Before Lightning Keep

With camp packed up and everyone gathered you are ready to continue on with your quest. Walking around to the gatehouse you see the hevey iron portcullis and closed great wooden doors beyond.

Erani, is there a way into the gatehouse from above, perhaps you can get inside and raise the portcullis?" Alexander asks the Birdman, hoping they wouldn't have to do to much physical labor to get inside. "If not, I have rope and am sure that you could find something along the wall to secure it to so we could climb."

Erani upon landing on the other side of the gatehouse you see that the large wooden doors are locked shut with a hefty wooden bar resting on two brackets. At the base of each gatehouse tower is a man door, you also recall seeing doors leading into the towers from the battlements.

On the outside of the wall as the group examines the portcullis you can see that the chain that would raise it disappears into the second story of both gatehouse towers. There are also arrow slits pointing into the space between the portcullis and wooden double doors from both levels.

Erani, you approach and try to lift the bar to open the door. It takes a moment, the bar is very heavy, but you are able to lift it. Once removed the double wooden doors easily swing open.

You are all now looking at each other though the portculis.

Erani, the door is locked,

Everyone watches as Erani giggles the handle, Kurt you see nothing troubling/threatening as of yet.

That door is also locked.