Carved into the stone directly over the mouth of the cave is a raised circle. Lines cut into the rock around it seem to indicate some sort of energy. It looks to you as if it represents the sun or the moon. Steeling yourself for what lies ahead, you enter the cave, which quickly narrows to form a tunnel and begins a twisting ascent. As you climb, you realize that you're heading into the heart of the mountain. Your advisors follow behind.
There are no forks or junctions along your path, and you lose sense of time as you follow the tunnel upward, the way ahead visible only by the flickering light of your torch.
Finally, the walls around you open out to either side, and the ceiling rises up as you find yourself stepping into a large cavern. Holding the torch high, you can see pictures drawn on the walls, ancient and faded from the passage of time. In the center of the cavern, a circle is marked on the stone floor, while in the roof above is a large, dark hole. In the walls, a couple of smaller tunnels lead off to elsewhere in the mountain.
"What is this place?" asks Drazha, incredulously.
"Some place of worship, perhaps," muses Kral. "It must be ancient." You ignore them and look around the cavern.