Location: Swamp Hut

Rumors

There is a hut on a swamp island that can only be reached safely by a single boat and a lamppost-marked approach.
Tentacles reach through the windows and snatch animals from outside.
An old woman lives there, though some claim they have seen more than one.
Flumphs drift in the waters nearby.
The hut lies within Region Black Tooth Marshes.
Lizardfolk fled the area because of something strange and unnatural near the hut.
Some say the hut’s mistress can answer questions about death, spirits, and things beyond the grave.

The hut stands on a small island in the swamp.
Reaching it by swimming is dangerous because of the nearby flumphs and the hazards of the water.
Strange tentacles have been seen reaching from the hut or from around its cauldron to snatch living things.
The place feels unnatural and wrong.
There is some kind of presence, force, or phenomenon tied to the hut that has driven others away from the area.
As far as most people know, the hut is associated with an old woman living in eerie isolation.
Black Tooth lizardfolk once lived in the surrounding marsh, but later fled the region.
The party later visited the hut seeking answers about a necromantic ankh and the burden of escorting spirits.
An old woman there communed through the cauldron and led the party to an answer about opening a gateway for the dead.

The lizardfolk of the area fled because of the presence surrounding the hut.
Stories about the place have spread through the region over time, especially tales of tentacles, strange lights, and the old woman in the swamp.
At least one recent account described an old woman communing with something through the cauldron.
On 2026-03-11, the party journeyed to the hut for guidance on how to help spirits move on after becoming entangled with a psychopomp’s ankh.

A cryptic swamp-dweller who stirred the cauldron and encouraged the party to seek answers through direct contact with what lived within it

What is really in or beneath the hut?
What is the old woman actually doing there?
Why did the lizardfolk flee?
What is the true nature of the cauldron and the tentacles?
Is there a way to stop or seal whatever is happening there?
What exactly is the relationship between the hut, the old woman, and the realm of the dead?