When last we left off, you were inside a building that was likely used as a administrative building for the town's guard. The structure was the scene of past fighting, with the skeletal remains of half-elves and orcs still littering the floor. Several of the group were investigating the downstairs area, when one of the party members opened the door to a staircase leading to the basement.
This door had a primitive warning device tied to the doorknob, a rope with bells attached to it. When the door was open the bells rung, their sounds echoing down a dug corridor leading from a wall in the basement. From the looks of the corridor, it is newer than the building, perhaps completed within the last year or two.