You dash across the room, leaving the others to fight the ambushers. As you reach the far exit, you hear a blood-curdling scream. You turn your head long enough to see Teromil collapse as an ambusher strikes him. Ignoring your companion's fate, you pull the curtain aside and see the iron bars of a portcullis blocking the passage. You wrap your hand around the bars and lift with all your might, but the gate is too heavy to move. Behind you, the noise of the battle suddenly stops.

You turn to see the three ambushers lying motionless on the floor. Roderick kneels next to the fallen Teromil, his head bowed in prayer. Finally, Roderick rises and, shaking his head sadly whispers, "He is dead." Salamdros glares at you for several moments, then kneels next to the ambushers. "They are asleep. Bind them, murderer." You quickly move to obey, fearing Salamdros will seize any opportunity to strike you down.

"You led us into this trap," Salamdros says, "and now Teromil is dead. Is there any reason I should not take your life?" Salamdros takes an ambusher's mace. "I may have led you into a trap," you say, "but as you see by my wounds, I did not do it intentionally."

"Then why did you try to escape like the dirty dog you are? Were you not trying to flee my wrath?"

"I am not a fighter," you say. "If I had fought, there would have been two deaths instead of one." Salamdros slowly lays the mace aside, saying, "I shall believe your story for now. But I warn you, at the slightest sign of betrayal, I will kill you!" He helps bind and gag the last of the ambushers. Will you search the area (108), inspect the portcullis (112), or question a prisoner (110)?