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There are stairs that leads up.
Red, green, blue, and white light spills from a hundred sources in this spectacular, intricately appointed chamber. Suspended from the center of the ceiling, a chandelier of carved red and green stones glows with a light that seems to emanate from the stones themselves. Around the outer walls are 10 statues of stern warriors, eyes glittering like diamonds in sockets of golden metal. Each statue seems ready to draw its sword from the bejeweled scabbard at its side. The floor of the room is a mosaic of jewels, placed in an abstract pattern of simple, yet elegant design. The walls, too, are covered with skillfully rendered mosaics. These tell a story that seems to advance from left to right around the room. Across the room is the most dazzling sight of all. In a triangular alcove, directly opposite the entrance, is a small altar. Upon this altar, radiating a golden light that overwhelms all the other glitter, sits the hilt of an ancient sabre.
Alzar can see through an illusion on the hilt that makes it look nice, and the Gem/Star reveals fake stuff all over. The statues aren’t constructs waiting to spring or anything else. There is a statue that looks differently, and has a hilt on its sword that looks real enough. That’s probably the hilt then. There are traps on the floor, so Alzar has Azzil, the Imp, fly over, grab the hilt, and then return to him in the hallway. He uses his final teleport spell to teleport everything back to Evenarrow, unloads the best stuff from his Bag of Holding and OtherSpace, sleeps the night, and awakens on the morrow refreshed, with a newly minted spell selection, and then readies to teleport back to the seer.
The more he thinks about the seer, the more suspicious he’s been of him. How come creatures that were charmed by the curse lived peacefully next to him? Cutter doesn’t seem to have any more information, and begged Alzar to come with him, but he refuses. But Cutter insists, pointing out that even the Seer seemed unable to damage or wound him. Alzar relents, and Mass Teleports over.
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