| 69 In the orange tinged light cast from the Mess Hall you move westwards down the hallway. Coming to the large entryway to the room you peer cautiously round the arched threshold into a scene of chaos; chairs lay in broken piles, tables and other furniture have been flung in disarray. There is a stench of stale beer and rotting flesh in the air. To your horror you see a line of corpses hung like carcasses in an abattoir along the western wall. You are not sure but they might have once been villagers from the small communities that border the ranges. It is now hard to tell as they have lost most of their form to the Horde's cruel butchery. The Mess Hall does however appear to be deserted. Only flickering shadows cast by the great fire portray any movement. The hallway entrance you are standing in is cut into the eastern wall of the Mess. In the north and western walls locked and sturdy doors indicate possible exits, in the south wall an open archway leads into what looks, and smells, like a kitchen. The Mess Hall itself is very large; perhaps 60 metres north to south and 40 metres east to west. You estimate it could easily accommodate 100 creatures at a sitting. In the south western corner of the Mess you notice amongst a collection of crushed chairs a small cupboard upon which stands a bottle of dark liquid. Having a parched throat you decide to move over and have a closer look. You are very careful not to dislodge any of the broken furniture that litters the floor. When you reach the cupboard you are amazed that it and the bottle have not been smashed by the violence of the revelry that has so effectively destroyed everything else. Uncorking the bottle you find it is almost full and its contents smell sweet.
| If you wish to drink from the bottle turn to section 209. If you think it will be better to leave it alone turn to section 3.
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