This huge echoing hall is constructed of
polished black stones, which give back odd reflections of your light. The most striking features here are the symbols set into the chamber floor. To the north is a triangle of dull ecru
To the east is a great 10'
To the south is a circle
To the west is a long diamond
All of these radiations gleam from the
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Both evil and magic can be found here.
The magic radiates from the floor symbols,
the evil from everywhere. Any creature
who steps into the area of an elemental symbol and stands there for
3 segments is transported to the corresponding Elemental
Node: the Air Cavern (circle), the Earth
Burrows (triangle), the Fire Pits (lozenge),
or Water Maze (square). The only way to
escape therefrom is to win through to
another "gate" area or to possess the
complete Orb of Golden Death, inset
with all
4 proper gems.
Zuggtmoy once used the symbols to visit
the Elemental Nodes, and to send screaming
sacrificial victims to their dooms in these
places. Now, however, the demoness is
prevented from entering this hall until all four
of the sealed portals are broken. If this has
been done, she will certainly come here to
thank her liberators, in her own way. If
Zuggtmoy is destroyed, the symbols lose
their magic, and the Elemental Nodes themselves wink out of existence,
destroying everything within them at that moment.