Gathering the loot, you make your way back through the secret door, Trevor triggering the hidden catch so that it once again slides closed behind you. The corridor leading northwest out of the plush audience chamber disappears into darkness, and all is quiet from the direction.
You continue north, back in the antechamber where you originally engaged the Fire Priests in battle. You take a few minutes to check the doors to the right and left:
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The northeast chamber is some 8x20 feet in dimensions, and is nicely furnished. Tapestries are hung on the walls, and rugs cover the cold stone floor. A pair of oil lamps on wall sconces illuminate the room, and a small, smoking brazier gives off some heat. A pair of sleeping pallets with strawr-stuffed matresses rest in the northern portion of the chamber, a chest at the foot of each, and a couple of padded chairs and sidetables round out the furnishings. A thick tome lies open on one of the tables, and a few miscellaneous pieces of brass and copper dishware lie here and there.
A quick search of the chests reveal that they are full of clothing, mostly in the bright, warm colors of the Temple of Fire. One holds a small silver box containing a small bag of gold and a jeweled ring. The other contains nothing of value. Dara spends a moment examining the tome. It seems to be a treatise documenting many demons, devils and other strange beasts who thrive on fire.
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The northwest bedchamber is much more elegant and lavishly furnished. Again, plush tapestries cover the walls, and thick carpeting on the floor. Within the room is a large, comfortable bed with a down-stuffed mattress, two small sidetables, a round table with 4 paddded chairs, a stand with basin, ewer, and a smallish copper box, a wardrobe, a large, padlocked chest, and a brass brazier filled with brightly glowing coals giving off wisps of a sulphurous smelling incense.
The copper box is inlaid with sardonyx, and probably valuable, and is filled with a variety of different types of incense. The wardrobe is filled with more robes and other vestments of the Fire Temple, as well as a shield, suit of chainmail and mace of normal quality. Trevor works the lock on the chest, finding it filled with more clothing. After rummaging through the chest, though, he does find a bag of gold and silver coins.
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Loot Found
Silver box, worth 20gp
35 gps
Jeweled ring (silver and lapis), worth 85gp
Copper & sardonyx box, worth 75gp
Incense, worth 30gp
72gp
170sp
PC Status
Coraine 44/44, protection from fire (1 point)
Kurt 38/38
Dara 34/34
Ragnok 43/49
Trevor 35/36
Verdis 27/27
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