What happened when the group returned to the Shrine was that Sarana and Martok walked over to where the Fire Keeper stood and used the souls that they had gathered during their adventure in the Painted World of Ariandel, mostly so they could empower themselves for whatever enemies and trials stood between them and the third Lord of Cinder that the three of them were hunting down, though while they did that Tirek headed for the area that Yuria was standing in, so he could give her the good news and inform her that Elfriede was dead at last, even though he was happy to be back in this world, since that meant his powerful stone could be used again.
"Ah, our Lord and Liege, it is good to see you again." Yuria stated, turning to speak to Tirek the moment she noticed him coming towards the area that she was standing in, which was when he pulled out the twisted soul of her sister, the one that had betrayed her, Liliane, and the Church they had set up so long ago, where the movement of her head told Tirek that she was staring at the soul and understood what she was seeing, "That is, without a doubt, the soul of my sister, Elfriede... a poor wench who was turned into ash, who would later abandon Londor. If you would, please let her soul and it's power nourish you, and in return, do her a small kindness... remember those who stayed by her to the end, in the shadows cast by fire... and lastly, my Lord, take up your rightful mantle of Usurper."
"Elfriede was strong, and her techniques were elegant, but in the end she fell," Tirek remarked, though as he said that he studied the soul that he was holding, recalling the battle he had just finished with her and Father Ariandel, which was the moment that he gripped the powerful soul and siphoned the power that rested inside it, as he could add Elfriede's power to his own, even though it wasn't as great as the souls of the Lords of Cinder, before all that remained was a husk that had little power to it, which turned to ash and faded away, "and one more obstacle that stood between us and our goal has fallen, meaning all that remains is Yhorm and the missing Prince."
Yuria nodded her head as Tirek turned around and headed back to the area that the Fire Keeper was standing in, as it gave him a chance to channel his portion of the souls they had collected into his own power, even though he was sure that his immense power might be making the Fire Keeper worry about what he might be planning at the moment, though once that was done he stood up and joined Sarana and Martok near the bonfire, as it was time for them to get going and see what sort of challenges awaited them in the next area they needed to explore. The area they reappeared in was the lone building that had a path that was heading downwards, instead of heading upwards, to the area that they found the Pontiff in earlier, and stepped away from the bonfire as they headed down the stairs that were nearby, which appeared to bring them to a cellar of some kind, though Tirek quickly found some of the Irithyll knights patrolling the area, one of the more dancer-like enemies and one of the flame carrying enemies, not to mention a few of the slaves, though thanks to their boosted power it was rather easy for them to deal with these foes. That was why Sarana dodged the attacks of the more elegant foe and cut down her foe, while Martok cut down the couple of slaves so they wouldn't be in the way, leaving Tirek to hurl a Forbidden Sun right into the face of the fire bearing knight, taking it down so he and the others could walk right through the opening that it happened to be guarding and press onward, showing that the couple of slaves off to the side weren't worth the time and effort this time around. The walkway that they stepped out onto gave them a good view of a fraction of the watery area that was near the sewer, though none of them actually cared about that as they followed the path that was in front of them and headed for the hole that was in the mountainside that was in front of them, as that seemed to be the way forward, since the rest of the actual path just ended a few steps passed where the opening was, so that gave them a single direction to take.
As they did that, however, Tirek felt the air shift and an Invader stepped into their world, appearing between them and the opening they were heading towards, though this time around it appeared that the Invader was male, carried an odd looking crossbow in his left hand, and wielded a large sword that rested against his right shoulder as she walked up to the area that they were standing in, showing that he was ready to fight them and that he was going to use everything in his arsenal to take all of them down. As such Sarana rushed towards the area that their new foe was standing in and used her graceful movements to dodge the crossbow bolts that were fired in her direction, though that just so happened to be what she wanted as Martok advanced down the steps and brought his weapon down on the Invader, who shifted both of his hands to his greatsword so he could parry the incoming attack, even though it looked like he staggered for a moment, like he wasn't expecting Martok to have that much strength. This time around Tirek just stood there and watched what was going on, as it appeared that neither of his companions really needed his help, due to the fact that it seemed like they were already cornering their foe with their movements, giving him a few seconds to consider what they might find inside the area the opening was leading them towards, since there was no telling if they might find more residents of Irithyll guarding the place or if they might find the minions of Yhorm patrolling the area. Sure enough it didn't take Sarana and Martok all that long to bring down the knight that was standing in their way, who ended up dropping his greatsword as he was cut down, something that the group collected without delay and then headed through the opening that the knight had been trying to guard, as it was time for them to see what the next area they would be exploring happened to be and what sort of enemies stood between them and their next target, Yhorm the Giant.
