The staircase slid aside, revealing a short flight of stairs, down into a darkened basement. Fortunately, there don't appear to be any threats, here. Unfortunately, it seems they've discovered both where the Brotherhood was lairing, and what happened to the owners of the house, judging from the grisly remains hanging from the walls. There's also enough cots here, to account for all of the goons they had with them, as well as some leftovers from a wizard's research lab, although it's been taken away, already. It looks like the lich cleared out the area, not wanting to leave too much evidence behind. "Damn. Guess at least one of them got away, and took everything."