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You start up the long spiral staircase. It comes out in a small round room, from which you can see quite a distance in all directions through the slit windows. You can imagine archers standing in those windows and defending the castle before it was ruined. A ratty and moth-eaten old tapestry still hangs on one wall, depicting a hunting scene with lots of hounds and people riding horses, all chasing a white stag. You see nothing else of interest, though.

The staircase leads upward to another floor, so you begin to follow it.

You've only gone around the spiral a couple of times when you notice that the air feels colder. Around another turn, and you stand face-to-face with a ghost!

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You run

You stand your ground