The opening quickly turned into stairs that seemed to head into the heart of the mountain, which meant they had to be following the correct path since Tirek didn't recall seeing any other paths while he and the others were exploring the rest of Irithyll and Anor Londo, and it wasn't long before they reached a slightly larger area to walk in that lead right down to what appeared to be the start of a dungeon, based on the iron barred door that was on the other side of the chamber they had walked into and some alcoves that had candles that were half burned, even though most of them were still lit by the looks of things, and there was a bonfire that Sarana ignited a few seconds later.
"It appears that we've found the dungeons of Irithyll," Sarana commented, not that such a thing mattered to Tirek, as he had no idea what sort of layout this world had between the various provinces of the land, especially when he thought about the fact that they had gone to the Cathedral of the Deep to kill Aldrich, only to find that the Lord of Cinder had left for Anor Londo so he could devour a god, though he remained silent as she turned towards him and Martok, "the path to the Profaned Capital, the home of Yhorm the Giant, is supposed to be somewhere inside this dungeon, though I'm not sure where that path is located."
"Then we'll move through this area, kill the various enemies that are scattered around the dungeon, and see if we can find this hidden path to the Profane Capital," Tirek stated, where he made sure that the three of them sat around the new bonfire for a few seconds, just to make sure that the magic of this world remembered which of the bonfires he and both of his companions would be reborn at if they died, even though at this point he was sure nothing could take them down and knock them back to the bonfire, before he readied his magic as they approached the barred door, which was only bars, as the door itself was missing, and advanced into the new area that the three of them would be exploring during their search for the remaining Lords of Cinder.
One thing Tirek noticed, before they descended down the stairs that were in front of them, was that were happened to be an iron barred door to the right of the new bonfire, one that seemed to be a shortcut to some point in the dungeon, hence the reason he focused on what was in front of them as Sarana and Martok did the same, where they walked down into an area that had a few jail cells and carefully explored the cells, finding a rusted coin in one of the cells and a Titanite Shard in another, though while one of the cells was locked Tirek cut down a shambling undead that emerged from one of the open cells, before paused as he noticed a lady in black walking on the walkway that was outside the area that they were currently exploring. From what Tirek could tell the lady seemed to be silently walking from place to place, like one of the wardens he recalled form his time in Tartarus, and her weapon appeared to be a a branding iron, though as the three of them stepped into the area he took a moment to feel the magic in the air and realized that the warden was emitting an aura or mist that weakened those that she targeted, which was why he weaved a bit of his magic through the air and put up a rune on his body to prevent something from happening to him, before doing the same thing to Sarana and Martok, since they were incredibly helpful in the various situations they found themselves in. It was hard to see if the warden was annoyed or surprised by whatever she was trying to do, though he blasted their foe with a Lightning Spear and the lady staggered for a moment, opening the way for Sarana to rush over and cut the warden down before she could recover from Tirek's spell, though as they did that Martok headed down the part of the walkway that was to the right of the door they had walked through a few moments ago and started hacking apart the couple of mindless inmates that were in the cages that were leading deeper into the dungeons, showing that he was more interested in clearing out the area so both Sarana and Tirek could focus on the wardens and any other enemies that were in the surrounding area.
Tirek did notice that there was a lot more to the dungeon than the area that they were currently walking in, as there was a bridge that connected to the other side of the cavern that the entire dungeon had been carved into, and he noticed that the area Martok was walking towards just so happened to be on one side of the bridge, like an area that the wardens had sat in and used to keep track of who was where, before the curse claimed them and the inmates that they had been watching over, and that was when a second warden collapsed on the floor as Martok cut it down with his greatsword, to clear the area before he and Sarana caught up with him. From there they noticed that there was a second path for them to chose from, meaning they could either head over the bridge or investigate a side area that rested beyond the area that their second foe had been standing in, which was when Tirek nodded his head and they headed towards the window that was on their side of the cavern at the moment, finding another Titanite Shard near the window in question and a path to the right before where it rested, one that went to the walkways that were below them. As they started to see what the side path had Tirek noticed that the warden that had been on the bridge had spotted him and his companions and was in the process of following them through the dungeons, thought since he didn't want her doing that he hurled a Lightning Spear into her chest and knocked her backwards onto the ground, giving him the chance to draw his blade and cut her down before she even had a chance to get back up. With that done he rejoined his companions and they started to head down the path that they had decided to investigate this time around, where they found a warden standing near some of the odd spider cages, the monstrous creations they had seen back in the Undead Settlement a long time ago, back near the start of their quest to kill the Lords of Cinder, so what Tirek did was drop a Forbidden Sun into the middle of the area and blasted all of the enemies backwards into the walls that were around the area, which was followed by Sarana killing the warden as she dropped down on her head and Martok jumping down to cleave the spider cages apart.
