You turn around to confront the source of the hoofprint noise and you see two humans on horseback.  Their eyes appear to be in a glaze and they are looking right at you.  Thing is, you recognize these two.  They were farmhands that were captured a few weeks back.  Everyone assumed they were eaten like most of the people who are taken.  For some reason the Craxil must have decided to make them thralls and this is abundantly clear in their appearance.  These must be some of the "riders" you've heard about.

 
They both hop down from their horses and draw swords.  Given you were already standing at the edge of the canyon when they showed up, you don't have a lot of room to maneuver.  You know that before they became thralls they didn't really possess much fighting skill, but you have no idea now.  You don't have much time to decide what to do here.

 
There is a small gap between the two of them and they are widening it in an attempt to come at you from both sides.  Perhaps you should bolt between them and try to get away.  Alternatively, there is a branch sticking out of the wall of the canyon not far below you.  You could jump down to it and try to climb down the wall of the canyon to a safer ledge.  Either way, you need to get away from these two.

You jump To Branch And Climb Down

You aren't going to be able to outrun them if they have horses so you take the only option you got and jump.  You are scared out of your mind but you successfully grapple the hanging branch and the two riders can do nothing but glare down at you and growl.  The tricky part is getting down from here.  You have never really been afraid of heights but you are REALLY high up.  The nearest ledge is almost halfway down the canyon and the rockface isn't easily climbable.  Still, you don't have much of a choice so you try anyway.

 
You make it most of the way down until one of the groves you were holding onto comes out and you fall.  Thankfully, you land on the ledge and you were already most of the way there so aside from knocking the wind out of you and hurting like hell you are pretty much alright.  Its possible you might have a broken rib but you have no way of knowing and it isn't precluding you from going on even if it is broken.  After taking time to recover a bit and catch your breath, you look around a bit and find a clear way to climb down to the bottom of the canyon and downward you go.  Fortunately, you make it to the bottom of the canyon without further incident.

 

You have now reached the bottom of the canyon and you know the entrance to the Craxil's chasm must be around here somewhere, but it is a massive canyon to explore.  You spent almost 7 hours down there until you come across three bizarre looking doors.  One is red and bears the emblem of a bear.  The next is green and bears the emblem of a spider.  The last is blue and bears the emblem of a wolf.  This whole ritual gets even more bizarre when you notice a rabbit approach and stand beside the red door as if to beckon you in that way.  A squirrel approaches the green
door and stands atop the frame as if to endorse that one, and an owl flies down to a rock near the blue door.  Its times like these you wish you were a druid so you could better understand what the hell these critters are trying to tell you.  Still, you have a decision to make and your instincts (whatever they are worth) are telling you that you only get one shot at this.

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
~Hint:  Depending upon the path you took to get here, you may or may not have seen one or both of the creatures on the correct door already.  If not, you are just going to have to guess.~

You enter The Red Door With Bear Emblem, Endorsed By The Bunny

Who can resist a cute widdle fluffy wuffy bunny hmm?  You open the red door with the bear emblem and as soon as you enter, the door slams shut and locks behind you.  It looks like you really don't have much of a choice but to continue down this passageway.  At the end is a large, circular chamber with numerous torches illuminating the entire chamber.  You are trying to decide which of two passageways to proceed down until you notice two bears, one coming out of each passage.  They lock eyes on you and give chase almost immediately.  You turn and run back to the door you entered from but it won't budge.  It seems you've made the wrong decision, and now the bears are eviscorating your midsection. 

 
THE END