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* Down the stairward the party goes...cautiously
Into a room 30 foot square, rising high above to a 20 foot flat ceiling.
Gargoyle carvings smile, revealing their teeth, from high upon the wall,
well lit by a brazier that burns fiercely in the center of the room.
From their alcoves in the center of the walls on the left & right sides of the room,
two iron statues stand saluting with their weapons bared.
Each statue has four arms, one with a shield, one with a sword
and the remaining two with their palms toward the ceiling over their heads.
Their eyes seem to watch you as you walk into the room.
High overhead, an hourglass with writing on its base
hangs suspended above the brazier.
All of its sand is in the upper portion
somehow refusing to run down into the bottom.
In the center of the room next to the brazier is a golden chest.
A single closed door is across the way in the middle of the wall opposite you,
and two other closed doors are to your left evenly spaced on the wall with yours opened at the end. *
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