---Everyone---
Once Kriv gets to the bottom, Aethos follows behind. The elf goes a little easier than the dragonborn, but he still struggles a bit to descend the rope. Finally Athos makes it to the floor only mildly winded.
The first floor is still open to the sky, but it only takes a few seconds of looking around to see a stair descending deeper into the sunken ruins.
Arius lights his lantern, holds it aloft in his free hand, and begins to descend the stairs, rapier drawn and at the ready.
Athos readies his scimitar and his magic before following Arius into the depths.
---Everyone---
(DM - Everyone roll perception as the party descends the old stone stair deeper into the fortress ruins.)
Kriv huffs a bit apparently a little tired from the climbing down, as he follows the others.
Perception: 1d20+3=17
Athos moves warily, having seen the goblin script, and imagining it was likely some kind of taunt or warning, he can't imagine they will be polite to uninvited visitors.
Perception: 1d20+6 = 19
---Yasmine---
Yasmine arrives at the strange sunken fortress that the leader of her order asked her to investigate. The place where those filthy goblins seemed to be giving out spring and winter apples. As she arrives she sees a rope dangling down into the depths and she notices several robust looking people that are obviously adventurers starting to head down the stairs from the first landing. Well that saves her time trying to find other adventurers to help her explore the place. So she calls down to them to get their attention. She only slightly peeks over the edge though, she doesn't want a startled adventurer to pincushion her with an arrow or two.
---Arius, Kriv, Athos and Nightingale---
Several of the adventurers hear someone call down from up above. It's faint, but all of you look up to the top to see an elvish looking woman peeking over the edge. "Hello! Are you all about to explore the Citadel?"
Seeing the face of an elven woman above, Arius bites back the urge to offer a witty response, and opts instead for chivalry.
"Aye, we are. Do you require our assistance m'lady?" he shouts back up, not lowering the lantern.