The Unwilling Ambassador (Book 3)
“The companions behind him were led by the ax point, and the humans had to duck beneath the low archway to avoid hitting their heads on the dwarf-size door frame.
Ruth, unfamiliar with dwarven castles, expected dark, damp passages with filth on the floor. What she found instead were wide, brightly lit hallways with natural light from strategic slits in the high walls or thick torches hanging in slots in the walls. There were clean stone floors beneath their feet, and from the walls protruded int...ricate carvings of axes and warriors made of wood. They were crafted with such elegance that they seemed to grow from the very stone. The layout of the castle was a smaller version of the maze of streets in the city. Corners were at odd angles, and passages took lefts and rights with such frequency that she wondered if the architect had been drunk at the time he drew up the plans.
Pat leaned toward Canto. "Must even the castle be a maze?" she asked him.
He shrugged. "Every dwarf king wants to make his mark and does it by adding another wall in the castle." King Piako guided them down a long, meandering passage to the rear of the castle.MoreLess
Ruth, unfamiliar with dwarven castles, expected dark, damp passages with filth on the floor. What she found instead were wide, brightly lit hallways with natural light from strategic slits in the high walls or thick torches hanging in slots in the walls. There were clean stone floors beneath their feet, and from the walls protruded int...ricate carvings of axes and warriors made of wood. They were crafted with such elegance that they seemed to grow from the very stone. The layout of the castle was a smaller version of the maze of streets in the city. Corners were at odd angles, and passages took lefts and rights with such frequency that she wondered if the architect had been drunk at the time he drew up the plans.
Pat leaned toward Canto. "Must even the castle be a maze?" she asked him.
He shrugged. "Every dwarf king wants to make his mark and does it by adding another wall in the castle." King Piako guided them down a long, meandering passage to the rear of the castle.MoreLess
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