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The Teeth of Skreesh

Around a buttress of rock, at the base of the ravine that surrounds the castle, is a long carving in the rock face.  Farther on, foul water trickles down.  The carving continues beyond the foul-water outlet to become the Teeth of Skreesh.  It is the face of a gargoyle, with bulging eyes and a beetled brow.  Its mouth is gaped open, and from the mouth comes the trickle of foul water.

The Teeth of Skreesh leads into a black tunnel in the lower part of the Castle.  This tunnel is coated with slime.  The source of its faint light may be the luminescence of decay, or simply the light from the ravine exit reflected endlessly up the shining, putrid tube.  The air is rancid and the urge to retch is strong.

The passageway inclines quite steeply at times.  There are so many bends that you can soon lose all sense of direction.  The tunnels only features are ulcerous alcoves here and there, clusters of stalactites, and the rustling and slithering of creatures who have their abode in the foul passage.  Among them are smooth white snakes, a colony of crested lice, and a creature resembling an elongated frog, with fur round its face and two large, glowing saucerlike eyes.

As you penetrate deeper into the tunnel, its character begins to alter.  There are several side tunnels and branching conduits in the roof, all of them small and evidently not routes to the heart of the castle and the Crystal.  Shortly afterwards, there is a junction where the main tunnel splits off into three directions.  All three are oval, mucid underfoot, dripping with a hollow echo.

The ceiling of the middle tunnel gets higher as it advances.  The slime graduates into soil, and the walls become bare rock.  Wooden beams in the roof are evidence of occupation.  The ground is impacted hard, perhaps by Garthim feet.  The upward climb continues on a gently rising slope, and the improved light allows you to see farther ahead.

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