[2] The Library & The Lighthouse

There's not much here in this first room. The book that at first glance looked like an ornate ancient relic was just a mock-up of one, probably designed to make people come closer to look at, and almost certainly the trigger for the trap that's now behind you. Smaller, less important books line the walls, although each of these are undoubtedly worth more all the books up above. They're all locked though, behind the same type of arcane lock that Fallowcrest had to open to let you into the library at first.

The only way to go is the hallway that S'sylin had been going down when the rest arrived - a long narrow hallway that ends in a 'T' after a couple hundred feet or so. From one end of the T comes mechanical clunking; from the other, the sizzle of electricity. You'll have to go one way or the other.

The hallway here is narrower than before, but soon turns a corner. As you go around the corner, a flagstone in the floor shifts ever so slightly, and the clanking stops.

You can see into the room ahead of you now. The room is shaped like a hexagon, with your entrance on one side (let's call this side Side 1). On the opposite side of the hexagon, there's a small inset (let's call this side 4). There, in the inset, is a huge lever. Above it is a huge iron "X" in a fine serif font.

On each other wall of the square (sides A, B, C, and D), there's an enclosure. Inside each enclosure there is also a pile of dessicated corpses. In front of each enclosure is a smaller lever with an engraved iron plaque: I, II, III, and V, in the same font as the X. Whoever designed this place is clearly testing your intelligence. If only they'd been nice enough to tell you what the test was.

You can see easily into each enclosure, and nothing is rushing your exploration of the room, so you can take your time to look around. Here's the obvious things you see:
-- The enclosure on Side A has four corpses in it. A golden cross hangs from the ceiling on a heavy iron chain. The lever has an engraved plaque with a "V".
-- The enclosure on Side B has twelve corpses in it. An ancient halberd wit a darkwood handle hangs horizontally on the back wall on golden hooks. The lever has an engraved plaque with a "III".
-- The enclosure on Side C has five corpses in it. A silver cross hangs at an angle on the back wall after one of the bolts holding it broke long ago. The lever has an engraved plaque with a "II".
-- The enclosure on Side D has five corpses in it. A wooden cross eaten through with termites hangs on the back wall. The lever has an engraved plaque with a "IV".

There's corpses of all the major races here. The bodies are more or less intact, and it appears that they died in battle. There's no overt signs of battle here though, so perhaps they were transported here after?

Astrid pulls the lever surrounded by the crosses and halberd. Rethinking it, she realizes there must have been a meaning to those other levers, but it's too late now. The only other helpful thought that comes to mind is that these things she has at her feet are all supposed anti-undead weapons.

Every closed enclosure opens. The door behind you rattles shut with a bang.

Every zombie shuffles to their feet.

They're slow, so I'm giving initiative to you guys first.