The woman is blindfolded, the text under her is Latin translated to “the Fates will find a way”. We have to find the word “way” and ambi-anagrams are allowed*.

(*Context: Multiple rooms have the correct way to go denoted with ambi-anagrams of “way”. Room 3 tried to tell you. Possibilities are:
way / wey / may / mey / hem / ham / hew / haw
yaw / yew / yam / yem / haw / hew / hay / hey )

Solutions:
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1A.
Look up the rune ᛖ by searching “Ehwaz” on Wikipedia.
ᛖ = eoh = horse
ᛇ = ēoh = yew
The only difference is that hat on the ē.
They ended up being so similar in sound that they merged into the same letter (e).
Statue is staring at the sign, but blindfolded; so its the sound of the sign which matters.
“Fate found a way”. “yew” is a “way” word so this is correct door.
Room 2 has a horse doing a “pesade”. PESADE – SPADE = E. This reinforces that this is a puzzle about Horse and E, next to the spade.
(“spade” may also be a portmanteau of “spelling ade/aid”).
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1B.
In both rooms where horse appears the correct door is left. The command for a horse to “turn left” is “haw”, which ambi-anagrams to “way”.
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1C.
In the most official rune list “ᛇ/ēoh/yew” is 13th in the alphabet. The correct door is 13 as it’s yew. Wiki: Eihwaz. The 9th rune is “hail” and bad weather
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Hints & Reinforcement :
- The cat poster hints about the “e” sound. Its a “scared-e cat”. It is popular to make a strange extra “e” sound when saying “scared-e cat”. The club with cat suggests breaking up that sound into 2 runes it was merged from.
- Under bottom ellipsis in text are characters for “deer”. A type of dear is hart. Heart – hart = e.
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Other answers:
- this is another room where you can first learn about digging under ellipsis “…” for hidden messages as someone has dug under “…” in the scene. If you dig under the top left “…” of the pages text you may get an answer involving etching a group of 13 witches to pick door 13.
- others mentioned tarot card in this room. Tarot card 13 (death) on the most canon tarot deck art has the White Rose of York on it. It’s a War of the Roses reference and you can use it to realise that the room 5 white rose is all about the Shakespeare War of the Roses scene where they pick sides. You count roses in the scene to pick the right side in rooms 5. The statue here is trying to tell you to check tarot card 13 so that you can figure out the meaning of the white rose

In the text of MAZE, there is no period at the end of paragraph 3 of room 27. (After “them”.) However, on the Abyss the period is added.

The missing period in MAZE could be an actual error, though it may well be a deliberate puzzle element.

27 does connect to 13, where a list of time periods is missing one item. That’s the only suggestion I can recall for finding connection or meaning in 27′s missing period.

One detail that stands out is the interplay of shadows between the two opposing doors in this room. To the reader’s right, part of the statue’s shadow resembles a nose and an open mouth pointed upward toward the door with the heart above it. This shadow closely resembles the “hellmouth” fireplace seen in Room 18. Since it’s directed toward the heart symbol, it could allude to the phrase “eat your heart out,” suggesting grief, jealousy, or longing. This “mouth” appears to draw the heart downward toward Room 9 in the floor—fitting, as Room 9 explores themes of deception and blindness.

The unlabeled door with the heart likely connects to Room 20, where an upward-pointing arrow leads back to Room 27. The up arrow in the doorway to Room 27 could suggest “Cupid’s arrow” or “shot through the heart”—both phrases associated with love, obsession, or emotional pain.

The contrasting appearance of the two doors in Room 27 also supports this interpretation. The door to Room 13 on the left is one of the most ornate in the MAZE, while the right door is plain. This contrast may represent a one-sided relationship: one person idealized or distant, the other open and vulnerable. Notably, the door to 13 is closed (suggesting unreciprocated affection), while the plain door is open. The sign above the door to Room 13 casts a shadow resembling a cat—an animal often seen as aloof and emotionally detached. (In the printed book, you can even make out faint lines resembling closed eyes.)

Finally, the shadows above both doors resemble the silhouettes of ships. Christopher Manson draws a similar ship silhouette in The Practical Alchemist, suggesting the reference may be intentional. If these are ships, it might evoke the phrase “two ships passing in the night”—a classic metaphor for missed connections. This could tie into the Latin inscription on the statue: Fata viam invenient—“Fate will find a way?”—hinting that even missed connections are guided by destiny

I sincerely hope that my endorsement does not unduly bias people against your idea.

Yes, all I am saying is that there are missing periods in adjoining rooms.