The Dark Tower - Level The Second
Cogwitz's prediction proves true and Tesseryn and Wrukaog manage to lower him down into the pit with little difficulty. As the Halfling stamps his feet the stone floor below proves solid.
Carefully avoiding the North wall, and with the rope still wrapped tight around him, Cogwitz slowly descends the stairs ...
... only to return, rather quickly, shivering noticeably.
Meantime, Aurion makes good use of the Mayor's ring to once more pacify the water creature. The Elf detects no magical auras as he makes his way down the passageway, and his search for secret doors proves equally fruitless until he reaches the very end where his way is blocked by a wall of stone and his fingers alight on a projection of stone that moves beneath his touch.
The stone grinds noisily as it swings aside to reveal another temple to Set, very similar to the one on the level above with awful mosaics lining the walls, a black marble floor with gold tracery, and a black-stone statue of the god, some twenty feet tall standing prominently against the east wall. The statue is flanked by burning braziers and behind it is the same cold black stone that is the outer wall of the Dark Tower. This temple lacks the wooden pews but instead has a blood-stained altar, complete with the corpse of what was assumedly the latest sacrificial victim to meet his end thereupon.
An opening at the western end of the room provides a glimpse of a similarly decorated room beyond.
OOC: Map of the proceedings updated ...