[OOC: suggested soundtrack: Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 18, by Sergei Rachmaninoff]

You realize that this must be the fabled Temple of Hamaskar, that you were looking for. The temperature inside is relatively mild, a more than welcome relief from the outside conditions.
The underground structure is all painstakingly carved in white marble stone with delicate pink and sky-blue veins, above your heads you notice intricate ogival arcades and fantastic bas-relief decoration on all surfaces, resembling a long lost, detailed landscape with forgotten animals crawling all over. In some places, dull frescoes ornate the walls, depicting intricate florals. The whole temple’s passages are lit by an azure glow that emanates from tiny, leaf-shaped crystals dangling from the ceiling’s recesses.

You are overcome by awe.
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Storm looks around in awe, having never seen such wonders before.

As you enter the first underground room, you immediately notice a wonderful statue, entirely carved from a single block of crystal, that lies on a quartz dais which occupies the north-eastern corner of the room. It represents a sitting female Elf with three arms and three faces. One of her hands holds a kind of ritual weapon, similar to a trident.
You entered on the southwest corner of the square room and there are exits going north and east.

OOC: you need a SKILL (Lore) test (with various modifiers) to guess who the statue may represent.

Robustous followed the others after begrudgingly admitting it was fine carving, for an elf. He stops at the statue in the first room but is at a lost as to know what it may represent.

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04:57, Today: Secret Roll: Garl Ligoosh rolled 5 using 2d6.  Lore roll.

Garl is taken aback as he realizes that the statue represents Tuculcha, the High White Elves’ Goddess of Life. The ritual weapon, similar to a trident, bears the ancient elven name of Lanovar. Her three faces symbolize childhood, adulthood and old age.

[OOC: please Robustous and Storm, make a SKILL (Awareness) roll while Garl is full of wonder from realizing who the statue represents.]