Pagan: Rite of Passage

I don't like the look of this. The Avatar has been dumped by the evil Guardian on the alien world of Pagan. He has managed to outfit himself, but the only clue he has that might lead to a way home is to consult the hermit Mythran on the Plateau. The only thing stopping me from getting there is my tendency to stop and investigate everything along the way. Hence, this entry opens with the Avatar in a cave whose entrance he has just finished clearing by painstakingly removing about 20 boards. It leads to a short dungeon with something that looks like a bedchamber, but the experience ends in a couple of locked doors. I return to the Valley. As far as I can get in this cave. Elsewhere on this map, I find: A large torax ranch with multiple toraxes in stables and an adjacent field.A dilapidated house with a dead kith (a spider-like creature) and a copy of Devenoming the Kith. The house of Gwillim, the rancher I met last time. He's not in it, but I meet his wife, Corinth. She's proud of her…