"What? NO!" The salamander lands in a heap, hurriedly trying to rise to her normal height again, and rush back out the portal, although it would close long before she reached it.<br/><br/>The yuan-ti hesitates for a moment, as he asks, looking more than a little frightened of him, but mostly in awe. "She wanted to know... where they could find the Eye of Zul. I don't know why, but I imagine they want to use its power to help..." She shivers slight. "... finish their ritual." She accepts his offer to be protected, hurrying through the portal.<br/><br/>Cerul jumps up to hug him, as he arrives, And the others fill him in; they fought off a small horde of hobgoblins, though it took a lot of their resources. "A few devils, too... but I think we're about to assault their temple." "I've got a good hunch there's winged things, up ahead; the air here's a little more fresh, seems to indicate a flying exit, not far away."<br/><br/>When they're ready to advance into the temple, they open the doors into a large, curved room. The room is dominated by an altar, at its back, surrounded by five roaring dragon heads, two more statues of Tiamat on each side. A hobgoblin priest stands at the altar, performing a ritual, while a half-dozen more hobgoblins sit in the pews, along with three of Tiamat's children, the greenspawn razorfiends, from the swamp. In addition, he can sense a pair of wyverns, hiding in the rafters, intending to snap their poisoned tails down at targets below them, distracted by the battle.