The Artist, Part 3 (Sarenith (VI) 18th-19th, 4709 AR)
Kitchen. The larder is fully stocked with enough food and beverages to last at least 3 weeks. Searching the larder revealed a trapdoor in the floor behind some crates and sacks of beans. A ladder under the trapdoor descends to a small space. Hewn stone forms the walls, ceiling, and floor of most of the dungeon area. Hidden Ladder. Stairs descend to a wide corridor flanked by curtained alcoves. An archway opposite the stairs opens into a gallery. The curtains in the north alcove conceal a small space behind it. It contains a ladder that climbs to the trapdoor in the kitchen. Gallery. Paintings of all sizes, styles, and subject matters cover the walls of this irregularly shaped chamber. A beautiful scene of an otherworldly sunset hangs next to a portrait of a red-scaled humanoid with silver eyes and massive horns protruding from its head. Across the room, a scene of a group of human explorers standing before a colossal tree of fire hangs next to a serene still life of a ship a...