THE MOUNTAINS
You wander up the mountain, making good progress over the course of a couple days, making a bit more each day. Any other path would have been easier, but you feel a drive to climb this mountain. Eventually, you reach a village in the mountains. It's surprisingly large, built in a sunken valley in the mountain's face. There are many small houses with two larger buildings. One being a spa of sorts, built around the nourishing mineral water and natural warm ponds of the mountain, and the other being some sort of school by the looks of it. The spa looks closed at the moment. Lastly, though not a building, there is one other feature which draws your attention. That being a large cave with a gaping mouth, boarded shut. Though it appears dark, strange shapes with beautiful colors can be seen defying the cave's oppressive darkness.