Not long after their encounter with Lily and, the party had made decent progress. The yet to be named beast had kept mostly docile, staying at Gabriel's side. At the end of the clearing, a bonfire was seen lit. It was a village with structures made from stone and wood, all apparently recycled from the immediate environment. There were no roofs, rather the structures simply reached up to the ceiling. Surrounding the village was a wall of sand, and the air simply felt different from the rest of the dungeon, and with very good reason.

At parts of the sand wall, there were holes at the roof of the dungeon. Through them, air flowed. It was the surface- the party had made no progress down the dungeon at all. Through the holes, it was noticeably dark. Straight up, there were stars and no clouds. It was night time, apparently.

In the village there were several civilian houses, clearly marked by wooden signs with a family name over the door. Businesses featured pictures of things they sold. A bar had a mug carved over the sign. A general store had a coin. There were those stores and one that sold clothing. An inn was open, but it seemed connected to the bar.