It didn't take them that long to clear out the enemies that were scattered around the bottom of the stairs, especially given the power that Tirek commanded, where Martok tried to open the iron barred door that was nearby and found that it was locked, which was fine with Tirek as he and Sarana walked out onto the walkway so they could explore the rest of the area of the dungeon that they were currently in, where to the right they found one of the pest covered undead that stood outside the Cathedral of the Deep, so a Fire Orb was all that was needed to kill it, even though that was a dead end and they turned to the left side of the walkway to see what was over there. What they eventually found was that one of the cells was open and that there were a number of hollowed inmates standing inside it, where Martok mowed them down with a single swing of his greatsword and cleared out the entire room, allowing Tirek to walk inside and found an old set of sorcerer armor, something he didn't need and let Sarana stuff inside their pack, before they explored the end of the area, even though Tirek knew that they would be heading over the bridge soon enough. In the final cell that rested on this side of the dungeon the group found one of the more advanced pest covered hollows, which were more dangerous than the more humanoid ones, though based on what they were seeing it was easy to see that there was nothing important inside the final cell and that was followed by Tirek having them walk away from the area in question, as he saw no reason for him or his companions to waste their time on something that gave them nothing in return. As such it didn't take them long to return to the area that the bridge was located in and started to walk over it, each of them keeping their guards up as they kept their eyes open for any enemies that might want them dead, before discovering that the path to the left was sealed by a locked door, so they headed to the right once they had finished crossing the bridge and found a warden waiting for them, even though a quick blast from one of Tirek's Fire Orbs and Sarana's blade took her out.
From there they explored the area that the warden had been standing in and found an open cell that had a hollowed inmate inside it, one that Martok cut down instantly, before they discovered that one of the walls in the inmate's cell had been broken down and the one beyond that wall had been smashed as well, allowing them to reach the area that was on the other side of the locked door, though as they did that Tirek paused as he spotted a large hybrid creature, one that was a mix of a human and a lizard of some kind, minus all the scales based on what he could see, though as he stared at it he found that the creature had a quadrupedal stance with clawed feet, clawed hands, a massive frame that reminded him of the dragons outside the castle, a pair of undeveloped wings, and a large head that seemed like it was being twisted into what a dragon would have, despite its more humanoid appearance.
"Hm, it seems that someone has been experimenting on some sort of dragon transformation process, or the possible revival of the endangered species," Tirek commented, because since it appeared that the creature in front of them, which he was tempted to call a wretched based on what he was seeing at the moment, though as he studied the odd creature for a few seconds Sarana and Martok opened the door that happened to be near it and found that they could step out onto the other side of the locked door, which they could open, before he stepped away from the creature and followed both of his companions once more, "I'll have to keep this place in mind for later, as this guy, and however many more of its twisted kind there are, might be worth looking into once we finish our quest."
Sarana and Martok glanced at each other for a moment, not really sure if they should say anything to what Tirek had just said, even though he was thinking of using his special stone to teleport the creature and any others of its kind that he found outside the dungeon, before the three of them resumed moving and explored the rest of the area that they were currently in, first checking out the upper area that they were currently standing on, to make sure everything was cleared out before they headed to the right and headed down the stairs that had to be over there. They discovered a cell that they could actually open and the only thing of interest inside it was a key, one that made Tirek wonder if it went to the locked doors on the other side of the cavern they were in, though for now their focus was on the stairs and that was when they discovered three more wardens standing guard over the area in question, something that was easy for them to deal with as Tirek dropped another Forbidden Sun into the area, blasting all three of them into different walls. With that done the group descended on their targets, Martok crushing the warden near the stairs with the weight of his greatsword, Sarana cutting the second one to pieces with her blades, and Tirek quickly stabbed the third one in the chest, allowing them to take down all three of their enemies at the same time before they moved forward, though with those enemies taken care of it was easy to find an open cell nearby and they walked over to it, where Tirek started at the wretched that was guarding an item and his gaze stopped it from doing anything, since it apparently had a weapon in its right clawed hand and didn't get a chance to use it was Tirek stared at it. Sarana found a rather simple gemstone resting near the creature, who stood still as Tirek focused on it, though once they had the gem in their possession the group headed through the opening that was in front of them and Martok raised his greatsword to crush the spider cage that was resting nearby, just so Tirek and Sarana didn't have to deal with it, even though that was when Sarana cut down a second one that was to their right, only to find that there was a locked door beyond the area that the second cage had been resting in, hence the reason the three of them headed to the left and followed the path as they kept their eyes open for enemies.
