Ravenloft game thread

The group finishes crossing the bridge and approaches the main doors, now on solid ground. The ornate massive doors hang open. Fluttering torches cast dim yellow flickers of light from the entry way. Twenty feet into the castle, a second set of doors suddenly swings open effortlessly and the sounds of organ music flow out. Overhead, in the entryway, two statues of dragons glare down, their eyes flickering in the torchlight.

Cobwebs hang from dust-covered columns of this great hall, illuminated by torches fluttering in iron sconces. The dust and webs cast strange, moving shadows across the faces of stone gargoyles squatting motionlessly on the rim of the domed ceiling. Cracked and faded ceiling frescoes are covered by centuries of decay. Two doors of bronze stand closed to the east, directly ahead. To the north, a wide staircase climbs into darkness. All the while, sad and majestic organ tones float about you from a lit hallway to the south (right on map)

The melody is accompanied by a crescendo of distant thunder. The music is loudest from a set of closed double doors facing away from the castle entrance.

Victor walks close to a statue, mesmerised by it's cold gaze. It merely stands and watches, now seeming more lifeless than before, it's eyes bulging in their stone sockets. It seems the architecture is an old style, lost with the death of the artist who created it. It's pose is solemn, a military or religious pose; dressed in ceremonial robe, perhaps this is a martyr. There aren't any notable unusual features.

Another statue catches your eye from down the hall, seeming to watch you, searching deep down into your being.

Looking down the corridor, it seems to go on forever into total darkness. (Those with darkvision can just make out the grey outline of double doors once you begin walking). You hear the rain start to beat the courtyard outside, growing heavier quickly and accompanied by a flash of thunder.