"There is only one way to find out. Stay here and cover me until I cross so we know it's safe. Silas, do we know what this shiled looks like. That gems couldn't be it could it?" asks Dartis as he draws his sword and begins to walk down the path between the two pools.
Dartis crosses the path without any difficulties, and Danica finds that there is no target for her to plug holes into. From his vantage point, Dartis can see that the gem is simply that... a large and cut green stone, but unlikely to be a shield.
Silas approaches the beckoning Dartis. "No, that's not the shield." He'll go on to relate what information that he received from the dwarves that he spoke to prior to coming into the tunnels. Holding his lantern a little higher, Silas looks over towards the rubble. "Looks like a bit of shaky footing over there..."
The ground seems steady enough. As you approach the bend to take a closer look, you see it is a part of the ceiling that has been collapsed. Axe-marks scar the surface of the wall and ceiling near the collapsed section. Both the rubble and the scarred surfaces look very old, and it seems that little travel actually occurs through this area. You only can marvel at what might be on the other side.
"Well our way is blocked. Chalik do these axe marks look to have been made from this side to intentionally collapse the tunnel?" Asks Dartis as he head back down the corridor to the room with the statue.