They had come quite a distance from where the group abandoned their boat. Climbing down along the leg there was the rather unwelcoming sight of deep murky swampwater with occasional mound here and there sprouting treets other than the mangrove-like plants that dominated the landscape. Under normal circumstances it would have been impossible to find anything in here, but something as large as this had nicked branches and trees as it slumbered through the forest. Many branches had fresh cuts and any land the fortress had stepped on had water flowing into the stomp marks and forming pools. Hours of swimming and treading treacherous swampland, fending off beasts and parasites alike loomed in the near future...