human
Compose a short description of a foreboding scene outside a town keep with chains, halberds, and torches.
assistant
Skewed racks of gleaming halberds stand at the ready, secured by heavy chains along the sharply angled walls that provide passage to and from the heart of the vast granite fortress. Smoldering torches hung nearby do little to accentuate the roughly chiseled crest along a portion of the granite walk underfoot.