The men begin to assemble on the stairs, weapons drawn. There are fifteen me leftt, and Beauregard brings up the rear. Well, almost. "Get movin'!" he shouts down at Harman. Harman stares up the stairs as if he had seen a ghost, ignoring what's behind him. The ghostly figure lurches down the stairs, only to wink out of view as it reaches the bottom of the stairs.

Meanwhile, behind Severin, the light brightens as Gretchen starts lighting crude torches. "****! What's that?" she says in some surprise. Gretchen points down into the murky water on the other side of the island from the causeway. The island you are on rises out of the water gently, such that the massive skull of one of the lizards rests gently at the water's edge, standing taller than a man. Huge ribs also jut out of the water behind it, and the cavern continues off into the darkness.