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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old Fezziwig" data-source="post: 3122986" data-attributes="member: 59">As you deliberate, you find that the spider's poison wears off of Ghur and Cellan and they're able to move again, although they and Cole are still a bit more sluggish than usual.  Climbing up the mountain stairs takes the rest of the night and a good chunk of the morning, and you manage to avoid any more predators as you climb — or, rather, you might have moved well out of their hunting range.  The higher you get on the mountain, the quieter things are.  Finally, just as the sun reaches the half-way point of its daily ascent, you reach the plateau at the top of the mountain.Snow covers the ground around you, and a few blasted stumps break the monotony of the immediate area.  Set a little back on the plateau is a giant, ornate tower with a round, wide base that narrows into a minaret with an onion-shaped crown and beacon atop of it.  Outside the door of the tower, you can see two bulky svirfneblin with halberds; they make no special movement or any indication that they've seen you.</blockquote>