From the upcoming volume of DRINK.

Darkness so thoroughly blankets this place, torchlight struggles to penetrate the gloom. What little light can persevere reveals a crowd of a hundred grinning faces choked by gnarled roots.

Smirking Spires (stone obelisks, ancient, worn, half sunken, engulfed by twisted roots)
The pillarman stands completely still amongst them. 
Choketrees (tangled roots form solid floor, canopy creates total darkness)
Pyrophylous. Secretes flammable oil. Seeds fully grow in d4 hours after exposure to fire.
Dissected corpse (lies on stone slab, splayed open, hollowed)
6 organ jars (chiseled stone, contain vital organs, emit pink-purple haze)
One jar contains 1 dead scripture worm. If consumed, gain 1 random aberration.
Mausoleum (iron gate sealed in wax, paper talismans with dark hand prints, scorch marks)
Small subterranean crypt. Burnt flesh smell. The smoldering torch-eater is sealed within.
Below: crypt passage (webbed corridors, skittering vermin)
To the path remembered.
Around: blind forest (dense trees amongst darkness, insects buzz, strange beasts howl)
To a random path.

Pillarman

Thin. Headless. A smirking spire sits upon his stump. Stays just beyond the glow of light, extinguishing it if able. Has sealed away the torch-eater. He can sense what others cannot see.
HP 6     morale 7     obelisk -d4     acid flask d4 + special
Special armor is reduced by 1 tier. If there is no armor, deal 1 additional damage.
Death practitioner: Extracts 1 disease or parasite. Creates and offers 1 poison (any) in return.
Driven to understand the forbidden, unveil the deceiver, and aid the sick.

Torch-eater

Flesh like hot embers. Fire spills from his belly. It speaks one word, “SORCHA”.
HP 14     morale –     ember flesh -d2     molten vomit d2 attacks, d6 + special
Special If hit by 2 molten vomit attacks, swallow the spew and inherit the embered curse. Gain the fire swallower trait. For each 10HP restored by fire consumption, test presence as your flesh cracks and smolders. On a failure, your belly bursts with spilling embers. A torch-eater is born.
Fire swallower: Consuming torches restores d4 HP. Consuming lantern oil restores 4 HP. Emit a bright glow for d4 + presence hours after consumption.
Burning hate: The torch-eater chooses 1 target to become the focus of its hate. So long as the focus lives, it knows their location and pursues them tirelessly. If the torch-eater is reduced to 0HP, its embers drift to the winds. Over the next 24 hours, its face briefly appears in open flames near its focus, after which it will emerge from the closest fire to continue its pursuit. If fled, there is a 1 in 6 chance it appears during any subsequent encounter.
Driven to consume light. All it knows is hate.

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