With the assurance that the settlement was to be protected and developed our heroes made their way into the accursed swamp which made them feel more and more terrible the closer they got to it.
Perhaps that feeling of despair was warranted as the very bog itself shambled into a mound and attacked, claiming that Baygeord was an evil spirit. This fight was preceded over by a distant figure in a brown cloak, whom walked away.
Of course, like any protagonists our heroes followed and were promptly swallowed by mud, deposited themselves into what we now know as the Lost Shrine of Tomoachan. An ancient Omoan settlement.