Story I: The Rift

Once Ameera steps aside, Erran takes to the platform. With a single smash of his boot the door goes swinging wide open. Now with more of a look into the room than just the left side of it, you can see that it is not - or at least was not - just a hallway. The left side of the room, as you saw, contains a series of wall-crypts The right side, however, seems to have been affected by the same pressures that caused the cave-in in the room you still stand in. There is no stone wall on the right side, but a large pile of dirt, crumbled stone and other such rubble. The fact that the right side is not a straight line leads you to believe this wasn't just a hallway; there are points where columns still stand - or just the beginnings of them - that may have once supported a larger room.

About 60 feet down - for those that can see it - is another metal door. It appears broken and smashed on the top-right corner, giving a glimpse of another stone wall of a room on the other side.

Room Map

The imp flies off of Ameera's shoulder, vanishing from sight moments after.

The wall-crypts appear to be mostly intact, and there does not seem to be audible movement on the other side of them, which is likely a relief. However, as Devanis gets about halfway through, the deep sounding of what might be a large bell or gong rumbles beneath your feet. The floor gently shakes and your insides vibrate to the reverberating bass as it sounds three consecutive times over the course of the next few seconds. Following the ringing, the sound of muffled, incoherent yelling can be heard from some chamber beneath you.

Devanis arrives at the far end of the room, by the broken door. He can overhear the unseen flapping of Zubie's wings beside him. At this position there is no apparent pathway to floors above or below. The missing corner on the door gives him a glimpse inside, however...

The deep ringing notes begin to fade, but before they pass into memory, three more resounding booms echo from below, just as before. The yelling persists; the tone is reminiscent of someone giving an empassioned, rallying speech.