Rooms

  Looking through the gap in the mountains that enclose the valley you

observe an intense light, nearly blinding as a field of ice on the other

side bounces any source of illumination back seemingly tenfold.  Here, on

the right side of the mountains, the terrain is slightly better.  There are

no trees, but you do see a few shrubs and other bush-like plants dotting a

gravel landscape.  It is bitterly cold, but from observation it would appear

that it is far colder on the other side.  Below here is a small valley,

tucked away and appearing to be only slightly more inviting than where you

stand now.  A few huts stand where firm ground can be found, along with

several piles of refuse from where it seems earthquakes destroyed the

structure.