| 204 You travel a further 200 metres to the south before the passage turns abruptly to the east. The shadow and gloom of your surroundings does nothing to lessen the disquiet you feel as you carefully make your way forward. You cannot help but feel that your quest is about to reach an important turning point, the heat and the almost overwhelming smell of ash tells you that your goal may be very close indeed. Following this easterly passage you continue on until your torch sputters and dies. In the sudden blackness you stumble over a slightly raised stone threshold straight out into a large darkened hall, very similar in aspect to the Great Hall you have left behind. It is however, smaller by half and has no illumination. The hairs begin to stand up at the back of your neck as you feel the pressure of something else moving in the darkness before you. Ahead you can hear the soft scraping sound of something being dragged slowly along the stone floor. With all your senses alert (and nowhere else to go) you move further into the gloom of the Lesser Hall.
| Turn to section 243.
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