Thither - The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Thither. Thither is a sprawling fey woodland with a decaying core. With each passing day, Granny Nightshade's presence eats away at the forest's trees and taints its denizens. The rot worsens the closer one gets to Loomlurch, Granny Nightshade's lair. The Getaway Gang's forest stronghold is a treehouse nestled in the boughs of a treant named Little Oak Running This Chapter In this chapter, the characters explore the forests of Thither. They could be searching for their lost things or questing for a means to overthrow the Hourglass Coven. Deep in the forest, they can confront Granny Nightshade in her lair. Before your first game session in Thither, follow these steps to help make the players' experience as entertaining as possible: Thither is ruled by Skabatha Nightshade, also known as Granny Nightshade. Read her description and skim her stat block in appendix B. Read this chapter in its entirety, and reacquaint yourself with the "Prismeer Overview" in chapter 2. Look over the map of Thither. Locations marked on the map are described later in this chapter. Lost Things in Thither If you used the "Lost Things" adventure hook, check the Story Tracker to see if Skabatha Nightshade has anything the characters want to reclaim. When the characters enter Thither, anyone who had something stolen by Skabatha gets the nagging sensation that it is somewhere in this realm, though the character doesn't know where. The feeling fades when the character either regains what was lost or leaves Thither without recovering it. To find what they've lost, the characters must travel to Loomlurch. Objects that Granny Nightshade created using things she stole from the characters can be found in her dollhouse (see area L16). Navigating Thither Using the map of Thither as a reference, describe what the characters see as they forge their own path through the splinter-realm. Named locations on the map are described later in the chapter. Shortly after arriving in Thither, the characters come upo...