Braced by Sebastian with a running start, Tessa has no problem leaping over the 10' gap with a knotted rope tied to her waist. From there she secures it for the rest to cross over, which is not too hard for knotted rope, leaving all of you except Dominic free to carry on deeper into the caves, while some might consider who gets the magical cloak once worn by a presumably deceased person. Along the way you notice a long wooden plank tucked partially in a crack at the side of the passage that someone might have used to cross over the pit.<br/><br/>The reliefs and markings of aquatic creatures and spiral shapes grow a little more frequent as you progress by the light of fungi, but none of that prepares you for what lies ahead deeper down the tunnels beneath the Kortos Mounts.<br/><br/>You enter into a large cavern about 100' wide and 30' high, walls and ceilings what must  have  once  been beautifully  carved reliefs and inscriptions, but have since been weathered heavily by the dampness in the caves. Unlike other parts of the tunnels, there are neither stalagtites nor stalagmites in this section, save for two that stretch from floor to ceiling, more like primeval stone pillars to either side of a 15' passageway at the far side to the south. The passageway is lined by blue-burning torches that cast an illumination back into the cave proper. You feel like this was once a receiving hall or gallery, perhaps a grand subterranean temple, but apart from the carvings it seems a completely naturally occurring cave with little excavation down.<br/><br/>The stone reliefs are also dulled and softened to the point that it is hard to distinguish what each once  depicted. You notice that stretched over either sides are six sections,  each seemingly centred around one primary carving or inscription, and all of the foci are depictions of a single man engaged in some sort of activity, but most of the portrayals are almost completely gone, leaving only four sections (out of 12) with any hope of being made sense of.<br/>