The Temple of Apshai
Room Descriptions
Level 4

Room One - is a natural passage with the floor carved level, A well trodden path in the dust of the floor runs the length of the corridor. The door at the end of the corridor is of iron-bound wood and has a small, barred window at eye level. The air smells faintly of vanilla.

Room Two - has stonework walls, floor and ceiling. The dusty floor is much disturbed and the air smells strongly of vanilla. A wooden table and four chairs stand in the middle of the room. The door to the west is wooden.

Room Three - is a passage with an even layer of dust covering the floor, A discarded sack rests against the west wall halfway down the corridor.

Room Four
- A table and four chairs occupy the middle of the room. The dusty floor shows some large animal tracks and the air smells faintly of vanilla. A rusty sword leans against the wall in the southeast corner.

Room Five - A well-worn path in the dust runs the length of a corridor and the air smells of vanilla. The door to the west is actually a set of double oak doors. The hinges look well oiled and marks in the dust on the floor betray recent opening.

Roam Six - A path in the dust runs the length of the corridor. The corpse of a giant rat lies in the center of the corridor. The door to the west is double and made of thick oak.

Room Seven - is a huge chamber with stonework on the floor, ceiling and all but the west wall, which is of carved rock. The room is filled with rough cots and the west wall is lined with a variety of chests. The floor shows signs of frequent disturbance and the smell of vanilla is heavy in the air

Room Eight - is another huge chamber. The dusty floor shows signs of frequent usage and the air is filled with the smell of vanilla. Rough cots line the walls and stand in rows in the middle of the room, each with a nondescript wooden box beneath it.

Room Nine - is a large room with masonry work everywhere but for the west and south walls. The latter are carved from the native granite. The walls are draped with the tattered remains of tapestries depicting a great battle between two armies. One army consists of men clad in ringmail while the other includes a wild mix of men, ant men, and skeletons. The banners of the second army show a praying mantis- like figure in green on a field of jet black. Two gold plaques hang in the southwest corner.


Room Ten - is a small armory. Racks of rusty weapons line the west and south walls. The dusty floor is undisturbed and the air is foul. An untarnished sword in a separate rack rest below an indecipherable iron plaque in the southwest corner.

Room Eleven - is an ornately decorated passage. Amoldering skeleton in tattered leather armor lies against the rusty iron door at the end of the passage. There are no tracks in the dust of the floor.

Room Twelve
- is a passage with an even layer of dust covering the floor The air smells of decay with a hint of vanilla. The skull of a mule rests against the wall out-side the wooden door to the north.

Room Thirteen - is a corridor. A worn path on the dusty floor runs the length of the corridor and the. air smells of vanilla. The door to the north is brass-bound wood.

Room Fourteen - is a small room. A shelf on the west wall holds a small dark chest with a key in the lock. The south and east walls are hung with an assortment of rusty arms and armor The dusty floor shows no sign of disturbance and the air is foul.

Room Fifteen - A decrepit bed occupies the north wall, a desk the south wall, and a table the middle of the room. The corners of the room are draped in cobwebs. A partially eaten and unrecognizable body rests in the southwest corner of the room.

Room Sixteen - is a largish room. A small desk stands against the wall to the south and a larger desk occupies the west wall. The dusty floor shows faint marks of disturbance and the air smells musty. The door to the west is of brass-bound wood and stands ajar

Room Seventeen - is a largish room. Remnants of cloth and leather hangings cover the walls and the air carries a strong aroma of vanilla. The dusty floor is well travelled. A large cabinet stands against the west wall of the room.

Room Eighteen - is a small room. The north and south walls are hung with worn and battered shields and arms. The east wall bears a large plaque of beaten gold which appears to be an award of some kind.

Room Nineteen - is a large room with the south wall of carved rock. The room is austerely furnished with wooden planks hanging from chains on the east, west, and south walls. The floor is covered with mouldering straw and the air reeks of decay and vanilla. A dead rat lies in the center of the floor.

Room Twenty
- is a small room that appears to be a natural cave except for the west and north walls. A large chest stands open in the southeast corner of the room. The west wall is covered with soot as is the western part of the ceiling. Bones are scattered over the dusty floor and the air carries a strange sickly sweet odor. From the chest comes the gleam of jewelry and gold.

