Durin believes that none have travelled these secret stairs for an age, but he will not allow that to dissuade him from seeking whatever may lie at the bottom.
'My breath is stolen away by the sight of this cavern, and by the knowledge that none have traversed these steps for an age. The stair snakes along the wall, descending out of sight; how far below Gundabad will we find its lowest step?
'Tread carefully, ${PLAYER}. I will meet you at the bottom of the stairs... for surely there must be an end to them. Is it not so?'
The secret stairs have not been travelled for an age, descending far below Gundabad.
What lies beyond their lowest step?
Durin runs into the long-forgotten chamber.
A statue of Mótsog stands in the long-forgotten chamber.
Durin has asked you to meet him on the stairs outside the long-forgotten chamber.