There was a crystal lizard in the middle of the hallway that they were following, though instead of waiting for it to run away and lure them into a trap Tirek smiled as he pulled out the stone he had created after killing Aldrich and channeled its power for a moment, something that was followed by him nodding to Sarana, who stepped forward and caused the lizard to run away, heading right into a small portal Tirek opened up in front of it and moved it right to the area that was in front of them, allowing Martok to crush it and Sarana to collect the gem it carried, before he removed the portal and they advanced into the area that could have been trapped. It quickly became apparent why Tirek thought there might be a trap beyond the area the small crystal lizard had been starting in, because there were a few cells that had some of the oddly shaped wretched creatures they had seen earlier, though like the last one they had encountered these ones stopped what they were doing as Tirek stepped into the area in front of their cells, allowing Sarana and Martok to walk forward and move further into the area that they were in the middle of exploring, before he joined them once they were cleared of the area the cells were in. From there the three of them walked through the open doorway that was at the end of the passage and headed down some stairs before coming to a stop at the edge of a ruined walkway, which just so happened to lead to another part of the dungeon, though that allowed them to view the area that was just beyond the walkway and it was easy to see a circular structure that looked like a tower, one that had been ruined at some point in the past, yet as they stared at it Tirek could feel some traces of power in the air and realized that they had to be staring down at the Profaned Capital, the home of Yhorm the Giant, meaning that as soon as they found a way down to the walkway that was attached to the tower it was only a matter of time until they found their way to the Lord of Cinder and killed him.
"The Profaned Capital, that was... well, it was easier to locate it than I thought it would be," Sarana admitted, because while she did have a good understanding of where the Lords of Cinder would be hiding and the areas that made up the land both she and Martok called home, it was highly possible, and possibly very likely, that this was the first time she was even laying eyes on the Profane Capital, though there was no way for Tirek to know if his thoughts one the matter were right or if he was wrong, before she turned towards the path on their right, "Well then, we should get moving and locate the path that will allow us to get down there, so we can put an end to Yhorm and start our search for the missing Princes, to fulfill our main quest."
Tirek nodded as he and Martok followed Sarana as she walked to the right, following the path that was off to the side as it brought them to another part of the dungeon, where they found three more wardens guarding the area, one that seemed to be slacking off and two that were actually walking around, so that allowed all three of them to have their own foe to focus on as Tirek marched towards the door that they had been guarding, which had a small room on the other side of the door that had a chest resting nearby. Given what he and the others had seen in the past, among the various chests they had encountered over the course of this journey, he was tempted to think that this was one of the mimics that were fake chests, and while Tirek could see that the chest's chain was pointing in their direction he channeled a bit of his magic and formed a Fire Orb that he pressed into the top of the chest, something that caused the mimic to whine in pain for a few seconds before it revealed itself to them, leading to Sarana and Martok cutting it down. What they discovered was that the mimic had one of the Estus Flask shards inside it, meaning that when they returned to the Shrine one of them could take it to the blacksmith and have him add it to their flasks, which would grant them another usage of the healing potion, one that none of them had used recently since none of their enemies had hurt any of them enough to require the use of such a thing. With the shard in hand they walked up the stairs that were beyond the mimic's location and found out that there were a few window openings to their left, which seemed to give them a decent view of a giant that seemed to be trapped, like the one in the Cathedral of the Deep, before they spotted six more wardens walking out from around the corner that was ahead of them, though since their foes happened to be near each other Tirek used a Forbidden Sun to knock all of them away from each other, something that allowed him and his companions to cut their foes down as they moved throughout the area the wardens had been guarding.
