It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. The brass lantern is now on. It appears to be an underground cavern of immense porportions. However, your continued survival leads you to believe that the dreaded beast is not present.
Exits are to the north , and west.
A closed door with a sign on it leads to the south , and a dark forbidding stairway leads down . There is an inscription engraved on the eastern wall. Hidden in among the debris is a map . There is a guestbook by Lpage here. Lying on top of the guestbook is a pen .