The lower tier of the Vault of the Lost Queens betrays that this space was once something different than a home for the undead queens of ancient Zorisz. Here we find that the caves again haven’t been completely converted into finished halls and chambers. The majority of the 11 queens hold primarily to this level, coming up only when a princeling has made a claim for the throne of Kazhkul in order to judge them. Some of the queens wander the level with their attendants, acting much as they did in life. Others have essentially given up the charade and remain in their sarcophagi (like the four sarcophagi along the passage on the centre-right of the map).

Ten of the Eleven Queens of Lost Zorisz are exactly what they claim – the nigh-immortal…