They are handpainted tiles from Italy, and they picture a great many sea serpents, mermaids, boats and sailors. You swim under the water to study the tiles more closely. Suddenly, you recognize a picture of Circe and Odysseus. Circe looks up at you and says, " Remember, I let him go. With the dawn he sails away, to be gone forevermore." She is crying slightly. You glance away, uncomfortable and uncertain of how to comfort her. When you look back, the tile looks merely painted.

This makes you slightly nervous. You can continue to explore the moat, or you can leave the moat for the road to the south or climb onto the drawbridge .