The last to climb up was Lucius, and by the time he was preparing to leave the earth rumbled as some might beast moved down the passages towards him...

As he ascended the rope the great serpentine head appeared, and the jaws snapped at him. He just managed to leap clear as a huge gout of flame hurtled syward from the pit: Lucius swears an immense dragon lies deep within the ancient mines, and is in no hurry to return, vis or not!

The villagers had already fled so the magi returned to Brandon, where they camped the night and in the morning armed with their newly acquired vis and three heads of the dwarves (later discovered to contain terram vis) they met up with the crew of the Crimsom Cow in the morning and set off to continue trying to clear out the covenant...