Soon after the girls all disappeared into the pilgrim's path passage and locked the secret door behind themselves, the sources of the footsteps they heard entered the chamber, and sounds of surprised voices and barked orders filled the uppermost level of the tower, followed by more, hasty footsteps. What the search party was doing or how they were planning their search for intruders, the girls didn't understand from the noises only, as they were already on their way down the stairs by then.<br/><br/>Throughout the descent and sneaking through the secret corridors, the sense of being chased haunted the party, as if a ferocious beastman or a fanatical, armed guard of Hagan's would come bursting through the wall or jump out from each corner.<br/>They safely descended a few levels, but around the time  they were nearing the trial chamber on the library level, just as they reached the bottom of the current set of stairs, they could see the magic on the gate connecting the chamber to the rest of the level dispelled. The current occupants of the tower have been alerted to their presence and were looking for them even coming into the trial chambers! This could possibly also mean that a search party was coming up from behind them, to make sure the secret path was safe...<br/><br/>The girls had to move incredibly fast and silently if they wanted to get past the chamber before the gates were fully opened and guards - or orcs came pouring in to find them! Then again if they made too much noise and their immediate presence was found out, their pursuers could easily catch up with them in numbers even, while they were moving slower encumbered by carrying the unconscious wizard.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">It's that time again! Roll those twenties!</div><div class="spoiler_body">Make stealth checks. Unless you limit yourselves to moving at half speed, you take -5 to the roll. Succeed and avoid detection for just a little bit longer... Fail and the enemy will start chasing you down, or be too slow and get ready for rolling another round of initiatives!</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">MAP</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j361/zapreskog/tower_zps6227c0c4.jpg)</div></div>