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It's funny... arcane studies are certainly a primary interest to me but this place doesn't feel conducive to idle conversation about it. I don't even like keeping my spellbook out of my pack longer than I have to here...
Never-the-less, he dives in a bit and compares notes with Bwess, and discusses key concepts of arcane execution and incantation.
"I just use the inner power of dragons which flows through me. It may be less flexible then a spellbook, but I don't have to worry about it getting damaged or losing it." Qrik says.
It is impossible to tell if night passes, or part of a day in this isolated hell hole. But time certainly does pass. Rest is hard to come by, but enough. Eventually the team is ready to move on again.
The large double doors to the east swing open easily and silently. A short corridor opens into a much larger room.
This long gallery stretches from south to north, its finely marbled floor cracked with age and neglect and the paint on its vaulted ceiling is flaking in places. A series of niches in the western wall feature a handful of statues, most of them defaced or crumbled into pieces—making it impossible to tell whom these sculptures once commemorated. Instead of statues, piles of straw and cloth fill two of the northern alcoves. The two sets of doors that lead south provide the only exits.
The ceiling here is 30 feet high, and the mural on it once depicted the warlord striding through the streets of Absalom, a conquering hero with hundreds of citizens either looking on adoringly or cowering in fear.
Elo is interested in inspecting the piles of straw and cloth in the Northern alcoves, but he is ever wary of traps along the way.
Bwessara examines the ceiling's mural for a few moments. When she sees Elo checking for traps in the northern alcoves, she decides to do the same with the southern doors.
Qrik casts Mage Armor and Shield before they open the doors. He then follows Elo into the room looking for any more assailants in the room.
Cev is ready ... detecting for magic as the others search for traps
CORRECT - Cev specifically asked hor the honour of healing everyone