Lorewalker Cho, Taran Zhu and Zhi the Harmonious stood outside the structure, with members of their respective organisations they led standing behind them.
"A Lorewalker chanced upon this site when taking a walk after a heavy downpour. Investigations reveal that this building used to be buried under soil, but I guess the soil was washed off by rain," Cho explained. "We were unsure of what this is, so we requested for the presence of the Golden Lotus and Shado-Pan to explore the structure with us Lorewalkers."
"Smart move," Taran complimented. "After all, anything could be found inside this building. Perhaps an ancient mogu construct, or a lurking Sha. It is better to have some sense of security."
"Alright, I'm going to open the doors now," Cho said.
He walked up to the double doors, grabbed the handles and pulled them open. The doors were surprisingly heavy. Cho examined the interior of the building and the first thing that struck him was how clean the place was. It did not look anything like a building which had been undiscovered for a long time.
Yalia Sagewhisper, head of the Omnia discipline of the Shado-Pan, announced, "I sense no evil spell or trap of any sort. It is safe to enter."
"The architecture is no doubt pandaren, but there might be some kind of mogu architectural influence," Cho remarked to his fellow Lorewalkers, who nodded their heads in agreement, as the party strolled down the hallway of the building.
Zhi said, "There are many scrolls and paintings around, and I presume these will be very valuable to the Lorewalkers. But when you do find out the stories behind them, do impart them to us. Many of the Golden Lotus, including me, wish to know more of the land which we are protecting."
"I will make a mental note of that," Cho replied.
At the end of the hallway was a rotunda, where a large statue stood. The statue was made out of stone and though time had made the statue worn out, it unmistakably represented a troll.
"Seems like some kind of museum or shrine dedicated to something or someone, maybe someones," a Lorewalker deduced. "All the scrolls and paintings, and now this statue. But it looks like this is all the building has to show us."
Cho inspected the statue closely and found a plaque mounted on the statue's pedestal. It read, "In memory of the great Zandalari troll, Zilinto. Without his assistance, the Pandaren Revolution might had never come to fruition."
"What's this, an unknown hero of the Pandaren Revolution?" Many of the people present were surprised.
Taran and Zhi, meanwhile, were walking around the rotunda, surveying the area intently. Zhi's attention eventually fell upon a loose brick on one side of the pedestal. However, when Zhi tried to pull the loose brick, nothing happened. Zhi decided to try the opposite – pushing the brick.
As levers, pulleys and screws whirled to life for the first time in presumably millennia, an undecorated section of the rotunda slid down into the ground, revealing a staircase behind the false wall.
"This day is getting more and more interesting," Taran muttered as he descended the stairwell.
Reaching the bottom of the staircase, the party found a stone door with words carved onto its surface.
"Hmm, this is a much older form of the mogu tongue we speak in today," Cho mumbled. "Let's see if I can read it correctly."
"I am favoured by the murlocs of the land. I am light and small but I can bring the downfall of many. What am I?"
The answer was almost as plain as day to those familiar with Pandaria and its cultures. The answer to the riddle was the Ashwing Moth, which had been used by jinyu assassins since time immemorial as a portable decoy and to reveal weak spots in enemy armour.
"I guess we need to get an Ashwing Moth over here, then," Cho said. "By any chance, do any of you here have an Ashwing Moth with you, or at a nearby convenient location?"
Very fortunately for them, a Golden Lotus jinyu, who had been trained in the ways of the assassin, had brought along an Ashwing Moth and hastily set it free.
The light which the moth gave out removed illusory magic hiding a doorknob. With the doorknob's addition, the stone door could now be opened.
Through the door was a small chamber. In the middle of the chamber was a wall with the familiar Lorewalker crest on it, in front of which was a chest.
Cho opened the chest and found several contents inside, including an orb. Upon laying his hands on the orb, a bright light engulfed the room and Cho was transported millennia back in time, seeing the world in the eyes of the Zandalari troll, Zilinto.