Ari gets off of the far platform onto the far edge of the cavern. The group of four pull on the rope and swing back to the center isle, then unload off the platform onto it. Jango reaches across and pulls on the rope, which sends the empty front platform back to the starting edge.
It is only after it returns that Khalia says out loud
"Of course, we have no way of getting the platform back to us now... but I guess we'll just have to jump off that platform when we come to it." The group chuckles, and soon Rogan is winging his way back to the center to pick everyone up. When the platform arrives, everyone loads on, it swings back to where Ari stands, then the party loads off.
Exiting the cavern, the group follows the corridor a short ways, then proceeds down several flights of stairs. As you descend, the air begins to get even warmer. At the bottom of the final staircase, the hallway widens to nearly 20 feet across, but up ahead the worked stone gives way abruptly to what appears to be a large natural cavern. A rift cuts across the cavern, with a lone, arching stone bridge precariously crossing the gap. A small section of this bridge has already given way, and it is obvious that the rocks that make up the bridge around this section are crumbling. A river of magma flows along the bottom of the rift some 60 feet down.
The air in the cavern in hot, and the red-orange glow of molten rock illuminates the walls of the chamber. Strange shapes and shadows appear to writhe within these walls, though they could just be distortions due to the heat.
As your eyes adapt to the sting of brimstone in the air, the shapes on the walls can be seen more clearly. They bear the distinctive swirls and sharp lines of dragonmarks, though they do not resemble any marks you recognize.
A 5 foot by 10 foot stone sarcophagus carved with draconic imagery sits along the far edge of the magma rift, while a massive basalt slab lies near the distant wall. Three niches are set into the wall behind the stone slab, two of which appear to hold objects.
