Clint moves to the far end of the corridor and searches the doors. Neither appear to be locked or trapped but the one to the north is stuck and the elf cannot open it. The one to the south opens into a room.
A balcony on the north wall overlooks this wide room, which is lower and cooler than the previous areas you've explored, and a steep staircase leads from the balcony's west side into the chamber. Atop the stairway is a closed stone door. Swiftly flowing water runs in a canal that flows east to west through the area, and the moisture has made the room damp, the walls and floor slick with malodorous subterranean fungus. A narrow bridge crosses the canal at the foot of the stairs from the balcony. Flanking the canal on the north and south are rows of statues depicting shield bearing soldiers saluting with their drawn swords. On the south side of the canal, two of the statues are shattered. Nearby lay the bodies of two humanoids.
The balcony is 15 feet higher than the lower floor. There is a 3 foot tall wall running along the balcony, facing the interior of the room. From the landing through the south door, a ladder decends 15 feet to the lower section of the room. The floor and bridge are covered in patches of damp fungus. The corpses are recently dead varags.
The north door is still closed and stuck.
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