Room Twenty-one
- is a wide room with a large bed occupying the west wall and a rack of tattered robes in the northwest corner. A desk covered with scrolls stands against the east wall. There are large animal tracks in the dust of the floor and the air reeks of vanilla.

Room Twenty-two - A well trodden path in the dust runs up and down the cor-ridor and to the doors on the north and south walls. The air smells of vanilla. The doors themselves are wooden and have no locks.

Room Twenty-three - A well-worn path in the dust runs the length of the corridor and to the door in the north wall. The latter is brass-hound oak and in good repair. It bears a strange inscription that glows with a green light in the gloom. The air smells of vanilla.

Room Twenty-four - is a long narrow room with wooden doors at either end. The walls are covered with arcane heiroglyphs and tapestries bearing the same glyphs hang beside the doors. The room looks often-used and the air smells heavily of vanilla. There are many wooden cots with tattered mattresses in the room- A large chest occupies the northwest corner of the room.

Room Twenty-five - is a large room with heiroglyphs inscribed in the dark slate walls. Stone benches occupy the western half of the room- Although much worn by wear, strange heiroglyphs and scenes showing intermingled insects and men can be seen carved in the sides and backs of the benches. Blocks of stone, hollowed out on top in the shape of bowls, protrude from the walls at irregular intervals. Ornate black metal braziers hang from the ceiling about the edges of the room. Against the east wall is a raised black marble altar, carved with glyphs that give off a faint, eerie green glow. On the altar itself is a large marble statue of a praying mantis, forelegs outstretched and mandibles open. The eyes of the mantis are great rubies-a fine treasure if you dare grab them! A human skull stares eyelessly from the steps leading to the altar. The doors to the north and south are of brass-bound oak, while the doorway to the east is covered with a worn tapestry.

Room Twenty-six - The dusty floor is marked by the tracks of large animals and the air reeks of musk. The doors to the north and south are of plain wood and have no locks.

Room Twenty-seven - The floor bears the tracks of large animals. The partially eaten carcass of an antman lies near the western end of the corridor. The door to the north is brass-bound wood and stands unlatched. The air smells heavily of decay and musk.

Room Twenty-eight - is a long, low-ceilinged room, lined with long stone tables running in rows north and south across the room. The dusty floor shows the tracks of large animals and the room reeks of musk and offal. The doors to the north and south are wooden and have no locks.

Room Twenty-nine - is a smallish room furnished only with rotting cushions strewn about the floor. Tattered tapestries hang on the east and west walls showing scenes of obscene and bloody sacrifice before a mantis-shaped god. A shiny object protrudes from beneath one of the cushions near the center of the room.

Room Thirty - is a passage with wooden doors to the north and south. The dusty floor shows the tracks of large animals and the air reeks of musk. The empty carapace of an antman lies at the eastern end of the passage.

Room Thirty - one-is a passage. The dusty floor shows the tracks of large animals and the smell of musk is in the air Faint clicking sounds can be heard from the east end of the passage.

Room Thirty-two - is a long room with the ceiling and upper parts of the walls covered with a heavy layer of soot. Three large stone ovens line the north wall and a long grill occupies the eastern half of the south wall. The dusty floor shows the tracks of large animals and the air reeks of musk.

Room Thirty-three - is a small storeroom. Heaps of grain line the walls and a dead giant rat rests in the southeast corner.

Room Thirty-four - is a room filled with shelves of rotting books and scrolls. A desk stands near the brass-bound door to the north and a glass case occupies the southwest corner of the room. Inside the case is a well preserved volume bound in leather and bearing a title in indecipherable script. The floor is covered with an even layer of dust and the air smells of decay. The door to the east is wooden and hangs ajar from its rusty hinges.

Room Thirty-five - A bed occupies the north wall with a desk on the south wall and a large cabinet against the east wall. The dusty floor shows no signs of disturbance.

Room Thirty-six - is a largish room with stonework walls, floor and ceiling. The room is furnished with ramshackle chairs, tables and cushions and the remains of books and scrolls litter the apartment. A large desk and chair occupy the center of the east wall.

