You carefully search the cache for hidden traps but find none. Opening it, you discover a short scroll and a round shield.

The scroll reads:
Brave fellow orc,
the shield you find here has been to no avail for us, but we wish you luck. We have been ambushed and cruelly murdered while travelling in peace through these moors, and the foolish elves left me for dead. All my comrades have fallen under their cruel arrows, and I feel my life is ebbing away from me. Use this shield better than I did. Always remember that there is no feeling as good as hate in the eyes of Snff.

You pick up the shield. It will protect its bearer against sword and axes up to 5 hits, and is tripled against magical weapons.

This treasure can only be found once.

Return to the maze.