It is a grand room, with two ornate staircases leading up either side to a second floor balcony where there is a doorway at the very center.  Other doorways occupy the sides of the second floor landing.
Foyer, Inside Palace
shipwright
beetle
I am a beetle. I have plated armor and cannot be easily defeated. I live in the dirt and am very small.
I am lost and looking for food... Oh well isn't that unfortunate, if you come back to my ship that I am building I can feed you I would really enjoy that, thank you. No problem, it's just at the ship yard near the caste. May I ask what your name is little guy? Name? what is that? Oh I guess you were never given one. Well I think we should call you BeBo the Beetle. Nice to meet you, my name is Shipwright. BoBo? I like it! Thank you! This is quite the room we are in huh? I wonder what's behind that door in the very center. Maybe you're small enough to crawl under and check it out! Let me go ahead and check. I will let you know what I find! Godspeed little guy! Get back quick and be careful not to get stepped on. Oh no..... This was a mistake..... Tell me everything, what did you see?