A Well-Lit Guarded Alcove                              -      -      - 
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To the east are the huge onyx doors.  Here you find yourself in a small
alcove, the top is rounded but comes to a point like a bishop's hat.  The
space is small with the back wall fairly shallow.  This alcove looks like it
could have been made to frame a larger then life size statue that might have
watched over the doors.