Gameplay

As you pass through the archer gallery, you notice the clever construction of the arrow-slits. They blend easily into the mountainside and would be nearly impossible to spot on the approach, and give great protection to anyone standing inside.

The floor is littered with debris, cobwebs, and rat droppings. Poorly cured hide blankets and well-gnawed bones are scattered about. Freki sniffs at one of the blankets and gives a low growl.

A short passage stretches northward (for reference, the rope-bridge ran east-west). At the far end you can see a small alcove, an apparent dead-end.

I have the marching order as:
Ulrich
Ghardak
Gyrmmal
Dalomdûmir & Freki
Sen
Gromli

Please update me if this changes or isn't correct.

Having seen the previous secret door, Ghardak quickly spots another of the same kind in the eastern wall of the alcove.

Gyrmmal examines the contents scattered about the floor, but finds nothing of note. The bones are clearly from animals rather than humanoids.

Ghardak locates another two plates above this door that, when pressed, cause it to slide open. A flight of stairs going upwards is revealed, leading to a blank stone wall.

Dalomdûmir whips the blanket off the floor and a large rat scurries away, dripping a trail of blood – one of Gromli's stabs must have scored the creature's flank.

Freki leaps at the rat but just before the war-dog can snap its jaws upon it, the rodent disappears down a crack in the floor. When Freki moves away, the rat's head pops up again for a moment, shooting you an almost-human glare.