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At the end of the corridor stand familiar high doors; these doors are plated with silver. Flanking them on both sides of the corridor are the living quarters of the High Lord and the living quarters of the senior-most council lord. The latter is likely to become High Lord in turn. These chambers switch back and forth; when a senior-most lord becomes High Lord, his chambers become those of the High Lord, and the chambers of the recently deceased High Lord become those of the new senior-most lord.

As for the Map Room, you may already have visited there; it is where receptions are held. When not in use for receptions, the Chara meets here with palace residents or else makes military plans for his empire – hence the chamber's appellation.

The best view in the palace of the black border mountains can be seen from this room's windows.

[Translator's note: The Ambassador has good reason to remember those windows. Blood Vow shows why.]

At one time, the cellar of the current palace was made up of dank, dim chambers where the palace's slave-servants slept and sometimes worked. When the previous Chara made up his mind to free all the palace slaves, there was much discussion over what to do with the former slave-quarters. The somewhat belated consensus by the palace officials was that these rooms were unfit to live in. There was talk of turning the rooms into storage rooms.

To everyone's amazement, the palace's community of eunuchs came forward and asked that the dank, dim chambers be given over to them. They had never before had a place in the palace that belonged solely to them. Many of them, being recently freed slaves, had lived in the slave-quarters; they considered this their home, one that might finally belong to them, rather than to their slave-masters.

The Chara graciously granted them their new quarters and forbade anyone who was not a half-man from entering the quarters, except by invitation of the eunuchs.

I can testify that the eunuch community has done a marvellous job of redecorating the cellar, so that it is bright and cheerful. One room alone has not been touched: the slaves' punishment room, which remains as a stark reminder of this place's bloody past.

If you are invited to visit the eunuchs' quarters, I strongly advise you to visit the punishment room. My advice grows even stronger if you keep slaves yourselves.

[Translator's note: Free-man's Blade includes a visit to the slave quarters, courtesy of a half-man.]