| 76 What confronts you on the other side of the doors is a vision of complete blackness from which no light escapes. It is a wall of dark so complete that it appears to have no edges, no substance. Tentatively placing your foot over the threshold you find the floor beyond solid but thickly covered with fine black ash. Your foot stirs a small cloud of black choking ash as you move forward over the threshold and into the darkness beyond. The heat within the passage is overpowering. In the near distance the sound of some immense furnace booms and blows, sending walls of intense heat down the corridor towards you. A source of great power lies near. Moving further down the passage you realise why it is so black. Thick ash covers not only the floor but the walls and roof. The new torch you have lit throws light about you but illuminates nothing except yourself. Looking back at the entranceway to the Lesser Hall you wonder whether this is a good idea. After a moment of indecision you feel the collar at your throat and press on eastwards.
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