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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 3377581" data-attributes="member: 12460">As Jonathon peers into the cells (assuming Allister loans him the torch temporarily), he sees a few souls trapped behind the doors. In one, an old woman with ragged grey hair mutters ever so softly to herself. She does not seem to notice you. In another, a young man lies shaking and huddled in a ball on the floor. His flesh is covered with dark black splotches and his skin is dry and parched. Within a third cell is a middle-aged man rocking himself back and forth as he sits on the floor stroking his beard. He looks up when he sees you peer into the cell, but he merely shakes his head and looks down at the floor. There are several more, but most either fail to notice you or seem trying to actively hide in the corner from your light, possibly assuming you to be a guard. At any rate, it does not appear that the guard at the door has keys to any of the cells, so rescuing any of these poor sods seems a fruitless endeavor.Balin approaches the stairs quietly and can see faint light coming from above. As he nears the steps, a blood-curdling scream ripples through the air. It clearly came from down below. Each of you can hear the painful cry, sending shivers down your spine.Kyros hears nothing on the other side of the door on the opposite side of the hall but faint murmuring.</blockquote>