Thistletop Exterior

After defeating Elyrium, the party took a day off to check and augment their equipment. However, their leisure was interrupted when Madrack Stoot rode into town and fell off his horse, severely wounded. He informed them that Shallelu had been captured by Bruthazmus, a particularly deadly bugbear. The next day the party borrowed horses and rode to a strange place named Thistletop. While there were no thistles there, the plants did grow spikes and were tall enough and entertwined enough to create a hedgemaze. The goblins moved through this maze in tunnels hacked through the bushes, their entrances covered in mats woven with nettles.