the six children from their tree prisons, the others having already died. The children rescued were not soulless children, but rather young members of the tribe of the druids. When the PCs business there was completed, they let the children leave to return to their tribe.
Interestingly, Uphir managed to gain a powerful magic weapon out of the experience, being guided to it from a ghost of the past.
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