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Beyond the shimmered portals is a passage that is 20 feet across at least. The temple opens up in the heart of the mountain and it’s at least 100 feet down, and across. There are large statutes of dwarves, and a titanic figure of a female dwarf at the end, dressed as a smith. Some of the bas-reliefs and decorations have been broken, but there is still an aura of good here that survives. Several wards and traps have fired, and there are goblin corpses on the ground, now since damaged.
There are some wards on the ground that are still active, and Alzar simply walks on the ceiling. The altar here is a great anvil, and Alzar lands by it, and strikes it with his axe. The clear ringing tone causes the various wards to disappear and a secret door to open to the left. There is a huge forge to the left in the temple that was used to make holy items that were blessed by the clergy. The forge is still magical.
The temple has space for private worship areas, and such. But Alzar heads to the catacombs past the temple. This is a wide vaulted hall extending north and the air is cool and infused with the odor of mold. There is a line of glowgems in the ceiling.
There are a lone of statues with glyphs and glowgems, all in good condition. It’s clear that the condition that back here has not been tainted by the goblins, they haven’t found this place.
There are side corridors that break off the main one, and with memorial tablets, urns with ashes and a few crypts and sarcophagi. The Star doesn’t see anything so he skips them. He feels the presence of some guardian mummies in some of these, but they are not antagonistic, the dwarves have created a variant that’s just lawful neutral, and not evil.
There is antechamber up to the right that has a block of white stone with a blue flame burning steadily at the top, and sparking jewels scattered about. Alzar heads into the room and inspects it with his various items. One of the gems is magical:
Amulet of Inescapable Location
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