The forlorn cries of the unnamable creature - whatever it is or once was - echo throughout the unnatural cavern from far above you. "It cannot reach us down here," Randolph says, letting out a sigh of relief. It was a harrowing descent, but you are finally safe from the indescribable thing. Even so, your safety is fleeting. The stairway coils below you with no end in sight. Windows in the spire's stone wall overlook an endless landscape of rocky crags and barren peaks, dimly lit by a grey phosphorous light. You are still many miles above the floor of this subterranean world, and who knows what horrors you may find once you arrive?
"This is only the beginning," Randolph warns you. "There is no turning back now. Are you ready to proceed?"