Thirty-seven - The east end of this room holds a number of wooden painted with human silhouettes. The southernmost target still has some stuck in it.

Room Thirty-eight - The floor of the room is covered with the remains of straw mats. A variety of pieces of martial equipment litter the mats along the walls. In the northeast corner, a bony elbow pokes through a rent in a suit of rusty chainmail. A gnawed thighbone lies near the door.

Room Thirty-nine - The dusty floor shows the tracks of large animals and the air reeks of musk. A discarded backpack rests on the floor in the middle of the passage. The door to the east is brass-bound oak.

Room Forty - The floor shows a worn path through the opening to the north and the air smells of vanilla.

Room Forty-one
- The dusty floor shows many tracks of large animals and the air reeks of musk. The doors to the south and east are brass-bound wood. A moldy sack rests in the eastern end of the passage.

Room Forty-two
- The dusty floor shows no signs of disturbance although the air smells faintly of vanilla. The corpse of a man in leather armor lies in the north end of the corridor.

Room Forty-three - The doorway to the west is covered by a won tapestry and the air smells of decay. Shelves line the east wall and hold a variety of articles forged of shiny metal.

Room Forty-four - The south wall and ceiling of the passage are carved of native rock. The dusty floor is much disturbed, especially near the brass-bound wooden door to the south. The corridor smells strongly of vanilla.

Room Forty-five - A faint trail in the dust runs the length of the corridor and the air smells faintly of vanilla.

Room Forty-six
- is a passage with stonework on the west wall and the other walls, floor and ceiling of carved rock. The dusty floor shows a faint trail running the length of the corridor along the west wall and a hint of vanilla is in the air. A discarded backpack rests against the east wall in the north end of the passage.

Room Forty-seven -  is a passage like 46. The path in the dust continues along the west wall. A rusty sword rests on the floor near the middle of the passage. Room Forty-eight - is a passage like 46.

Room Forty-nine - is a passage with stonework on the south wall and the other wail, floor and ceiling of carved rock. A faint path on the dusty floor leads along the south wall and the air smells slightly of vanilla. A broken bow and an empty quiver rest against the north wall halfway down the passage.

Room Fifty -  is a passage like forty-nine. The carpet of dust is slightly disturbed near the eastern end of the passage, but is otherwise unbroken. The everpresent smell of vanilla continues.

Room Fifty-one - is a passage like forty-nine. The floor is covered with an even layer of dust and the air smells of decaying flesh. A small wooden box lies tipped over on the floor in the middle of the corridor.

Room Fifty-two - is a passage with stonework on the south wall and the north wall, floor, and ceiling of carved rock. The dusty floor shows no signs of disturbance and the fetid air smells of ancient death.

Room Fifty-three
- is a passage with stonework of the south and west walls and the other walls, floor, and ceiling of carved rock. A moldering sack sits on the floor, in the southwest corner of the corridor.

Room Fifty-four
- is a passage with stonework on the south wall and the north wall, floor and ceiling of carved rock. The dusty floor evidences some activity near the south wall.

Room Fifty-five - is a passage with stonework on the south and east walls and the other walls, floor, and ceiling of carved rock. The upper portion of the corridor is sheathed in cobwebs and a larger web fills the south end of the passage. A small sack lies near the west wall partway down the corridor, silver pieces spilling from its mouth.

Room Fifty-six - The dusty floor is marked with the tracks of large animals and the air smells of musk. A cleanly picked skeleton reclines against the west wall halfway down the passage.

Room Fifty-seven - is a passage with stonework on the south wall and the north wall, floor and ceiling of carved rock. A brass plate lies in the dust in the middle of the corridor.

Room Fifty-eight
- is a small alcove. The south wall is of carved rock. The air smells strongly of vanilla and the floor shows frequent disturbance. A black stain marks the floor near the east wall.

Room Fifty-nine - is a small ehtryway with the walls, floor and ceiling of stone-work. The dusty floor reveals frequent comings and goings and the air smells strongly of vanilla.

Room Sixty
- is the western extremity of room twenty-nine. The walls, floor and ceiling are stonework. The floor is covered with the spoor of large animals and the air reeks of rot and musk. A heap of partially eaten human and antman bodies fills the southwest corner