He Teaches Us to Bow Before No One.
Inside the next shrine we found 6 statues. Animal people. Also a secret passage that led to a chamber with tiles of the wall. There was a riddle on the pedestal and when we wrote it out on the tiles, we found a hidden message.
Cover Eyes. We blind folded the statues and got the Ibis cube (5).
We headed east hearing the rumble of the T-Rex on the move. He's one to be avoided in my journal. We came upon a Frog Shrine and sadly, the Yuan-ti had already been inside and had taken the cube. We attacked immediately. Cimber grabbed the one
holding the cube with his magic hand, but he teleported away.
Then all hells broke lose as we battled the remaining snake folk, the T-Rex, hearing the battle waded in. Fortunately, he seemed to really hate the snake people as much as us. He started attacking them and we took the opportunity to flee.
We headed south and found the lair of the Yuan-ti. The cube must be inside. We spent the night and the next day spotted the Bear Shrine of Obolaka. Tread warily and stay in the light.
It was a bit complex as we could not light the entry hall. Teleporting into a poll brought us to an inner chamber with a petrified Red Wizard. We moved the eight lit torches to the entry hall and then we were able to get the bear cube (6).
Not having any love for Red WIzards, Kasimir toppled the statue and broke off several parts ensuring if he was ever returned to flesh, it would not be a pleasant sight.
I know they are a selfish and perhaps evil society, but I'll have to ask him why he harbors such ill will towards them.
Finally we continued south to the Lava Pool. About sixty feet from shore the jutting island holds another shrine of Serpents. We decided to span a rope across and shimmy over it to the far side.
This will make our seventh cube. We know where the eighth one is being held. One missing shrine after that, and we'll be heading to the tomb to stop the soulmonger.