"Right." Syral agreed, and took the lead toward the chambers ahead.<br/><br/>When they entered the cloister passage, Erel would see that the outer wall bears a massive carving. The central figure—a heroic dark-haired woman of great beauty—preaches to a variety of human clerics from throughout the long history of the monastery. The first image depicts the figure manifesting in a spiritual manner to a small group of pilgrims of Sarenrae. Another shows the figure conversing with a man in religious finery while the monastery itself is being constructed in the background. Thereafter follows a procession of similar poses, each depicting a visit by the woman and the leader of each era of the temple. The depictions of these clerics often also bear an identifying inscription, complete with dates that span the last several hundred years. The most recent carving is from thirty years ago, and while ample room remains for additional carvings on the west wall, the last thirty feet or so are completely blank. Unfortunately, the carvings have also been the subject of a great deal of abuse. In particular the images of the clerics of Sarenrae have been ill-treated, with some of their names and dates of their reight pried away or scratched into oblivion. In addition, there are other gouges in faces and chests that appear to be deliberate vandalization. Zyrah's face flickered with a hint of outrage at the damage, but she didn't say anything.<br/><br/>Past the halls, though, is the old courtyard. Huge branches and overgrown weeds clog the central open air courtyard of the monastery’s cloister walk. In better times, the monastic priests would have contemplated the open space while circling the cloister, but today it is barely possible to see a few feet into the tangled mess, let alone all the way to the opposite cloister walk. Here and there the brush thins out enough that a dedicated explorer might be able to create a sort of passage, but mostly it is an impassable mess. But she'd also see that in the middle of the area looked to be a nest sized for a flying creature the size of a horse, though it appeared empty, save for a few eggs.