THE GORREN'S LAIR
VIEW OF ELMONT FROM THE WOLDS
| Location: Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire |
| Location: Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire |
“They came to a steep edge, marking the boundary of these hills. Below, dark forest stretched away westward. Apprehension showed on many faces as they gazed across the plain to where they knew, despite the haze that masked them, the heights of Elmont rose... Yonder as a black crow flew, many leagues away yet never far enough, lay the mountainside where he had fought for his life...”
“A mile further on, within a rearing scar of pallid rock, they reached what they had come to find... As they came in sight of the place, a huge black wormhole opening among the crags, one of the men turned sick and faint, unable to go on...”
“Suddenly the cave-mouth was no longer black, but filled with hideous light. With a trumpeting scream that emitted a cloud of venom, the beast came”
