The meticulously carved wooden staircase swirled up and up, a portal to another sibylline dimension.The kaleidoscopic windows threw light around the ancient scene of beauty and tranquility.A strong but venerable pillar groaned and moaned dolefully under the weight of the roof, but held.Projecting a bright light around the room, the cheerful candles cryed in joy, their tears wax.The cabinets held strange and unfathomable artefacts from over a thousand years ago:Anglo-Saxon bracelets, Viking necklaces, and a plethora of other mysterious entities.The checkered floorboards looked like a giant chess board, where the gods were just setting up...