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Your psychic Kai powers warn you that the object buried in the dust is a cursed crown, an implement of torture crafted by Darklord Chlanzor’s Nadziranim—his evil magicians. This cursed crown was used by the Nadziranim to extract information from the Talestrians shortly before their deaths.

Wisely you avoid touching the crown, for you suspect that the dreadful power locked within it could do you great harm. You offer up a short prayer to Ishir to guard the souls of the three prisoners who met their end here, and then you leave the pyramid and turn towards the iron steps.

Turn to 135.