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April 26th, 2014
On a quest to be become a better Victorian I have made it a goal to check out more tourist attractions. I didn't grow up here so I never got to go on all those boring field trips.
This is the Fisgard Lighthouse located at Fort Rodd Hill. It was pretty neat.
"DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE
Situated near the water’s edge, Searchlight N° 7 of the Fort Rodd Hill complex faces south across the Juan de Fuca Strait. The single-storey, flat-roofed massing of the searchlight structure is carefully obscured by a simple gable roof and the lean-to shed-roof. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building."
1834 water-colour of Marie Taglioni as La Tirolienne by J. R. Rodd.
She was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 23rd April 1804 and died in Marseille, France on 22nd April 1884.
On 12th March 1832 the world première of 'La Sylphide' took place at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opéra with choreography by Filippo Taglioni who designed the work as a showcase for his daughter Marie.
In this she danced en pointe without the aid of blocked shoes, using normal ballet slippers on which the toes were darned to help the shoes hold their shapes.
Fisgard Lighthouse stands at the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour, home base for the Royal Canadian Navy. On a hill overlooking the lighthouse stands Fort Rodd, built in the 1890's and expanded during WWII. And, standing at the gates, guarding both sites is...
Kateri.
I met Kateri when my husband and I finally decided to visit this historic site. We have passed the entrance to the park countless times over the years, but have never stopped.
We arrived rather late in the afternoon hoping for the better, slanted light. Kateri was covering the admissions kiosk. I was immediately taken by her fabulous smile and gorgeous eyes, and knew immediately that I wanted her to be my stranger #3.
She readily agreed to have her photo taken, but said she would not look at the resulting shot. I told her how much I was taken by her beautiful face and glowing aura, but she still refused (although she said I made her day!). She also would not give me an email address as she said she was not interested in seeing the photo nor write-up posted on Flickr. She said this in a friendly, but firm manner. I noticed my shot was not sharply in focus, but, because of her reaction, I chose to not ask for a second chance.
As we had arrived so late, leaving little time to see the fort and lighthouse before they closed, I told Kateri I would return later to ask my questions. This turned out to be the best decision as, by then, nearly everyone had left the park and we had more time to talk while my husband was off interviewing his two Strangers.
Kateri was born in Ontario. She is named after Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), the first Native American to be canonized (2012). Kateri told me her name means "lily of the valley." When I researched it further, I found that it is really Tekakwitha that means "lily" in the language of the Mohawks, while "Kateri" is their transliteration of "Catherine," the name Tekakwitha took when she converted to Roman Catholicism.
Kateri (our modern day one) told me her mother had heard a little girl called that name in the hospital as she waited for her baby to be born and thought it pretty and unusual. That is how she came to be called Kateri.
Kateri moved to Vancouver Island about 11 years ago when she began working for BC Parks at the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve near Uculet. A lifelong love of the outdoors made her perfectly suited for leading groups on nature hikes and whale watching expeditions.
About a year ago, BC Parks asked her to cover at Fisgard Lighthouse and Fort Rodd Historic Site and, when they asked to extend her another year, she accepted. Kateri is happy about her decision to remain here as it has given her opportunities to explore new territory, but also looks forward to returning to PacRim-Uculet. She can't imagine herself doing anything else, at least not for the foreseeable future.
She told me people miss seeing nature and wildlife because they are so intent on taking photos. She tells her groups to put away their cameras and really look and absorb their surroundings. That way, they will get to see and experience so much more. I told her I had given up photography for several years for just that reason... that I felt I was missing life, seeing everything in a frame rather than the full view. Her answer to those who say they need photos to remind them of the trip is to buy postcards and take home deeply felt memories instead. I told her I am still trying to find a balance between the two viewpoints (pun intended).
Kateri is living with her brother in a town where he is an RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). She said he was presently getting ready to go up to Kamloops to help fight wildfires. Serendipitiously, she had just received a text from a friend with a photo of a wildfire that had closed down the road we would have to take to get home. Because of this warning, we were able to stall the trip home until after the road was re-opened.
I left Kateri at the kiosk as if I were leaving an old friend. Her happiness and energy is contagious. I was still sitting in the parking lot, waiting for my husband, when she came by in a park cart with other BC Parks employees. She stopped because she was afraid we'd get locked in. I explained that Don was still with his interviewees and they had promised to let us out. In the end, we had a happy farewell at the gates by the gatekeeper herself.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
To view more street portraits and stories from The Human Family, visit The Human Family Flickr Group.
Colwood, BC Canada
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site, on Fisgard Island at the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour in Colwood, British Columbia, is the site of Fisgard Lighthouse, the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada.
Fisgard Lighthouse is about 6.2 miles by boat or 7.8 miles by car from downtown Victoria. Automated in 1929, the light shows a white isophase light of 2 second period in a sector from 322° to 195° at 71 ft above mean sea level, and in other directions it shows red shutters. The white 48 ft tower is floodlit below balcony level.