There were two more wardens off to the right, at the end of the path they were following, but neither of those foes stood much of a chance against them and it allowed Sarana to pick up another soul for when they returned to the Shrine, before Tirek noticed that they had three openings to chose from, one that would drop them down near the giant's arm, another that would allow them to drop down away from the giant, and another that had a ladder that seemed to lead to a hallway of some kind. As it turned out they decided to use the ladder path and quickly discovered that the hallway that it brought them to had a door at the end of it, one that Sarana opened and revealed a rather ruined walkway that the giant happened to be resting its arms and head on at the moment, though since it was sleeping that meant they either had to backtrack to the opening that would allow them to drop down on the other side of its arms or attack it and run before one of them were smashed by its powerful attacks. Instead of doing either of those two things Tirek decided to just take down the giant and move forward, which was the reason that he gathered some of his magic and focused for a moment, though this time around he decided to do something different as three orbs, each as big as a Forbidden Sun, appeared around him, though these ones were Lightning based and not Fire based, before he combined the three spheres into a single mass of energy, sort of like what he did when they fought the Pontiff, and hurled it at the giant, slamming it into his foe's chest and knocked it backwards with enough power to take it out. Tirek grinned for a moment as that happened, as he was pleased that the spell had worked as he intended and that it was powerful enough to take down a giant in one shot, though once the giant was gone Sarana and Martok continued forward and focused on the crystal lizard that happened to be in the area, where Tirek considered calling the move 'Lightning Nova', since he was sure such a spell didn't exist in this world and might only be possible because of what he had done, before he followed after his companions as they spotted a stone walkway that looked rather ruined and happened to lead right to what appeared to be a sewer of some kind, one that had to be the way forward.
As the three of them expected there were rats inside the sewer area, and oddly enough a pickaxe that rested before the entrance to the sewer area and they ignored entirely, though it wasn't long before they lashed out at the small rats as they sought out everything that was inside this area, where they discovered that there were two paths to chose from, one that some of the rats had emerged from and a set of stairs that seemed to be heading upwards, though Tirek decided to take the hole in the wall that the rats came from, where a small tunnel brought them to a chamber that had two larger rats resting inside it. The group wasted no time in taking them down, as Sarana and Martok lashed out at one with their weapons while Tirek blasted the other one with his magic, though once that was done the three of them approached the iron barred door that was on the other side of the chamber and Martok forced it to open, where they found a massive chamber that looked like the holding area for some of the more dangerous criminals of this world, though there were a fair number of wardens patrolling the chamber they had discovered. Fortunately it seemed like the wardens hadn't even spotted them yet, so Sarana rushed out and headed to the other side of the chamber, entering a massive cell that just so happened to have an opened door, where Tirek watched as she disappeared for a moment and then reappeared a few seconds later, though when she returned to him and Martok she revealed that she found a number of the wretched inside the chamber and, more importantly, a skull shaped container that had a sinister red coal inside it, something that could be given to the blacksmith, which should complete the collection of coals. With that done Tirek realized that they had two new options to pick from, either the three of them headed through the opening to their left and followed the path that was in that area or they could head into the area that the wardens were guarding and press on, where he was sure the latter had to be the correct path and that the former had to lead back to the first part of the dungeon, hence why he decided to leave the wardens alone for the moment and head over to the passage he had picked out.
What they discovered, after following the short hallway and the stairs that Tirek had picked out, was a balcony of that looked out of place, given the humanoid dragon-like statue that was resting nearby, in a stance that suggested that it was meditating for some odd reason, which had suits of armor resting near it, though what interested Tirek was the fact that he found a carved stone of some kind, one that had a carving of a dragon's upper body and radiated power that seemed to connect to some area that was beyond where they were standing, and as he grasped it he could see a temple of some kind, one that seemed to resemble one that he and the others could see off in the distance, making him wonder if he could use this knowledge with the stone he had created.
"Let's check the rest of the area first, before we try this stone out for real," Tirek commented, because there was a lift nearby and that seemed important for them to check out, since it might lead back to the start of the dungeons, though as the three of them stepped on the platform in question, and Sarana pressed the activation button, Tirek watched as they headed upwards for a moment and spotted a spell page that he claimed with his magic, one that allowed the used to take a chime and empower their weapon with Lightning, which made sense due to the fact that it was called Lightning Blade, before he put in inside his spell tome and waited for the lift to come to a stop.
