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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3452685" data-attributes="member: 11146">The ferryman expertly steadies his canoe as the group steps in but small waves by the rocking boat dislodge thick clumps of brown algae floating on the pool's surface.  The drop off from the edge of the cave to the water is abrupt and deep; the floor simply gives away right at the water's edge, allowing the ferryman to turn his boat sideways directly adjacent to dry land.When everyone is in the canoe and settled, the kuo-toa dips his oar into the water, taking care to disturb as little of the water and algae as is possible.  The boat glides quietly across the short trip over the water, banking against the stone steps across the way.  The ferryman puts in parallel to the stairs and stands, mutely bidding everyone out.Exiting the boat and climbing the stairs, the group is able to better see into the room beyond.  From the portico outside the double doors, red and green-tinted frescoes covering the walls of the largely empty chamber can be seen.  A set of carved stone doors stands closed opposite the entryway.  Flanked on the left by a fresco of a frog creature carrying a strange staff with two-tined forks on both ends, and on the right by a squat male humanoid in flate armor with a black sphere where his head should be, the doors are carved with an abstract zig-zag pattern.  Other frescoes on the ceiling depict hundreds of red, spear-wielding kuo-toans marching through caverns.  Curved shards of what look like thin, fragile porcelain cover the floor.  Passageways lead left and right from this chamber.  [sblock=Arden, Wyleck, Phud]The three of you hear faint rustling coming from the passageway to the left.  The rustling sounds like cloth dragging on stone.[/sblock]When everyone is off the boat, the ferryman rows away to the side wall of the cavern, where the thick mist soon obscures both him and the shore beyond.</blockquote>

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