Fisgard Lighthouse was built in 1860 to guide vessels through the entrance of Esquimalt harbour. It was named after HMS Fisgard, a British Navy ship that spent time in the Pacific.
Fisgard Lighthouse and its sister station Race Rocks Light, were constructed in 1859–60, to ease the movement of naval ships into Esquimalt harbour and merchant ships into Victoria Harbour. The light stations were also seen as a significant political and fiduciary commitment on the part of the British government to the Colony of Vancouver Island, partly in response to the American gold miners flooding into the region: some 25,000 arrived in 1858 for the Fraser gold rush.
The cast-iron spiral staircase in the tower was made in sections in San Francisco.Local legend claims that the brick and stone used in construction were sent out from Britain as ballast; in fact local brick yards and quarries supplied these materials, while the lens, lamp apparatus and lantern room were accompanied from England by the first keeper, Mr. George Davies, in 1859. The cast-iron spiral staircase in the tower was made in sections in San Francisco.
Fisgard first showed a light from the tower at sunset on 16 November 1860. Colonial Governor James Douglas petitioned the British government to build the lighthouse. Captain Richards supported his position. Construction was supervised by Colonial Surveyor and Engineer JD Pemberton. Architects John Wright and Hermann Otto Tiedemann did the design of the lighthouse and the picturesque gothic red brick residence adjoining it.
Permanent steel shutters were added to the landward side of the lantern room some time after 1897, when concussion from the 6-inch guns at newly built Fort Rodd Hill caused cracks to appear in the lantern windows. The last keeper to actually live full-time at Fisgard was George Johnson; Josiah Gosse, Fisgard's final keeper, had permission from the lighthouse authority to live ashore (nearby on Esquimalt Lagoon), and row out to Fisgard every evening.
In the early 1940s, the acetylene lamp in Fisgard's tower was replaced by a battery-powered electric light. In 1950–51, a causeway was built out to Fisgard Island from the foreshore at Fort Rodd Hill by the Canadian Army; this was intended as a military obstacle, but also provided direct access to Fisgard Lighthouse. Wikipedia
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Fort Rodd Hill - a National Historic Site - is a coast artillery fort built in the late 1890s to defend Victoria and the Esquimalt Naval Base. The Fort includes three gun batteries, underground magazines, command posts, guardhouses, barracks and searchlight emplacements. There are numerous interpretive signs and audio-visual stations, as well as period furnished rooms and friendly, knowledgeable staff. Visitors can explore gun batteries and underground magazines built a century ago, as well as searchlight emplacements, command posts...and much more.
Colwood, BC Canada
Tour through secret bunkers, military command posts and original 19th century buildings at Fort Rodd Hill, a west coast artillery fortress on active duty from 1895 to 1956.
Between the years of 1895-1897, new forts were built at Fort Rodd Hill, across the harbour from Esquimalt Naval Base, and Macaulay Point, which lies between Victoria harbour and Esquimalt Harbour.
Both forts were built with 6” disappearing guns and since Fort Rodd Hill was relatively isolated at the time, its construction included defensive walls lined with rifle slits designed to repel land assaults until reinforcements could arrive from Esquimalt’s Work Point Barracks. In 1900, two 12-pounder quick firing guns were placed at the Belmont Battery to prevent small fast torpedo boats from slipping under the larger guns of the upper and lower batteries.
During the Second World War, the old 12-pounders were replaced with twin-barrelled 6-pounder guns with a much higher rate of fire.
Reference: .pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/bc/fortroddhill
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Colwood, BC Canada
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site, on Fisgard Island at the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour in Colwood, British Columbia, is the site of Fisgard Lighthouse, the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada.
Fisgard Lighthouse is about 6.2 miles by boat or 7.8 miles by car from downtown Victoria. Automated in 1929, the light shows a white isophase light of 2 second period in a sector from 322° to 195° at 71 ft above mean sea level, and in other directions it shows red shutters. The white 48 ft tower is floodlit below balcony level.
Fisgard Lighthouse was built in 1860 to guide vessels through the entrance of Esquimalt harbour. It was named after HMS Fisgard, a British Navy ship that spent time in the Pacific.
Fisgard Lighthouse and its sister station Race Rocks Light, were constructed in 1859–60, to ease the movement of naval ships into Esquimalt harbour and merchant ships into Victoria Harbour. The light stations were also seen as a significant political and fiduciary commitment on the part of the British government to the Colony of Vancouver Island, partly in response to the American gold miners flooding into the region: some 25,000 arrived in 1858 for the Fraser gold rush.
The cast-iron spiral staircase in the tower was made in sections in San Francisco.Local legend claims that the brick and stone used in construction were sent out from Britain as ballast; in fact local brick yards and quarries supplied these materials, while the lens, lamp apparatus and lantern room were accompanied from England by the first keeper, Mr. George Davies, in 1859. The cast-iron spiral staircase in the tower was made in sections in San Francisco.
