Spoils from the Outer Approaches of the Mountain Keep

The party spends a chilled morning combing the ruined outerworks and terraces of the mountain keep. Snowdrifts conceal store rooms and collapsed service corridors, but careful searching yields useful finds rather than treasure hoards. You recover a single healing potion tucked in a locked chest, a handful of trade-grade gemstones likely stripped from the keep’s small treasury, and practical supplies left by earlier trespassers. A battered map with hand annotations points out a hidden drainage tunnel below the outer gate. Among the finds are two minor magical items tuned for life in high places: a warm, fur-lined cloak that wards against exposure and a rune-etched pick that helps identify workable ore seams. The haul is modest but valuable to a low-level party preparing to press deeper into the mountains or sell supplies to local craftsmen and guides.