The monolith shows images of creatures lying dead before it. Each sacrificed, butchered and offered up to whatever Gods

The monolith shows images of creatures lying dead before it. Each sacrificed, butchered and offered up to whatever Gods were once worshipped here.

The command of the Vy'keen Ancients! Sacrifice the beast! Blood for Hirk!

Suddenly, the head of a small woodland animal raises up through the earth below me. It stares at me with wide-eyes, then gives a joyful skip when its tiny hooves reach ground level. Something is clearly expected of me...