But to his relief and contradicting his fears, the room was empty of any creature. The candle was burning on a small round table at the western edge of the room.
Aldrich descended the short stone stairs, there were only six steps. The design of the room in such a way made it much bigger than expected.
The east wall of the room was filled with chains tied over iron pegs imbedded in the wall.
Aldrich couldn't see properly so he walked over to the round table and took the candle with him intending to use it to get a better look at the room when he noticed that the southern wall was lined with unlit torches.
Aldrich tried lighting one of the torches and it caught on fire bringing a smile to his face. Then everything became clear. Right under the light of the torch there was a metallic cage.
There was over a dozen of them lining the southern wall. Thankfully the cages were empty. The cages had small wheels attached to them under the base.
