Dirk's eyes glow a light pink. "Kobolds eh, the little guys will surprise you. I'm not sure why they would be building a machine--like what the Hell were they going to do if a living golem didn't come along?" He asks in a way that you're sure is supposed to have some expressive hand motions to accompany it, but he doesn't have arms.
"Let me lead you on up," Dirk says.
He leads you up past the stairs to a stone arch leading into a dead in room. On the floor there are several sets of runes. As you enter with dirk there are small rune-like etchings on the wall on the inside of the door.
"You're gonna love this part," Dirk says.
He pushes the uppermost etching with his shoulder nub and the floor lights up a dull blue before you're enveloped in light.
In a similar room you appear looking out at a marble floored room that seems rather expansive. There are no walls, just a balcony on all side looking out across a vast forest and in the distance Barovia shrouded here and there by fog. A small study area is to one side and a bed to another with various little necessities like a table and chairs and such. Bookshelves are placed here and there where columns permit them without ruining the view.
Then there are the inhabitants. Skeleton warriors lining the room with gleaming spears held in hand, they don't move or even look as you enter. Another skeleton is sweeping its way across the floor, absently going about the chore. And at the center of the room is a raised dais with a throne that is like half high backed chair, half couch atop it. On the throne is a woman who looks to be in late 20s with raven hair and pale skin, she is snuggled up neat to a large cat of some sort. From a distance you can feel her piercing gaze, though something is off about her eyes.
"It took you look enough--I had expected you to come in and for me to be over there," she points to a floor to ceiling mirror between two small half-circular tables set into the wall. "I had a crown on and everything, but the crown was probably too much. So, here I am--Lady Cissinei Windore."