There’s another blue person guarding the door and telling us to leave. Only they didn’t even Lock the door, and then exploded into nothing pretty quick after they tried to attack us. A very bad Door Warden.

There’s a ballroom full of people inside, dancing, drinking, and eating little treats. The treats are nice light things. I cut in on one of the dances, at least I learned how to do this right at court. She doesn’t seem to know the city fell out of the sky and is buried under the ice. She also says the Lord of the Tower has not arrived because he likes to make a fancy entrance. She says they have a new ball every week here.

Nothing to learn from them, so we move on to a room full of staffs. There’s really pretty purple crystal one that I take for my Mom. There’s also a demon rock one, but we leave that one alone. Though some want to take it to break it, but we’re busy now. The next room is full of weird equipment and a suit of armor with a brain in a jar on top of it. They won’t talk and don’t like being poked and both attack us, but we break them both open so they’ll stop. Eggy finds a paper that says it’s the Lord’s staff that can control time.

We wander around a bit and back through the ballroom to a sitting room with more folks eating and talking. I check their pockets, but it’s all weird coins, so I take a few. We find a whole box of wine that nobody is drinking, too. These people don’t know that the city is fallen either. They’re just gossiping.

We keep going and find a big split down the middle of the tower, but we have some more places to look on this side first. Back through the ballroom and more treats, to a room with folks smoking and eating fruit. There’s a fancy chest in the center of the room. The people say you ask it for anything you want, anything simple anyway. I ask for some food and it does it, then I ask for a diamond and it gives me one. Leshy really likes that, so I ask for a bunch more. But when we leave the room, they start disappearing.

We find some office rooms, but all the books and scrolls fall apart. So, we go back to the split and Doc and I get everyone across. We climb up some stairs, but then we’re trapped in a dome with some shadow blades outside it in front of a door. Sammy, Leshy, and the Mage lady examine it and after some talking, Sammy makes it go away and we all run for the door.

The dome snaps back in place and the swords attack. They hurt people really bad, but we break them and the green gem that’s making the dome. The next room has eight doors with those magic symbols above each one. Doc and I go in, and it feels funny in there. Doc starts turning to stone, but then he stops messing around and we go look at the first door. The Mage lady says we’re supposed to name our Master to get through. So, I name the Queen and open the door.

It’s really dark inside, really dark. I try my driftglobe, but it doesn’t help. Then the darkness stabs me. I stab it right back, then Doc drags a spiky devil out into the room. I kill him dead. We try different names at all the doors, but nothing works, and it’s dark behind them all. So, Doc and I go exploring, tied to a rope, to see if we can find anything.

We find a really pretty room full of stars and chairs with those magic symbols on them again. There are lots of doors in here, but everyone is really interested in the stars and the chairs. So we look for a while, and then try the doors. The first one has a big tall floating rock in it. It won’t move or turn or swing or anything. The Mage lady is really excited about it and wants to look at it more while we go explore more.

We find some locked doors then – but they just lead onto a balcony. It’s a really fun balcony, though, makes your voice really loud. Doc and I had a lot of fun with that. The next room we find has lots of books and scrolls and a key. Not The Scroll, though. It tells us how to use the star room, though, so we go back. People have to sit in chairs that have the symbols of their own magic on them. When we get people on the right chairs another door opens into a really big room full of books.