| 71 Shaking the lantern to reassure yourself that it does indeed contain oil, you quickly light it and in its dim flickering illumination decide to explore the King's Hall more fully. The hall is much larger than you expected, extending north into the blackness far beyond the range of your weak light. Within the light however, you see the Hall lies in ruins. Rough hands have stripped it bare of any furnishings it may once have contained; huge tapestries lay crumpled in rotting piles, the bared walls chipped and scarred by the blows of many axes. Carefully stepping around a large fallen column you move northward. The silence within this giant smooth-walled cavern is nerve-racking, every step you take seems to leave an echoing signature that bounces off the stone walls and trumpets to anything listening exactly where you are. Slowly you step forward, stopping every few seconds to listen for the sounds of approaching feet. It does not take long however, for you to discover a large junction, a crossroads with two joining corridors that trail off to the west and east. Northwards the King's Hall continues on into darkness. To the west, across the rubbish littered floor you can see a large wooden door reinforced with metal bars and studs. To the east there is another similiar door.
| If you wish to continue north up the King's Hall turn to section 7. If you wish to try the western door turn to section 133. If you wish to try the eastern door turn to section 57.
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