A central staircase leads from the second floor dormitories that the Narrators will be approaching from down to the foyer itself - although Narrators may note that the base of the staircase doesn't look entirely clean. The marble floors and high ceilings make the room seem larger than it really is. The walls are lined with several tapestries depicting a tiger, a dragon, a girl, an unidentifiable beast, or some combination thereof; there are six tapestries on either side.

The tapestries to the east of the stairs, from staircase to entryway: a lone dragon, a lone beast, the beast and the dragon together, the dragon facing down a tiger, the tiger and the beast together, and the dragon and the beast staring down the tiger and the girl.

The tapestries to the west of the stairs: a lone tiger, a lone girl, the girl and the tiger together, the beast and the girl together, the dragon and the girl together, and the girl looking between the dragon, the tiger, and the beast.

In between each tapestry stands a suit of armor on a pedestal - there are a total of ten, five on each side. Closest to the stairs, expanding outward, they hold one of the following: a shield, a sword, an axe, a spear, and then a shield again. The suit of armor between the tapestry of the tiger and the girl on the west side is noticeably less shiny than the others and looks a little dinged up at first glance.