Tommi slaughtered the bragging but informing worg, and the battle was over. Though they were aware that there should be a fourth worg - it did not appear. Oh-Six flew up into the sky and reported that it was in the center courtyard, perhaps remaining to guard a door.
With the danger past, the bickering resumed. Lunn led the way through the servant's entrance, carefully searching the area for traps. The old brass kitchenware that had made so much noise was scattered about what would have been a service room, with the remains of three wooden tubs with washing boards, a few buckets, brooms, dirty rags, and other ruined housekeeping items. A rusted iron cauldron hung from a hook over the fireplace. The door opened under a staircase, that led upward.
Above, the noise of of stomping feet and dragging furniture suggested that the room above was being rearranged, most likely to create defenses against them.