Skull's Crossing

Winter rises,
but before her cold breath descends on the Hook, the skies darken like blood muddied water, and ominous clouds writhe on the horizon, bringing the near constant rain to new heights of torrential downpours.
Storms go on for days without the sun so much as peeking from behind her cloudy veil, and the rivers and lakes begin to swell.
Pure misery reigns as cold and wet become the order of every day, and mud seems to befoul every square foot of the region..

These unnatural rains are all part of the evil design Mokumurian's minions have for the region.
Barl Breakbones' primary goal on Hook Mountain is to push the Kreeg Ogres to forge weapons.
The destruction of Fort Rannick was merely an idle diversion for the Giant.
Lucrecia hit upon the plan to flood Turtleback Ferry, killing hundreds and giving their Runelord a sudden and unexpected boost of soul energy.
To engineer the flood, Barl sent a group of Ogres to Skull's Crossing, the immense dam that holds back the waters of Storval Deep, with orders to weaken the structure.
At the same time, the Annis coven used their Control Weather ability to ensure constant rain.

Of course, two factors Barl wasn't counting on were the Heroes from Sandpoint and a tribe of Trolls who dwell in Skull's Crossing and didn't take lightly to Ogres coming to break down their home..


The colossal dam is decorated with thousands of skulls. Five immense skulls adorn the center of the dam's face, ancient machinery built into the dam allowed the jaws of these skulls to be openend to act as floodgates.
The machinery still functions, but the source of power, a pair of Pit Fiends imprisoned in life-draining magic circles, has faltered.