Avan struggles as he swims. He makes some progress but is still away from the shore. He can see that about a mile maybe less downstream are some rapids and then what appears to be a drop off. Lukas and Aliana race down stream to try to get ahead of Avan to try a rescue again. You two can no longer here the waterfall you left far behind now. Lukas is soon ahead of Avan and he can see Mr. Fluffles a bit farther ahead. When he turn to look for Aliana he does not see her.
Aliana made a wrong turn and then her mule tripped over a tree root tossing her. She felt herself flying through the air before slamming into a tree. Darkness over takes her as she gasps in pain.
Avan is finally to gab a rock as he hits the rapids. Stopping his progress he works his way over the rock and tries to head to the western side. He jumps off the rock and swims some more as he works his way west but flounders some more before getting to another rock. He is panting now due to the effort of swimming and about a 1/4 mile from the next falls. He can rest there on the rock a bit as he is out of the water. Lukas should be arriving shortly as does Mr Fluffles. The rock he is on is about 20 feet from the shore.
Using both ropes and this time the mule, Lukas is able to help Avan get out of the river. The two of you will need to trek back over a hour to get back to where the others are at. When you get there it is starting to get dark. On the way back as you look for Aliana you find no trace of her. You do find her mule off the side of the river limping very badly with a broken leg.
The way to the east around where the waterfall is full of danger as the ground rises quickly. Following the river down stream is a easier path. Crossing the river is easiest where it comes out from the pool. Only the middle part is deep and hard to cross but with ropes and planning it can be done. The only other way to get around the waterfall is to head back to the road and move farther east to come back south. Plus there is that small path that Avan saw downstream too by some broken wagons.
Everyone moves back a bit so that if anything comes out from behind the waterfall it will not surprise them. Lldrahil tries to escape from the ropes but fails to do so. He is tied pretty good. As he is laying there he sees a Minotaur come down the cave. It passes by him without so much as a glance. A bit later it comes back carrying what looks like broken pieces of wood that may have at one time been part of a wagon.
The party moves back towards the waterfall and the cave behind it. It is getting dark and you will need a light source unless you have dark vision. The cave is pretty dark behind the water. As you enter the cave again you will see it is seems deserted right inside.
Ildrahil you are able to hide yourself some what but you can not move very far away and there is not a lot of things around you to help hide you in this cave.
Ildrahil - You are tied up with ropes around your ankles, Thighs, wrists and across your chest keeping your arms pinned to your sides. You can try to stand up but I think it may be difficult. Say a DC 20
As the group makes it in behind the waterfall you can see Zorks broken axe laying on the ground with some of his blood around it. You can see the cave gets more narrow as it is not very deep 50' before it turns to the right. With the light from the shield you can see that this part of the cave is empty but the opening on the right is 15 feet high 15 feet wide.
Zork your main weapon is broken I thought it was a battle axe but if a sword it is broken after two critical fails.
You move closer to the dark opening. Champ is going crazy with all the scents of Minotaur all over in the cave. As you look around the corner to the opening you will see a a short hallway 10' that ends with a rolled stone blocking the rest. There is something written on the stone.