Grim Grotto (Adventurer) (Patreon)

The remains of this long-dead spelunker tell a tale of their own, his pack laden with supplies, and his trusty pick, still in pristine condition at his side, suggest a dangerous delve into this placid sanctuary hidden in a pocket below the ridge. His climbing rope lies coiled around him, the cause of his death evident in the severed tip of dry-rotted twine. A break, or perhaps cut by a blunt knife from above as he repelled down to the surface. 

 In any case, the strange, rune-laden notes in his expeditionary journal, filled with conjectured maps and speculated histories of what lies lost deeper in the subterranean passage might prove an alluring motivation for any to finally come upon this unfortunate explorer.