Anou was the last to enter and the portal closed with an audible snap and inrush of fetid air behind him. The group now stood in a place superficially similar to the cavern they'd left. Huge rock walls surrounded and enclosed them. That's where the similarities ended. Where the rocks of the mortal Mount Damavand were smooth and greyish-blue, the mythical version featured jagged red stone that jutted like fangs. Serpentine faces in the rock leered and hissed, shifting the moment one looked at them. The rock glowed with a sickly golden light that pulsed on and off in irregular patterns. The floor twitched away from the feet of those standing on them.<br/><br/>Everywhere around them was the roiling green miasma. The stench of chemicals and sewage grew a hundred times worse on this side. It darkened the air about them, dimming the lights. Those with enhanced hearing could hear the threads of their clothes starting to fray already. Everyone could hear the low thrumming that echoed through the caverns. It was omnipresent, like thunder around them.<br/><br/>Anou held his notepad close to him and squinted down at it. "Okay guys. Now we just follow the map down and hope this place hasn't changed too badly since my last visit." He put his sleeve over his nose. "And hope the monsters and smell don't get us. It gets worse the closer you get to Azhi Dahaka. We need to head east at the next intersection, and then down a couple of hundred feet. The labyrinth proper begins in the circular courtyard. It's the only thing that was constant when my team came down and when I was...well...on my way back up. There are some stone lions there too. They didn't<em>do</em>anything, but they were really creepy. Thought they were watching us."