Bo-Jing and Beatriss found the heroes' burial mound and Ryu presided over the funeral of the warriors killed by the necromancer. The ceremony was disrupted by wolves from a nearby cave, but Bo-Jing chased the animals away before they could scavenge the bodies.
Bo-Jing and Beatriss spent the next week exploring the Valley and various small caves. They encountered fearsome monsters including yetis and giants that seemed to step at-will between the waking and the dream world and meld into walls. Most notably they located a cave with a crystal door, accessible only by a small hole. By drinking a magic potion, Beatriss was able to become a cloud of fog and slip through the hole. Inside the cave, she found one of the coins, embedded in the chest of a crystal statue. But like the strange giants, the entire statue resided in the dream world and could not be touched or wakened.
Running out of food and ideas, Beatriss and Bo-Jing left the valley. Opting to avoid Gansukh, they sought out the fire camp of Ganbaatar's Bolad horde. They found the camp, at the northeast corner of the valley, but the camp was deserted and the fire was out. Uneasy, but also very hungry, the party found the stores of firewood and rice. After restarting the fire, they cooked themselves a large meal.
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