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 The passageway continues south for a considerable distance and you follow it carefully. As with previous passages you have journeyed through within this fortress you find here further evidence of the Hordims' destructiveness. On both sides of the hall all of the exits have been collapsed, doorways and passages that must have once led to other parts of Stoneholme no more than piles of debris that spread out across the floor before you. Why it has been done you cannot say, but as you travel further into the mountain you can sense that there is a purpose to it.
With each step forward the heat seems to intensify about you. Thick as a morning fog the heated air wraps itself about your body as you move, carrying upon its oppressive touch the smell of ash and smoke. Breathing heavily in the corrupted air you move forward, unsure as to what might be its source, but sure that it will soon become unbearable.
As you fight against the rising temperature you almost miss another door that stands undamaged in the eastern wall. Inset a metre into the stone it has been cunningly artificed so that it cannot be seen unless you are right upon it. Coming to a halt you press yourself against the wall and peer into the small alcove. The door is the usual wood and iron construction but to your surprise it is slightly ajar, and from within comes the distinct rise and fall of voices. Trying to listen at the door the clarity of the words is distorted by the sound of the furnace building in the corridor ahead. Above the boom and rush of the heat you can just make out the voices of a Dwarvendim conversation.
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Do you wish to investigate these voices? If this is your choice turn to section 120. If you cannot afford to dally while the heat builds in the passage and you wish to continue south turn to section 204.
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