Riverguard Keep
The trap goes off but the doors still swing open and the group sees the following inside. A twenty-foot-wide moat divides this shrine into northern and southern halves. In the north half, two large stone pillars flank an altar in the form of a plain stone block. A few coins lie on the altar. Above and behind the altar looms a huge symbol made from beams of driftwood, fixed in an X-like shape on the wall. A single stone door leads westward from this part of the room. In the southern half of the room, two ten-foot-wide channels run along the east and west walls of the shrine, spilling out through low culverts to the south. Two more pillars stand here, and a low stone bridge leads across the dividing channel to the altar and the northern part of the room.
Lizardmen on the southern half around the party arm themselves while the strange man at the altar to the north turns to face the party. He is covered in shells and barnacles, his left hand is a giant lobster claw and in his right hand is a massive ornate trident. He begins to walk towards the party and shout out. His voice comes out like he's gargling water as he speaks.
"Who are you and what do you want?" he asks threateningly
"I am Kynt Blackwater and these are my companions Og, Taten, and Yarabon. I come to end the danger that has arisen to innocent lives." Og steps up then "Taten, Yarabon, and I were sent by Vanifer, are you Gar Shatterkeel?"
"We save lives by bringing them the glory of serving the one truest of elements water. Which washes the impurities of this land and its people away." Gar hisses and picks up his trident menacingly at the sound of Vanifer's name. "Why shouldn't I drown you who serve the bitch of fire?"
"Gar, there is a better way. Let us help you and put an end to this madness." Kynt says pleadingly.
Og begins to arm himself and whispers quietly to Kynt. "There is no talking down someone this far gone my friend." Yarabon and Taten follow suit and begin arming themselves.
Og shouts over to Gar. "Give yourself up to the authorities, give us back the missing members of the delegation and no harm will come to you. Otherwise you give us no choice."
Gar grabs his weapon and progresses into a combat stance. he shouts his voice reaching an insane frenzy. "Only through destruction can the errors of this world be mended. The coming flood shall wash away all who are unworthy!" With that the lizard creatures approach and combat becomes inevitable.