It turned out that the discussion about the light source was pointless - the moment Calen entered the staircase, a line of dim gems lit it up all the way down.
"Convinient." He commented.
Whatever was at the bottom, Trent, or whoever else built it, went to great lengths to hide it, it took them almost five minutes to reach the secret chamber.
The room was relatively small, but filled to the brim with all kinds of things.
"I was expecting more of a planning room, a lab maybe - but this is just a storage." Lydia said, while inspecting an empty source oasis she found on a shelf.
"Don't be to quick to judge, I doubt he only stored old baubles here." Vinifer retorted, studying the contents of a dusty bookshelf.
Following Vinifer's example, they all started going through the contents of the chamber.
"Why was he storing all this junk anyway?" Calen asked, throwing away another broken runestone.
"Easier to hide the stuff you actually care about." Baor smiled. "Aha!"
"What is it?"