"Excellent. I am glad to have your aid. I would advise you to begin today, although it may take several weeks to fully explore this cairn if I am correct. Let me draw you a map to show you the way..."<br/><br/>The day is clear and the path north to cairn is fairly easy. You are able to follow one of the trails to forest most of the way, then use a stream that it crosses as a handrail to cairn itself. The evergreen cedars contrast with the fall leaves of the apple, aspen and birch trees.<br/><br/>Eventually you find the overgrown entrance to the tomb. Once inside, the natural light dimly illuminated a long hallway extending north into the darkness. A faint breeze brings with it sibilant whispers that sound almost like sighing breath. It must be a trick of the wind, but it seems almost life like.<br/><br/>The walls bear horizontal bands of deceptively simple geometric patterns. In places, the bands reveal startling detail, but in others, they appear to have been hacked at by weapons or eroded by the rigors of time. Flakes of paint, a vibrant purple and a dull mustard hue, still cling to the walls in places, hinting at what must have been a riot of colour in its prime. A thin layer of dust coats the floor.<br/><br/>Just inside the darkened tomb, there lie two small alcoves to the east and the west. Hear the walls bear the most significant damage. Dozens of clumsy etchings mar the beautiful ancient masonry like graffiti on a city wall. A clump of soiled cloth about the size of a halfling lies in the western alcove's western terminus.<br/><br/>Outside, a fall wind picks up, blowing orange leaves in the first five feet of the entrance, and a chorus of almost human sounds rises from the darkness.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Map i<br/>|  |a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z| <br/>|1 | | | | | | | | | | |w| | | | |w| | | | | | | | | | |<br/>|2 | | | | | | | | | | |w| | | | |w| | | | | | | | | | | <br/>|3 | | | | | | | | | | |w| | | | |w| | | | | | | |S| | |  <br/>|4 | | | | | | | | | | |w| | | | |w| | | | | | |E| |W| | <br/>|5 | | | | | | | |w|w|w|w| | | | |w|w|w|w| | | | |N| | |<br/>|6 | | | | | | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | |\| | | | | | | <br/>|7 | | | | | |w| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |w| | | | | |  <br/>|8 | | | | | | |\| | | | | | | | | | | | |/| | | | | | | <br/>|9 | | | | | | | |w|w|w|w| | | | |w|w|w|w| | | | | | | |<br/>|10| | | | | | | | | | |w| | | | |w| | | | | | | | | | | <br/>|11| | | | | | | | | | |w| | | | |w| | | | | | | | | | |  <br/></span><br/><br/>W=wall<br/>/ or \ = a diagonal wall