| 243 As you advance further towards the centre of the Lesser Hall, your eyes become better accustomed to the gloom and you are able to make out more of your surroundings. Even in this large hall the heat is oppressive, the sound of a great conflagration roars in the near distance, out of sight but somewhere close at hand. In the south wall you can just make out the blackness of an open passage; across the north wall you can see a gigantic tapestry hanging limply along its entire length. It is billowing slightly as if a soft wind is moving from some source behind. At the very edge of your vision, some distance from your position there stands an enormous set of double doors and before the doors lay two large, dark, silent shapes. Realising there is nothing to be lost by having some illumination you pull two of the torches from your pack, light them both and throw one out towards the double doors. Like two nightmares exploding from the depths of some black pit, the dark shapes charge forward towards the light skittering across the stone floor. In the smouldering light of the torch you make out the shapes of two Reavers, the most powerful of the Hordes minions. Huge ravening scorpion-like beasts, they crouch on six muscular legs and stand more than three man lengths high. Razor sharp claws make rasping scratch marks on the polished stone floor as they move towards you. Ugly poisonous looking green scum exudes from their skin. To even touch them appears dangerous. At once your heart leaps into your throat and excitement crowds your thoughts. Reavers guard only those treasures that the Hordim covet most. The Dragon's lair must be close at hand, but you must get past these creatures first. Without hesitation the Reavers howl with bloodlust and as one charge forward to attack.
| If you are in possession of the Dragonsclaw turn to section 169. If you do not have the Dragonsclaw turn to section 46.
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