Hallway of Grandeur

South of the hall of mirrors, the characters discover an ornate hallway completely out of place in this horrid dungeon.  It is richly carpeted, high-ceilinged, with rich oak panelled walls.  The effect is strangely claustrophobic as there are no windows in this hallway, a hallway that would otherwise belong in the mansion of a wealthy baron.  At the end of the hallway an oak staircase leading up . . .