Kitcher's Folly

Kitcher's Folly was a monument in Chult erected in honor of a would-be great explorer from Scardale, Sir Ilyber Kitcher, after his death, several centuries before 1362 DR.

Description
Kitcher's Folly was located in a weed-infested clearing along a jungle trail that led away from Port Castigliar. The center of the small clearing let sun and moonlight spotlight the monument to Ilyber Kitcher. The statue was a great stone tall bust of the infamous adventurer. By 1362 DR, the monument's facial features were somewhat eroded by the elements. However, a traveler could still recognize Ilyber's unpleasant bitter face with grim eyes that were crowned with severe eyebrows. The bust's clenched thin lips were wrapped in a long hanging stone mustache. At the base of the great stone head several inscriptions were cut into the rock, similarly faded with centuries.

Geography
According to Artus Cimber's notes, Kitcher's Folly laid inland, to the west from Port Castigliar, reachable via a small jungle trail used by the local Tabaxi folk. The Folly could be reached within seven days track through the jungle, including nightly rest.

History
Several centuries before 1362 DR, a pompous and overly ambitious nobleman explorer from Scardale, Sir Ilyber Kitcher arrived in Chult. Financed by his rich Uncle Castigliar, Ilyber embarked on uncovering unmapped Chultan lands and planned to erect a series of enchanted monuments to commemorate his future glorious achievements. He planned to place these busts on the sites of his discoveries and illustrious battles and enchant them to recite the tales of Sir Kitcher's achievements and inform travelers about local flora and fauna and survival tips.

In the end, Kitcher's career ended quickly as he was killed early on. His Uncle, thankful for a plot of land named after him, later to become the settlement Port Castigliar, paid a group of people to sneak into the jungle and erect one monument that came to be infamous for its history, Kitcher's Folly.

In 1362 DR, Artus Cimber traveled past Kitcher's Folly along with his guide Judar Zanj and four bearers towards the dangerous Altispinax Swamp.

Rumors and Legends
Some of the local superstitious sorts thought Kitcher's Folly to be a petrified evil giant, buried chest-deep in the ground by Ubtao himself as a warning to keep outsiders away from the jungle.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Ring of Winter