| The dais extends south into the Temple,
forming a circular area. The floor, steps, and walls are black basalt, highly polished and gleaming. Four steps lead to the upper platform, and upon it is a great throne of purplish basalt, with leering demon faces and carved grinning skulls. Above the throne, the following words in the common tongue are chiseled into the curving wall: THE POWER OF ELEMENTAL DEATH
The flags upon which the throne sets
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Sketch or describe the pattern in detail for
the players. If detected, note that the pervading
evil is stronger here than elsewhere.
A faint dweomer also radiates from the
entire AREA.
The huge throne is carved of solid stone,
immobile, and cannot be destroyed by anything
but disintegrate or wish.
Other spells,
including those which affect rock or stone,
have no effect.
The throne can be ordered to sink to the
Greater Temple (Dungeon Level Three, area
352). Only a limited
wish or greater spell
can detect this movement capability. The
possessor of the Orb of Elemental Death
(Dungeon Level Three, area 322) knows
how to operate the throne merely by gazing
upon it (magically becoming aware of the
command words to make it lower or rise)
and can control the throne by sitting on it
while holding the Orb.
The throne can otherwise be activated by a
wish, or by the following procedure.
The user
must step on the four color slabs directly
before the throne, in proper order—brown,
white, green,
red—and
then speak the name
of Zuggtmoy. The throne thereafter
sinks to
area 340 when anyone sits upon it.