"Now this is probably one of the strangest things we have. When our numbers increased beyond being able to feed people with just hunting and foraging, we started raising livestock. When that wasn't even enough, and we had a greater need to feed ourselves than our stock, we moved on to growing our own crops." Gallus waved to one of the people with a bucket of water who was watering one of the rows, "It doesn't rain down here, so we have to move plenty of water. Thankfuly someone worked out how to use those blue stones to fuel some kind of sunlight making spell. It wasn't Darahil this time, it was one of his students. Tora, I think her name is."

The pack moved completely to the end of the hall, where the smell began to get worse and worse. They reached the end of the corridor to behold one of the Ayleid gates with a man made lock securing it. Beyond was the calls of animals. Hens and pigs mostly, by the sounds of it. There were only a couple of stalls visible, however. "Beyond this gate are the animals, as well as a more secure larder. We have to protect them from any midnight snackers or unplanned transformations, so we keep it under lock and key." Gallus knocked his fist against the gate, "A minotaur couldn't get past these old gates. Only a few people have a key and most are already inside, tending to the creatures."

Gallus turned around and started heading back to the hub chamber. "So this farming area is probably the biggest place in the ruin. It was empty when we got here, but the guys who study this place were convinced that this place used to be a library. It would explain all the shelves, I suppose." Gallus looked up to the ceiling in thought as they made their way back, "Let's see, you probably saw the armoury when we came in, I guess that just leaves the forge, the study rooms, the training chambers, the gate to the rest of the ruined city, the latrines, and finding you a place to sleep. There might be other things to point out as well, I'll remember as we go."

In the quiet they had while heading back, Janius walked up beside Gallus to ask him a question. "Hey, Gallus, how long did it take for this place to get set up?"

"Oh, I think it was about a year before it really felt secure." Gallus looked ahead, reminiscing, "For a while it was just a dark, barricaded hole that we were all sheltered in. We had to keep watches for creatures that lived in this place. Undead, mostly. Old undead. Even now, this place is so vast that we don't use all of it. There are still noises from down lower sometimes, but clearing the whole place out would take too long and too much manpower. We've just bricked up a bunch of openings and put a lock on the last remaining gate to the rest of the ruin. The only people allowed beyond are people studying the ruins, and that's with a bodyguard and permission from Jerrick himself."