| 239 The alcove in the northern wall of the Great Hall is set deep into the rock of the mountain. It is a room about 12 metres square. On its three walls hang rich tapestries depicting the long history of the Stone Kings, their rise to glory and untimely fall into servitude. Across the length of the alcove's floor lays a finely woven and well tended carpet of gold and silk. Only a few metres from the centre of the back wall stands a waist high pillar of pure white marble. Its ornate column is decorated with figures of carved dragons and knights in armour. At the front of the alcove there are two grotesque statues, ugly stone representations of some type of grossly mutated dog. There is one to the left and one to the right of the entrance. They have been placed at the entrance to the alcove by the Horde and have been set as if they guard whatever lies within. Moving carefully between the gruesome stone images you look closer at the column and see a small yellow gem sitting on a cloth of green silk. The cloth has the word "Dragonseye" embroided upon it. Ever mindful of the cunning the Hordim use in the construction of their traps you move forward towards the gem. You heart beats faster as you reach the marble pillar and with great care, wrap the Dragonseye in its green cloth and take it from it's resting place. Listening intently for any sign that you have set off a trap you stand in the alcove sweating hard. Nothing happens and with an audible sigh of relief you move back out into the Great Hall taking your new treasure with you.
| Turn to section 53.
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