The beasts end was brought about as the sword cut through the stone creature, ending its shortly reawakened life as its head tumbled to the ground with a satisfying [i]thud.[/i]  Valiant didn't cut completely cleanly through - there would be a few jagged edges where Isabella would have had to struggle a bit to force the blade through - but the end result was the same as the fight was over for now, the trap destroyed.

The remaining attempt to push open the door would go uninterrupted - The air leaving the ever increasing gap felt as if it had been stagnant for an extremely long time, so stuffy it was easy to conclude that this room had been sealed in an ancient time and whatever smells had distinguished themselves from each other had long since melded into a single putrid perfume that was sprayed out into the air.

As the door finished opening, the still living members of the party would find themselves looking in on what appeared to be some sort of entry hall - to the right were various stables that were long into decay, with one of the fences parting two seperate stalls completely collapsed.  A horses skeleton laid on the ground over that destroyed division, completely unmoving.  The room itself was decently cool and dark - despite the light outside very little managed to filter into the cave.

Would the princess bring a light source in or try and make her way through the darkness?