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The largest room in the level is the foundry. Here dwarves turned ore into ingots, hewed weapons, armor and implements, and worked metal for their whole lives. There are some goblins in here, led by a fire giant ordering them around, but the numbers of ingots, unworked ores, and more is huge.
In the back of the foundry the goblins have set up a huge circle of stones, about 20 feet tall, along the back side of the wall. It detects as magical, and appears to be a portal of some sort, currently not in use.
Alzar heads back and moves to the palace complex. Like some other places, the palace is immune to teleporting, scrying, and such. Alzar arrives on the north end of the area, and this is the palace atrium, a pleasant chamber stretching away to the south with a still pool that reflects the dim light of the glowstones and a few blotches of multicolored lichen dot the area. The air is much fresher than the rest of the place, and there is a row of slim pillars and wide steps beyond them with stone fragments of broken statues.
After seeing what he suspects are more Dwarf Crushers, there are two more golems back here, guarding this entrance to the palace. Alzar was hoping to head in via the wide atrium, but instead circles to the other barracks side and comes in the west entrance. There are a variety of traps in this floor, and Azzil is perched on Alzar’s shoulder in order to walk slowly, and invisibly over the goblins below.
They are adjacent to the royal guard barracks. They appear to include 20 elite goblin warriors, leaders, females, switch doctor, and more.
Alzar slips past the barracks by following the corridor east. Because goblins are so small, there’s little chance of them bumping heads, but he’s cautious when people come by.
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