Not a few seconds later they found that the lift didn't actually bring them all the way to the start of the dungeon, as in near the bonfire, but it did bring them to a locked door that was on the side of the dungeon that was near the doorway that lead back to the area that the bonfire rested in, not to mention a soul that was added to their collection for later, to which they quickly opened the door that was in front of them and headed back to the bonfire, just to make sure they were correct in their assumptions, before stopping at the rest area. Instead of resting, like Sarana thought they would, Tirek had her and Martok follow him back to the area that the lift was located in and used it to head back down to the area that they had found earlier, the odd meditation section that really looked out of place, before they came to a stop and stared at the area that was around them, showing Tirek that both of his companions were curious as to what he might be doing and why they weren't moving through the part of the dungeon that was near them. In that moment Tirek pulled out the blue stone he had created and focused on what he had seen in his short vision of the area that the dragon stone had shown him a few moments ago, where he focused for a few seconds and a circular blue colored hole in reality appeared before them, one that had to lead to the area that he had been envisioning, which was the moment that he nodded his head and both of his companions, despite their hesitance in the face of his power, stepped through the portal he had created and quickly disappeared. Once he was sure that both of them were on the other side of the portal he did the same thing and stepped through it, appearing in what appeared to be a rather well lit location, totally different from what they had been in earlier since it had been night out while they were exploring the dungeon, and they were standing on a rocky path that was on the edge of the area that he had seen the temple in earlier, though there was no telling what was in front of them and what sort of enemies might be waiting for them.
"So, what are we doing here?" Sarana asked, because while she knew that Tirek had a habit of heading out to areas so he could take down certain foes or claim their souls for his power, she had no idea what sort of place this was and paused for a moment as she heard the roar of a dragon, due to the fact that there was one location that spoke of dragons and, at the same time, held a rumor about an ancient and powerful figure who was either hollowed like everyone else or was still sane and might be looking out for intruders at this very moment.
"For now, scouting the area," Tirek replied, though at the same time he focused on the blue stone, which he was going to start calling the Space Stone for its powers over distances and the ability to open portals between two locations, and closed the portal he had created, before slipping it into his pouch as he stepped forward, even though he also weaved his magic through the air and applied a small Lightning Aura to both of his companions' weapons, "meaning we find a bonfire and get back to the dungeon, so we can focus on Yhorm, though this will give us a chance to understand what's in this area for whenever we decide to come back here."
Sarana and Martok nodded their heads, as while Sarana felt that they should just head back through the portal and return to the dungeon, she did know that Tirek was the only one who could use the stone, given his immense power, so it was easy to see that they needed to make sure he survived this venture, hence why the two of them went out first and let Tirek follow them, no doubt because he was studying the area that they were now in before he used the stone, but she was pleased he had enchanted their weapons ahead of time, in case a dragon attacked them. The only thing that they had to be careful of, that they could see at the moment, was the area to their left, as there was no rail to the path they were walking on at the moment, though it wasn't long before they reached a split in the path and noticed that there was an odd hunched creature that seemed to be patrolling the area that was in front of them, who seemed to be wearing ragged clothing and carried a curved sword and a round shield, though it had a more serpent-like head, like a snake or a dragon, and what he guessed were scales. Tirek tilted his head for a moment as he stared at the individual in question, a serpent knight he guessed, who rushed at them and swung at Sarana a few times, attacks that were avoided with the greatest of ease before she kicked it backwards and brought it within range of Martok's blade, who cleaved their foe in half and made sure there were no enemies left in the area, allowing them to move forward and start investigating the other part of the area they had appeared in, each of them keeping their guards up for whatever dangers it might have for them. There was another serpent knight off to the right and Sarana cut into it a few times, using the enhanced power of her blades to cut it down as Tirek moved forward and spotted what appeared to be a sorcerer version of the serpent knight standing near the outside of the main part of the structure that was their destination, so he loosed a small Lightning Spear and knocked it backwards, meaning they wouldn't have to worry about it for now, even though he was sure it was dead and wouldn't come back until all three of them rested at the bonfire, wherever it was located.
From there they approached the area that the serpent sorcerer had been standing and Tirek let Sarana and Martok cut down the pair of serpent knights that were guarding the area, along with the one that was hiding behind some rocks a few moments later, before he spotted the bonfire resting off to the left of the bottom of the stairs that the path had lead them to, even though it appeared the stairs lead to the entrance of the temple, so he turned to the left and activated the bonfire for later, something that was prompted by him opening a portal back to the meditation area, as it was time for them to locate the way down to the Profaned Capital and the current Lord of Cinder they were hunting.