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<blockquote data-quote="Ciaran" data-source="post: 437129" data-attributes="member: 756">This large, roughly octagonal chamber seems to occupy the entirety of the tomb.&nbsp; Its oddly angled walls bear strange inscriptions in many languages, of which you can only identify an ancient proto-Cathayan script and something resembling an ancestor of Sanskrit.&nbsp; A few flakes of paint on one wall marks the remnants of a mural, though what it may once have depicted can no longer be guessed.&nbsp; A low altar rests against the wall opposite the entrance.&nbsp; Light marks and rings of corrosion on the dark altar-stone reveal that an assortment of objects had once rested there, and were removed relatively recently.Bits of rust clinging to the pillars show where iron objects, probably torch-holders, were once bolted to the stone.&nbsp; Between them, the sarcophagus stands closed, its granite lid carved with a lifelike effigy of an armored figure with the head of a tiger.&nbsp; The effigy’s vaguely reptilian hands clasp a vicious-looking stone axe.&nbsp; The whole sarcophagus radiates a sense of dread, and you feel uncomfortable just from looking at it.(Thanks for the compliments!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ciaran, post: 437129, member: 756"] This large, roughly octagonal chamber seems to occupy the entirety of the tomb. Its oddly angled walls bear strange inscriptions in many languages, of which you can only identify an ancient proto-Cathayan script and something resembling an ancestor of Sanskrit. A few flakes of paint on one wall marks the remnants of a mural, though what it may once have depicted can no longer be guessed. A low altar rests against the wall opposite the entrance. Light marks and rings of corrosion on the dark altar-stone reveal that an assortment of objects had once rested there, and were removed relatively recently. Bits of rust clinging to the pillars show where iron objects, probably torch-holders, were once bolted to the stone. Between them, the sarcophagus stands closed, its granite lid carved with a lifelike effigy of an armored figure with the head of a tiger. The effigy’s vaguely reptilian hands clasp a vicious-looking stone axe. The whole sarcophagus radiates a sense of dread, and you feel uncomfortable just from looking at it. (Thanks for the compliments!) [/QUOTE]

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