various entrances to the zone.
west then first north fromt he recup just south of kalaman.
at the rocky ledge in rockhorde

n

A Dark Citadel Looms Overhead

n
^^^^^^^^ leans close to a grimy guard and listens to what he has to say.

You lean and listen to what the grimy guard has to say.

A grimy guard whispers to you,
'I am not stupid. I can see you out match me.
Now, how about I give you this here key and
whatever else I can do, and you let me run out
of here and I won't yell for the guards.'

He straightens up a bit and adds, 'Shake on it, leave or kill me, up to you.'
shake man
^^^^^^^^ grabs a hold of the grimy guard's hand and shakes it firmly.
The grimy guard whispers something to *xxx*,
but you couldn't catch what was said.

The better dressed guard arches his eyebrow a bit.

A grimy guard drops a small silver key.
get key
^^^^^^^^ tells your group 'kill stens'
kill stens
The grimy guard screams 'AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAA'
A grimy guard places a black steel javelin in Stens's back, resulting in some 
strange noises and some blood.

grymy guard fighting Stens.

Stens says in a calm voice 'You have crossed the wrong follower of the Dark
Queen you infidel.'

With that he points at the grimy guard and cackles.
A black hand shoots up from the ground and grabs the grimy guard by the foot
tearing him from this plane of existance. All that is left of him is the faint
echos of a scream he never had time to utter.

fight stoped guard disapears.
fight Stens hold/para/bash it - small silver key

unlock strongbox

^^^^^^^^ fiddles with the keyhole on the iron box.
The silver of the keyhole flares brightly for a moment.
A magic missile released from a box causes Vedun to stagger under the blow.

unlock/open strongbox
get case strongbox
^^^^^^^^ gets a glittering silver whistle case from a small iron box with a 


unlock case/open case 
get whistle case

^^^^^^^^ unlocks a glittering silver whistle case.
^^^^^^^^ opens a glittering silver whistle case.
^^^^^^^^ gets a whistle from his case.

blow whistle/use whistle
^^^^^^^^ produces a short, high note from the a whistle by blowing into it.

Someone to the north shouts,
"Alrighty Stens, you can stop blowing on that thing, I will open it up."

A moment later the portcullis lifts up and the way into the courtyard is
no longer barred.

gate opens to N