The Twisted Ladder - the Top

After another couple of hours climbing, your muscles ache, your vision is blurred and you find yourself searching desperately for sight of another platform upon which to take a break. You have no idea how far you have climbed, and to be frank – do not feel like looking down to check.
It comes as a real shock when with a sense of dislocation you suddenly find yourself in a large hemispherical stone chamber about 60’ in diameter and 40’ high. It is lit by four torches set into sconces. The 10’ diameter hole in the floor seems to lead down into a crooked stone chimney with the ladder twisting around the surface of the chimney.
Set into the walls of the chamber are 8 evenly spaced floor length windows. The windows look down onto different viewpoints from a slightly elevated perspective.
#Looks onto a	small well-manicured city garden, from the visible skyline you	recognise this as somewhere in the Imperial Palace at Stormhaven
#Looks down	onto a ploughed field, a short distance away can be seen the sea (or	possibly a large lake). To the left is a tall tower, seemingly clad	in blue stone. This viewpoint is slightly blurred – as though	looking through smeared glass
#Looks into a	small antechamber off a large courtyard. With a shock, you recognise	the courtyard as being where the GARM ritual was being enacted
#A small	courtyard with a disused and dried up fountain in its centre. You do	not recognise the skyline, although it is definitely a major city
#A small	copse of trees, in the distance you can see a wooden stockade. You	recognise this as the home of the Blue Witch
#Is swirling	with a kaleidoscope of colours, occasional glimpses of a small lane	which has rubble lying in it. The skyline kind of reminds some of	you of StarPort
#A small hall	devoid of furniture and only dimly lit. In the hall, standing in	unmoving ranks are large numbers of corpses of various races, Orcs,	Humans, Maratasen, Elves, Giants and Ariels make up the vast	majority
#Inside a	small cave, through the cave entrance you can see the city of	Hightower