The next chamber was wider than the corridor before it, but the space was broken by thick stone pillars placed irregularly across the room. They stood close enough to each other that moving freely between them required careful footwork. Some paths narrowed suddenly while others curved around blind corners. The air was dry and dusty, and the sound of movement bounced strangely between the pillars.
Ivor stepped into the chamber slowly, his attention already spreading through Soul Sense.
A single skeleton waited near the center.
At first glance it looked similar to the others he had faced, but the moment Ivor studied it more carefully the difference became obvious. Dark bands of black bone reinforced its joints—elbows, knees, hips, even parts of the shoulders. The bone itself looked thicker, denser, and the sword it carried was thicker and heavier than the ones he had seen before.
The skeleton advanced the moment Ivor moved.
