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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8521824" data-attributes="member: 7015827">Eventually they decided to leave Darrow in the crossroads, as the dwarf still needed to fully heal and also wanted to keep an eye on the now-unlocked door there. Aerikoth, Dermot and Shanni then entered the secret door Dermot had found. In the chamber beyond, they found the way forward split by a wall, with red arrows in the floor leading to an old iron door on the right side, while a long corridor receded into the dark in front of them on the left. Suspicious of the arrows’ meaning, Shanni checked the door, but found it warded by a magical lock.The petite rogue gave the long corridor a baleful look, no doubt recalling the last one they had traversed repeatedly, and agreed to let Aerikoth try his magical chime of opening on the door. Shanni exclaimed with pleasure as she heard the door mechanism unlock with a ting. Once past the door, however, her face fell as she saw several bodies laying on the floor of a short corridor, which turned left out of sight. She observed that all of them had been smashed.Shanni moved carefully right up to the edge of the first skeleton and paused, looking all around. After some bickering about their predicament, Shanni pointed out to the others that it looked like an older skeleton had been smashed trying to run towards the iron door they had entered from, while a fresher corpse had evidently been moving the other way.She speculated that whatever it was had smashed them might be at the end of that corridor, so wanted to wedge the door behind them open to avoid being trapped. Dermot tried to wedge his skinning knife into the iron door’s hinge, but then judged the door was too heavy for that to work. Shanni however was able to convert one of her spike traps into an effective doorjamb.They continued down the corridor and around the bend, noticing a number of skeletons with broken bones as they passed. Shanni, cursing and edging along nervously, warned the others to be ready to run. They soon reached a large stone slab of a door blocking the way. Shanni paused by the wall for a short while and then pushed at some parts of it, opening the door. As soon as she stepped forward, the petite rogue fell flat on her face and stopped moving, to Dermot’s consternation.A few moments later, Shanni groaned a little and rolled over, then stood up slowly. As she got to her feet, they could all hear a single thud in the distance, as of rock against rock. It was unclear exactly where the sound was originating from. Dermot immediately urged the others to get moving, observing that something had changed. Another thud sounded as they considered which way to go.</blockquote>

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