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They arrive at the Temple of Nabilah. Many come in and out of the front, so the party does as well, calmly.
They are in a large sanctuary with massive stone columns, ancient and carved. A statue of the bizarre Nabilah and her scowling face, and part-beast, part-person persona looms above from a dais in the center of the room. Numerous priests and followers are here, intoning their respects and watching the crowd. There are a bunch of small rooms to the back here, and one door is open and shows acolyte chambers back there, and nothing else. There are two doors leading from the sanctuary on the far side of the room.
Nabilah is popular with folks out west, and most of the people here are nomads or their descendants from the western part of the Sand Mire. Alzar decides to try the invisibility trick again, and the two mages step outside for a few minutes. And just one, Tolvar, appears to return.
Alzar easily opens the door but just barely dodges a priest coming out.
There is a very long corridor here and both doors open onto it. They wrap around the temple and come to the front – one into a room that holds the various offerings brought to Nabilah, such as goat meat or furs. Nothing of wealth. The other is a small dining room with about ten fighters here eating and hanging out. They are worshipers of Nabilah and wear her charms, but have the dirt of the road and appear to have newly arrived in town. They aren’t temple guards or anything. Both of these rooms are right beside the exterior of the temple and beside the main room. The back corridor had no doors off it. Clearly, there has to be a secret door somewhere on the back wall, about half the temple could fit there!
Alzar heads back and gives Volcifar one of the potions of Invisibility. They search, and quickly find a secret door to a corridor that opens into long hallway that apparently runs the length of the temple on the south flank. They find another door as an acolyte comes to the central hallway, and leaves the door open. That way has a long corridor as well, and doors closely, one of which is open.
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