The gatekeeper
opens the view port in the gate and peers through it. Recognizing
you,
you hear a slightly muffled 'welcome home, m'lord'. He quickly
closes the port and
you catch a whisper of the gate mechanism being cranked. Slowly
the gate crawls up into
the walls. You hear some latches being worked and the tall oaken
doors open before you.
Gently you are led into the entrance hall by the gatekeeper.
You stand dwarfed here in the immense entrance hall of the castle.
Blue banners bearing
the black cross of the order hang from the ceiling between
pillars of glossy white and black
marble. A tall wooden stand near the entrance holds an ancient,
thick book. Long, graceful
windows let the sunlight slant in. Deep grey cobbled stone lines
the floor, a reminder of the
stark simplicity which those dedicated to Severan live in.
A Holy Knight rides in from the south, and introduces himself as Ender. These are the things that he can teach you...