Another set of double doors leads into a smaller room than the chamber you were previously in. The floor is smooth stone except for a shallow depression near the eastern wall and a narrow channel that runs from there to a point halfway across the room. The channel ends in a round pit about a foot across. A large stone demon head protrudes from the wall opposite the entryway. Its mouth hangs agape, worn smooth as if something once poured from it to fill the pool and drain through the channel into the pit.
The room is lit by the unhealthy gray glow from a 10-foot disc of swirling colorless clouds on the north side of the room. To the south side of the room are spread numerous expensive-looking pieces of furniture; tables, chairs, a large bed, and even a few torture implements like a rack and an iron maiden. Curiously, despite the obvious high quality craftsmanship of the objects, all of them are completely devoid of color. Several uncomfortable-looking cages sit in the southwest corner of the room.
Near the portal is Kayris, changed only by the angelic wings that have sprouted from her back. She smiles at Ayden as she notices him. She then quickly turns to Teleri, still smiling. Teleri looks upon her with wide eyes, taking in the full glory that is her radiance. Seeing Ayden's angel for herself now, she dismisses her previous idea that anything could be wrong here. Ayden was right after all. Faintly she realizes StormArmor is saying something to her, but the words are to faint to understand. Teleri quickly stops trying to pick the words out, more interested in what the angel wants of her and her friends.
Nodding slightly, Kayris sweeps her gaze over the rest of the party and then returns it to Ayden before speaking. "You have done well Ayden. You and your friends are to be rewarded with a privileged task," she smiles. "This portal here is a gateway into some nasty abyss, but it must be protected. It is the entryway our celestial soldiers of good use to enter and fight the evil that lies within. You all have been chosen to be it's eternal guardians."
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