As characters approach the antechamber, they will encounter waves of possessed guards both within and without the room. A fight is nearly guaranteed, though characters may be able to distract the guards well enough to enable another group to sneak past them. Characters will feel unsettled and discouraged as a result of simply being in the antechamber and those who have been to the Death Realm will recognize a similar influence.

All characters will find that the doors to the Throne Room itself are sealed. Though there is no visible barrier, the doors cannot be broken, opened, or harmed in any known way at this time. The closer one comes to the doors, the more strongly fear will grow in them. For any that touch the doors, a sudden sense of hopelessness will encompass their thinking. These feelings, though they can certainly be overcome, will not cease until the character has left the Palace.