Hagar has a bit of a struggle opening the door. It is a solid stone thing
of excellent workmanship. The area behind the door is about 25 x 25. It appears
to be an ancient shrine to the Queen of Knowledge. The entire area
including the red marble stairs is bathed in a brick red light. The altar
is made of ancient whitened bones. Mostly what appear to be human femurs
and humerouses. The top of the altar has a red marble top in the shape of a
large plate on which sit four human skulls and one potentially diabolic
skull at the top. In the mouth of three of the skulls are rotting sheaves
of paper, maybe ancient scrolls? It is possible that you identify the
remains of ash on the plate as if there have been burnt offerings here in
the past. The steps going down are webbed with cobwebs and dust. They
appear to not have been used in decades.
