Malakaus was just about to start carving into the stone work when his allies actually came up with some pretty smart answers. Sure a heck of a lot more intelligent that what he was thinking. When the dragon showed up (Well, Wyvern, but it's not like Malakaus knew the difference) showed up he was excited that they could skip this boring question game and get to fighting, but it looked like the dragon was on their side. The orc had mixed feelings about this; on one hand The Super Awesome team gets a dragon! But on the other hand, they were still stuck dealing with this riddle. Still, the dragon did give his suggestions, which were sound. For the first riddle he suggested a map. Malakaus could see how it would work; people would often draw rivers, forest, mountains, and towns on maps, but without any of the actual stuff on it unless it was one of those magical three dimensional maps. The second suggestion was a key. The dragon at first suggested it was a lock, but the dark elf corrected him staying it should be a key. You turn the key one way to leave, and you turn it the other way to lock, and it has teeth. Usually. Made sense to Malakaus. The last person to suggest answers was some human he hasn't seen before. Actually, he did see him at the meeting, but he didn't seem to really stick out. At least he was smart though, so the orc didn't think badly of him. Though the idea that shoes were the answer seemed odd. But everyone was pretty sure of their answers, and no one else had any other suggestions. With the answers in mind, Malakaus walked over towards the doors.

Unsure of how they were suppose to give the door the answers (Just say them out loud?) he decided that he would just recite each riddle, followed by their answer.

[b][center]I have rivers without water,
Forests without trees,
Mountains without rocks
Towns without houses.
What am I?[/center][/b]

For the first riddle Malakaus went with the dragon's suggestion. [b]"You are a Map."[/b]

[b][center]I turn my head and you may go where you want.
I turn it again, you will stay till you rot.
I have no face, but I live or die
by my crooked teeth
Who am I?[/center][/b]

This time he went with the dark elf's suggestion for the key. [b]"You are a key."[/b]

[b][center]Two brothers we are, great burden we bear
By which we are bitterly pressed.
In truth we may say
We are full all the day
But empty we go to our rest.
What am I?[/center][/b]

And now he went with the human's idea of shoes. It still seemed strange to him, but it was worth a shot. What's the worse that could happen? [b]"You are shoes."[/b]