This huge, high-ceilinged hall is elaborately decorated with floor-to-

ceiling scrolls and intricate wooden wall carvings. Torchieres carved

in the shape of dragons cast a strange half-light upon the room. A

palpable aura of power can be felt here, perhaps the psychic residue

of ancient and disturbing rituals. Rows of woven sitting mats line the

floor, which continues off to the east, west and south. A wide hallway

leads out of the great hall to the north.