Sorry that I never got around to replying to that first thread. It was an unfortunate victim of those grey months where I was back in the void...

An excellent question, though! I'm glad you cast a quick Raise on its forgotten corpse.

I can give you a little background on the oddly named locale, but only a little, because there is actually a quest planned for a future patch (written by me!?) that will feature the stone staircase and touch upon its colorful history.

For now, let's just say that several centuries ago, a certain member of a certain royal family was arrested for certain crimes, and a certain flight of stairs was used in her slightly cruel yet highly unusual punishment.

As for the rest, well...in the immortal words of Yoshi-P, "please look forward to it!"