Yaren leads the group into the ruins surrounding the Keep. The ruins are primarily crumbled stone walls and the husks of towers. Tents and stalls are scattered throughout and soldiers and craftsmen are busy at work.
The keep itself is set into the side of a hill. It is a slab of a building with little decoration and dozens of arrowslits. A broad stairway leads up from the right hand side of the building to the main entrance - over twenty feet up. There are a couple higher levels as well as an observation tower that is at least seventy-five feet above the camp. A pair of guards in the tower seem to focus most of their attention on the nearby Floating Forest.
Yaren's scouts are sent on other business and she leads you quickly through camp and up the stairs of the keep. A pair of heavy iron doors stand open and through them you find a long guardroom. Along the left side, arrow slits look out over the camp and one human archer watches through them. Two heavily armed and armored giants flank a open doorway into a large hall beyond. A portcullis hangs over this doorway, and the more observant of you notice several gratings in the ceiling above this room...though it is too dark through them to see anything.
Yaren sweeps you all through the room, only curtly nodding at the guards who return the gesture. The room beyond is large, almost fifty feet on a side, clearly accounting for over half the space on this level of the keep. Twenty foot high ceilings are supported by four massive columns. There is a stairway climbing up the far left corner of the room and another descending in the far right. There are no windows or even arrowslits in this room - it is lit (poorly) by a handful of torches and several lanterns. Two doors set in the right side wall are the only other visible exits.
Three long tables surrounded by chairs dominate the center of the room. Three giants and a human are clustered around the end of one table, apparently looking over maps and other documents. As you enter, the soldiers all look up and one immediately rises and approaches.
The giant stands just over eight feet tall, but his bearing and heavy chain and plate armor makes him appear even larger. At his side is a beautifully crafted swordaxe. His stride exudes confidence and purpose.
"Sub-commander Yaren," he barks, "who are these people? Why do you bring them in here?" He is clearly irritated.
She stands tall and salutes him smartly. "They're adventurers, Colonel," she says. "They're here to answer Iriana's recovery mission. I expect she would like to see them immediately."
He looks you over briefly and then grunts under his breath. "Carry on," he says and waves you past. He turns sharply on his heel and returns to the table with the others.
Yaren indicates for you to follow and she leads everyone down the stairway into a lower level of the keep. The stairs descend about thirty feet and the ceilings of the basement are only ten feet high.
[ooc - I'll finish this up later. Feel free to post any questions or observations your characters may wish...through the tent camp and hall.]
