"Good thinking," Naugus agrees when the lockpick is retrieved. "Always wise to keep the keystone on your person. In the event retreat must be done." How fast can Naugus open a portal under duress? Hopefully they won't have to test that.

Only after Felix has stepped through does the other mage follow, looking about the gloomy landscape with keen interest. One ear is pricked upright, listening, while his eyes scan left and right as well as up. What awaits them in this realm?