| 92 With the search of the Mutan complete you turn eastwards along the passage, then north to the strangely lit hallway beyond. Cautiously peering out into the light you see the hall runs both east and west. To the east the hall ends at a large metal door, to the west the hall leads straight into what looks like a large Mess Hall. Although you see no creatures in view there are obviously many out of sight, and they are making a great deal of noise. The sounds of drinking, laughing and fighting are all punctuated by the harsher screaming and shouting of the Hordim. This is the noise that has served as an unsettling backdrop to your journey through Stoneholme. It is coming clearly from this large eating hall. You notice however, that the tone of the noise has diminished, the frightening energy of the revelry has dwindled. The creatures within the room are drunk and getting drunker as you wait. Sinister shadows flicker and march across the far wall of the hall, projected by a large fire somewhere in the room. You can identify the shapes of large Hresh and Jotun warriors as they finish their violent carousing and begin to stagger out of the Mess through some unseen exit. As you wait in the darkness of the passageway there comes a commanding bellow from a Jotun which is answered by all those remaining in the Mess Hall. Quickly the sounds of revelry diminish until, without warning, the strange yellowish light is gone, replaced only by the flickering shadows of the single fire that sputters and crackles out of sight.
| At this point do you wish to; Go east and investigate the large metal door? If so turn to section 201. Go west and see if the mess hall is deserted? If so turn to section 69. If you like you can try your luck and throw a single dice and then turn to section 39.
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