The Gaming Den

Tramping down the stairs, you are met at the entrance to the statue room by an ambush! Reptiloids emerge from either side of the entrance, thrusting with spears at Norda, one of them dealing her a vicious scratch. To the north, Norda sees a door open and a Reptiloid step through, out of the room.

Norda, spirit bolstered by the song of old, hacks the enemy before her in half with a single swing that carries into the next foe, felling that one as well, despite the awkward corner. Norda steps back into the space vacated by Vorbar. The south-positioned reptiloid scampers north across the room, passing through the lantern light, and you hear the sounds of their footsteps receding that way.

In very little time, the noise of footsteps is lost entirely, and the only sound is stirring song.

The statue chamber has an open door in the north wall and a closed door in the south. The bodies yield only a handful of copper coins, besides their equipment, crude short spears and slings. The statue itself is plainly ancient, covered in dust and cobwebs, and although its features are crumbling, it is plainly meant to depict a human wizard, his arms held forward as if to cradle an unseen gift.

Lodin inspects the statue, brushing crud out of a small inscription at the base. "The orb is the key," he reads aloud.

Norda's darkvision reveals a room full of trash and broken furniture, with a door on the opposite wall. To the north is some sort of garbage heap. Lodin listens at the southern door, but shows no signs of hearing anything.