Dark Dreams Wanderer and Skorri nimbly clamber the slopes of the Tor, mindful of the gathering undead below. Simultaneously Freyja, Gunnar and Signy make haste to ascend the Tor by way of one of the main causeways, the now-cowering dog Bogi following close.

At the culmination of each causeway a small old ditch marks the peak of the Tor, not a barrier to anyone but a symbolic boundary. The end of each ditch is anchored by an 8-foot-tall standing heelstone. They lean slightly inward toward each other and have tapered tops. Ancient Andøvan runes once marked their surfaces, but these have been worn to illegibility.

A ring of ancient standing stones is at the center of the Tor’s summit, some 200ft from the causeway that you have ascended. A few of the stones still stand as trilithons with posts and lintels 10 feet high, but most of the stones lie on the ground or are leaning at precarious angles. The dark clouds above swirl in a great spiral seemingly only a hundred feet above the hilltop and are constantly illuminated from within by flashes of lightning. Other streaks of lightning flash downward in jagged arcs to strike the still-standing trilithons, and after each flash, the stones radiate a pale glow for a few moments as if absorbing the power of the storm.



All the stones of the circle are carved of the same blueish dolerite, a type of stone not native to the area. They bear no legible carvings, but some faded, weathered creases in the rock hint that at one time they were richly adorned. At the center of the ring is a 3-foot-high-by-12-foot-long altar stone stained in ancient blood. The area between the altar and the ring is open and covered with low grass. Roughly half of the stones are still standing, especially the main entrance stones at the south of the ring.

At the altar you spy the old witch Sibbe and the jarl's youngest daughter Little Runa at the altar, seemingly conversing in harsh whispers. The remaining two daughters of the jarl Inga and Fastvi are tied up nearby. Two warriors stand on guard duty, recognizable even at this distance as the wanted men Njarni the Traitor and Gufti the Clever. The former hefts an ax and cries out a challenge pointing to your group at the heelstone boundary. Gufti grabs bow and sword, and the old crone starts gesturing and cackling as she casts a spell of magic. Little Runa cowers down low next the the altar.

Before your eyes the two outlaws increase and grow, swelling with foul magic until they are the size of large trolls and looking just as murderous. The wicked seiðkona glances over to the two bound girls clearly eager for the time to draw nigh for the sacrifice and her restorative ritual!

Dark Dreams Wanderer and Skorri lurk on the far side at the lip of the Tor, about 100ft from the stone circle, apparently unnoticed so far.

Spoiler: Initiative
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Gunnar (1d20+3)[8]
DDW (1d20+2)[11]
Freyja (1d20+1)[2]
Skorri (1d20+2)[19]
Signy (1d20+1)[5]
Sibbe (witch) (1d20+1)[4]
Njarni (axe) (1d20)[3]
Gufti (sword & bow) (1d20+2)[5]

Spoiler: Map
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The flashing lightning of the storm and glowing stones give the entire hilltop normal lightning.

Njarni (axe) is to the north
Gufti (bow & sword) to southwest


=> DDW & Skorri
some distance away still (see map)