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A door leads into here from the Great Corridor and a teleport will bring you here from the Hall Of Doors.
An NPC tells you that if you find Cleowyn's Quarters, you will find a short cut back to Cleowyn's Palace. But be careful when you use it that you don't leave his quarters unrewarded. Another says, Cleowyn's Bones are guarded by snow elves. Whether or not it is worth returning Cleowyn's Bones to the Mausoleum is much debated for the imps will seize them again and return them to the elves.
Another NPC says, the longest routes through the Mausoleum are the least rewarding. Very true. There are four exits from the entrance room (plus the one back into the Great Corridor) and the routes that lead from the ones far left and far right merely wander round the edge of the central area. We learnt from the tapestry in Cleowyn's Palace that we must go west but not furthest west etc. and this means to take the lefthand exit of the two on the north wall since this isn't the 'furthest west' exit from this room.
We are now ready to complete the King's quest. But there is one important point; one NPC will tell you, beware when you place the possessions Cleowyn demands. Use crown before robe before scepter. Someone in your group must remain in the Mausoleum until the three items are placed and the tomb opened or imps will steal the things. So once you start this quest, DO NOT LEAVE THE MAUSOLEUM, not even to teleport up and buy supplies. Stock up well on potions, scrolls and what-have-you first. If you leave before the quest is completed, you will have to go through the rigmarole of getting the crown (or whatever) again, plus whatever rune keys you need ... I did this, and it ain't funny!
So, go through the door at D8 and head to J7. The Crown is taken from you and you hear a rumbling in the distance. Back to the main entrance and, remembering the tapestry again, go 'east but not furthest east' through the door at D10 and head to H9. The Robe is taken from you and a door opens to your east. Head through here and go to M9. The scepter is taken from you and a door opens north, you are invited to enter and take your reward. Warning, this is a one-way door so explore to the west first, not that there is much there ... Okay, though the door at M9, you will get into a big scrap at N9 and, surviving that, enter the Crypt of King Cleowyn at O9 where you get a range of goodies (though frankly I would have thought something more spectacular was called for after all my hard work - I got a Sword of the Crypt, Mourning Star, Bow of Sorrow and Galabryan Chainmail). After taking this (and if you did everything right and never left the Mausoleum), a note here warns that the King's bones have been given to the dwarves to grind into powder. Cursed be ye who try to return his bones to the crypt.
