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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4543703" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 2 - The Seven-Pillared Hall (Part 1)Beyond the side passage, the wide passage into the mountain was dimly lit by green light from copper lanterns. Rendil led them onwards as the passage turned left and then right and then left again while descending steadily into the heart of Thunderspire. Eventually, the path leveled out and emerged into a mighty chamber. A stream bisected the wide cavern and seven stone pillars connected floor to ceiling, perhaps once stalactites and stalagmites. At the heart of the chamber, just to the east of the stream stood a statue of a minotaur on a stone platform while everywhere, creatures great and small, more varied than any that would be seen on the streets of Arabel wandered between various stone buildings that were scattered across the floor of the cavern. Various side openings seemed to lead to other residences and businesses and were just as frequented as the others.“Where is your inn?” Enlishia asked.“Over there,” answered Rendil, gesturing towards the southern wall on the western side of the stream.“And what of the other places here,” said Litiraan. “What do they offer?”“they are traders mostly,” answered the halfling. “This is a trading outpost for the most part but others, less desirable folk, live in other parts of the mountain.”“We go to the inn and then we find the Bloodreavers,” rumbled Erlmoor. “We want no trouble here.”“Very sensible, master dragonborn,” said the halfling, starting across the open space towards the inn. “Very sensible.” Lavren and Telkya started after the halfling and the others followed.“You faught well back there,” said Lavren to the elf maid once they had moved ahead of the others.“As did you,” she answered with a smile.The Halfmoon Inn was a large building that sat against the side of the Hall and seemed to serve as a trading post, taproom and inn. Rendil quickly introduced them to his aunt, Erra Halfmoon who ran the inn and soon had rooms arranged for them upstairs. They took seats near to the fire for the dark of the mountain was cold and as soon as they had done so, ale began to flow as Rendil had promised. The six companions ate well and drank their fill of ale before retiring to rooms upstairs and sleeping for the first time under the mountain.</blockquote>

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