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Message: <blockquote data-quote="97mg" data-source="post: 7354330" data-attributes="member: 6799460">All: Descending down... down... downYour first brave steps into darkness are accompanied by a steep fall... in temperature. Cool and almost refreshing at first, an appreciated break from the sweltering and oft tiresome heat of recent days. At the back of the group, protecting the rear as is the time honored role of many great priests before him, Carthum takes a final look at the light reaching in from the open trapdoor. A familiar face comes into view the old man bids you a safe journey. He sees that all is well, smiles, winks at the priest, and then with a groan, drops the door shut. On the base of the old metal flap is an iron rod, which can slide a good distance into a sleeved hole in the sidewall. Effectively locking the door from the inside, should the half-orc wish.Somewhere in the center of the descending procession, Annit smiles at Dain’s remark. “Is it something you do regularly? Chasing women? I never thanked you truly, and your friends, for getting that guard off my back.” She looks to Metea then, her shoulder-buddy on these narrow steps. “No doubt. Miners are cunning, and these ones may have been extra protective. You can see far better than I down here right? If anything looks odd please do say, I might be able to disarm some of whatever surprises linger here.”For several minutes nothing really changes as you make your ways down. Earthen walls. Earthen ceiling chocked up with hardwood bracing. Step after step a sense of claustrophobia creeps in. Then finally, the ranger and barbarian leading the group arrive at a small landing. A flat expanse some several yards across. Ahead, the steps continue to work their way downwards. To the left an old wooden door sags a little on its hinges. And in the floor to your right, a two foot wide hole gapes like a hungry mouth. A rusty eyehook protrudes from the ceiling above it, and a frayed rope dangles down into its throat.</blockquote>

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