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Eventually the wolfhound obeys your mental command and lopes off into the tunnel that leads to the bridge by which you entered the citadel. The bandits give chase, and you hear them cursing and threatening their recalcitrant hound as they hurry past your hiding place unawares. You watch them enter the tunnel, and as soon as they disappear from view, you leave the statue and hurry around the gallery to the staircase opposite.

A short flight of iron steps ascends to a long, low-ceilinged hall. Its plastered walls are decorated with frescoes that depict enslaved humans, bedecked with chains and heads bowed in defeat, parading in a line before a triumphant group of Drakkarim warlords. At the far end of this hall you discover three identical doors recessed into the wall.

If you possess Telegnosis, turn to 107.

If you do not, turn to 174.