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Then, head south (if there's nothing else besides the northern door).

In this direction, there was a staircase leading up, but since the passage was blocked by grates, it was impossible to pass through. If, while walking down this corridor, you turn east, you can find two rooms locked with locks.

Oh, the lockpick came in handy!)

Let's check for traps and try to open it with the key.

The key that the group had didn't fit any of the locks.

If you turn west from here, you can exit to the corridor you came from (where the first entrance to the room was).

So, I'm a little confused. The staircase started right to the south, and there were two rooms at the end of the eastern corridor, or did we first go south, hit the staircase, turn east towards the rooms, and in the opposite direction was the corridor from which we entered the room with the key?

Added 12 minutes later
Well, since nothing can be done here without a proper map (and only a topographer could create it, and Revan would have to post it), we can just look at the unopened corridors and doors.

So, our options for exploring the western part of the palace are now:

a) The northern "very dangerous" door;
b) Return to Anemone's corpse and go north from there;
c) Return almost to the beginning where there were two corridors and go north from there;
-) Two rooms (keys needed)
-) Staircase (blocked)

Just a reminder, we only have one skill point. Maybe someone could spend it on lockpicking. I would offer myself, but I'm saving up for mental fortitude.
Although, maybe learning the lockpicking skill requires a teacher.
Also, it's possible that it might not even be worth the effort. We can't take the contents of the castle anyway, according to the quest conditions.

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I'm not going to sit here and draw a map myself!
Revan, can't you at least use my cartographer to draw a map for us? Or give us that piece of the map we discovered. You're not just sending us around randomly, are you?

Okay, let the mapmaker draw it, and I'll tell you if it's correct or not.

) Return to Anemone's corpse and head north from there;

I would go there; wasn't this fork "right after" the initial west-north path? Or was this it? We'll definitely feel stressed stepping over the corpse. And if it's not there, we'll curl up in a fetal position.

A realistic expansion for Revan. You choose a skill, and you have to work hard to develop it if you want to master it.

You always had to manage the GM's charisma, not just throw a Kuban at them.

/Well, let's go back to Anemone and head in a different direction./

After discovering the basement, Alaria felt it was necessary to inform Delirium about their find. - We found slaves in the basement of one of the neighboring houses. It seems that D'Lek and his men were not just bandits, but also engaged in slave trading. If we're lucky, their former captives might be able to tell us both the location of the ruins and the source of water. However, if they are not locals and don't know anything... - the Tanarian paused, - ...if they don't know anything, then there is hardly any use for them. And we cannot afford to share supplies with just anyone. Not now. We will either have to send them into the desert alone, without supplies and any chance of survival, or... or finish them off ourselves. Out of mercy.

Gespar will be here soon and chop off all their heads.

I hope you won't stop him from doing that. Gesper is a cutie.

+----------+........evil
|green key|........||
|..............====||
|..............|........||
+----- ----+........||...................................................||.................hall
........||..............||...................................................||..................||
........| ====staircase===2 rooms.............................| =====hall of shame=
........||....................................connection?.............||..................||
........||...........................................||......................||...............exit
........|_==================Anemone======_|

/ Kind of a map. I can't see everything clearly on my phone, is it okay?
Anyway, let's go back to Anemone and head north. Let's check if there's a connection to the locked rooms. Finally. /

Here's another thing. Let Lock also check things periodically on his way back. You never know, the situation might change.