Ren puts a big hand on a shoulder of each of his fellow Issus-ites and looks like he is going to say something, but can't get the words out. In the end he merely nods.
"If it's okay with your people, Captain," puts in Pipluk, "I can send Luqe to join your big friend in guarding the boats, that way he doesn't have to worry about being cursed, or turned into a zombie, or whatever." Luqe nods in enthusiastic agreement. Ren looks at the young lad and shrugs, sure, why not?
Meanwhile, the choice of route: There are (closed, wooden) doors leading out of both the two dorm rooms; the one that Veneman was trying to batter down, and one past the goblinoids. Or, there are a large set of double doors, slightly ajar, at the end of the Rune Hall. Just inside the doorway is a corpse, face down on the ground. It is dressed in ragged clothes, and on closer inspection doesn't look entirely human - it's skin is a pasty grey colour and its hands and bare feet end in claws.