16. Mural

Behind the curtain is a strangely-shaped room with a mural that covers all the walls. Though it is chipped and peeling, you can still see most of the images clearly. Along the longer diagonal wall are scenes of a city as viewed from above; webs crisscross between them, and giant spiders are visible here and there. Many of the spiders are clutching indistinct humanoid forms; some appear to be struggling, others are limp and marked with red blood. A few of the spiders are obviously wrapping their victims in webbing. The back wall depicts a spider in horrific closeup, so large that only its head, a bit of its thorax, and the joints of its foremost legs are visible. The mandibles drip with venom, and the many eyes seem to stare through you, seeing you only as food. On the other diagonal wall huge egg sacs lie on the floor of a pillared room, while web- wrapped humanoid shapes hang above them. There is nothing else of interest in this room.