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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3456940" data-attributes="member: 11146">Rowan secrets himself in the shadows that play off Rhys's lantern along the chamber's left wall, close to the entry.  At Arden's question about the pottery shards, Rhys nods and moves forward.  Holding the lantern and crouching amidst the pottery shards, the cleric grasps one and, turning it over in his hand, marvels at his find.  Returning to the group, Rhys holds out the shard.  "It's not pottery, it's an eggshell.  A sacrifice, perhaps?"[sblock=Wyleck, Rowan]It's a kuo-toan eggshell, but an odd one.  Judging by the curve of the shell remnant, the original whole egg must have been quite large, certainly larger than the average kuo-toa egg.  And the slight leatheryness indicates that the egg might have the product of a kuo-toa bred with something else lizardish in nature.[/sblock]Arden turns her head enough to get a good look at the fresco painted on the chamber's right wall behind her without sacrificing too much of her view of the room.  The fresco of a humanoid behind her is, unlike most of those portraying kuo-toas along the rest of the walls in the chamber, done with fresher paint and does not crack and peel in places like the other artwork in this room.  The figure portrayed in the fresco is of a squat male humanoid in plate armor with a black sphere where his head should be.Across the room, along the left wall, a purple glow radiates from behind a ratty tapestry hanging in a doorway.  A croaking sound and then another rustle alert everyone to the probable presence of creatures in that area.Opposite the tapestry, an iron portcullis partially conceals a hallway running north and south.  Along the hall's east wall is a series of solid stone doors.  This area is dark, the only light provided comes from Rhys's lantern.</blockquote>

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