Floor 2, Top Staircase Landing

Floor 2

Top Staircase Landing

At the top of the stairs of the foyer, it divides off to either the right or left corridors of the second floor. The top is all open, only being overlooked by railings of the floor, above is embedded a giant Swamp Monster with a jewel for a third eye, and it acts as a minimum light for the area. It does make some movements of its long tentacles and blinking two eyes. Resting against the wall of the top landing is a six foot tall kite shield of Azzur's crest, adorned by two royal blue drapes. The crest is of a dragon with extended wings, it's belly the shield having the image of a caravel sailing quietly under the darkness of a sun and moon, below the shield is a House of Azzur credo in a foreign runes, the dragon's two hind feet stick out. There is also incense smoke of frankincense seeping out of the dragon's beak. The crest is painted in blue and silver and its metal hammered. In each corner of the wall are two eight foot golem guards of crystal holding onto a pike, its base stuck into the floor. They are in fact Crystal Warriors imported from overseas and enchanted to stay put unless the palace is under attack, they can detach from their corner and walk. The strange light creature above if provoked can come to life will grab is victim and tear him to shreds in a violent bloodbath. The landing also has carpet runners of blue Persian design. Starting on the left is a dark hall going further backwards into the palace, its walls are in dark green silky wallpaper and wood, the floor is polished green jade, and it has a short spanning railing that ends at what appears to be some iron wrought lattice cage, without knowing what lies beyond it. It's possibly a window. To the right of the landing the theme is white with a long banister of wood stretching towards the front of the palace. This walkway of sort is decorated by a massively long rectangular painting spanning that entire wall. It depicts Baron Sukumvit's gigantic palace in Fang painted in random colors of purples, white, silver and pinks. Above this incredible painting are four candelabras holding each four candles. This area is a bit more lit with natural lighting from all the sky windows on the front of the palace, blocked off from any other view by a giant porcelain lattice wall, for privacy no less for someone coming from the Great White Hall to the stairs behind. The Great Hall is unseen but bends around the corner top the right of the house. There is a mini corridor from the walkway going towards the back of the palace.

Going up to the walkway on the right, one may peer over the railing to the foyer below, examine the painting, and walking further will take you to the Great White Hall on the right and a bone staircase behind the porcelain wall going up to the third levels.

The foyer and upper landing area is one open plan most likely designed to showcase the Swamp Beast above, which can detach also from the ceiling if enraged enough and acts as a guardian as well.

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Going up the stairs from the main Foyer you find yourself at the top of a very busy landing with an incredible view. You do look at the crest and recognize it, it sometimes depicted on gold coins of Port Blacksand and upon flags therein taverns and such. You will not investigate any of the two corridors yet as they appear to be attached to main large unknown rooms you have not explored yet. It's the bright light of the area at the front of the palace that attracts you, so you'll start there. You realize that there is a big hall off to the right over there too, so there you'll go next. When you turn to give the foyer one last look below, you notice a white and blue glass-stained half crescent window above the lobby doors letting in speckled sunlight. You didn't notice that before! Quite superb discovery, it's pretty no doubt but depicts no imagery.

The Great White Hall, turn to .