Fisgard first showed a light from the tower at sunset on 16 November 1860. Colonial Governor James Douglas petitioned the British government to build the lighthouse. Captain Richards supported his position. Construction was supervised by Colonial Surveyor and Engineer JD Pemberton. Architects John Wright and Hermann Otto Tiedemann did the design of the lighthouse and the picturesque gothic red brick residence adjoining it.
Permanent steel shutters were added to the landward side of the lantern room some time after 1897, when concussion from the 6-inch guns at newly built Fort Rodd Hill caused cracks to appear in the lantern windows. The last keeper to actually live full-time at Fisgard was George Johnson; Josiah Gosse, Fisgard's final keeper, had permission from the lighthouse authority to live ashore (nearby on Esquimalt Lagoon), and row out to Fisgard every evening.
In the early 1940s, the acetylene lamp in Fisgard's tower was replaced by a battery-powered electric light. In 1950–51, a causeway was built out to Fisgard Island from the foreshore at Fort Rodd Hill by the Canadian Army; this was intended as a military obstacle, but also provided direct access to Fisgard Lighthouse.
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Ford Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse
Esquimalt, BC Canada
Tour through secret bunkers, military command posts and original 19th century buildings at Fort Rodd Hill, a west coast artillery fortress on active duty from 1895 to 1956.
Fisgard Lighthouse
Named a national historic site in 1960, a century after first showing its light, Fisgard is still a working lighthouse - although the last keeper rowed away in 1929. Fisgard was an early expression of government sovereignty on what would become Canada's west coast.
Generations of mariners - British and Canadian, naval and merchant - have relied on Fisgard as a landmark to find Esquimalt harbour's narrow entrance. With Race Rocks light, FIsgard marks the safe anchorage of Royal Roads, and also points the way to Victoria harbour for merchant ships.
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Infrared (False Colour). Upper battery entrance. Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site (is a 19th century coastal artillery fort on the Colwood, British Columbia side of Esquimalt Harbour near Victoria, BC Canada.) Leica M8 with Carl Zeiss Biogon C 21/4.5 ZM lens and B+W 092 IR filter. Camera on tripod. Post processing with LR5 (IR editing profile), CS6 (IR channel mixer), NIK CEP.
'Rodd 26', from the 337th Airlift Squadron at Westover Air Reserve Base in Massachusetts, in for some evening pattern work
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Colwood, BC Canada
The grounds surrounding Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site are spectacular, with an impressive Gary Oak ecosystem, spacious grassy areas and incredible views of Juan De Fuca Straits and Esquimalt Harbour. There is a short 15 minute ‘Historic Nature Trail’ which follows an old sentry path. It winds its way through lush shoreline woods and out to some beautiful view points overlooking the beaches below, and the Juan de Fuca Straits and Esquimalt Lagoon. There is also a ‘Gary Oak Learning Meadow’ where you can see many of the plants that make up this rare and endangered ecosystem. Along the trails and pathways there are lots of interpretive signs, not only explaining the historic highlights, but the natural features as well.
Reference: visitorinvictoria.ca/fort-rodd-hill-national-historic-site
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Mary daughter of James Rodd of Bedford House Exeter , Totnes & Oakhay, Stoke Cannon, Devon, and 3rd wife Mary daughter of John Bampfylde / Bampfield of Poltimore by Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Drake of Buckland & Elizabeth Gregory
Mary was the great grand daughter of Sir Amyas Bampfylde 1626 & Elizabeth Clifton at North Molton flic.kr/p/oFwg5m
She kneels with her husband Edmund Spoure of Trebartha www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9E4k7w who erected the monument to their only son Henry who died aged 9 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7jpE93
"In memory of Henry Spoure. , Stand traveler, it is little cost in delay. Under this tomb lies a pretty little boy, hope of his Country, brief delight of his parents, pillar and love of his family, ornament of his school, shattered in the flower of his youth from the embrace of the muses . Ancestry, wealth, vigour of speech and happy labour were of no avail against the onset of death which destroyed a thousand graces, a thousand elegances and beauties in one, all at once. Go traveler and mindful of your own mortality, look to eternity and a long farewell.
Died AD 1688 on the 16th day of March in his tenth year, fifth month and seventh day. Edmund Spoure esquire of Trebatha, grieving placed this monument to his only son"
She m 1675 Edmund was the 2nd & only surviving child out of seven, of Henry Spoure c1616 - 1656 & Elizabeth 1633-1688 daughter of Edmund Speccott of Launcelles and Elizabeth daughter of Henry Walrond of Uffculmeand Penelope Sydenham of Dulverton
Children
1. Henry www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/874yr2
born 1677, died of tuberculosis March 16th 1687
1. Mary www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/C3a708 m1 Renatus Bellot MP of Bochym Cornwall d 1710 of a fever , Son of Christopher Bellot and Bridget daughter of William Pendarves & 2nd wife Anne daughter of John St Aubyn of Clowance; m2 Charles Grylls 1672 - 1727 son of Charles Grylls 1712 of Lanreath & Elizabeth daughter of Richard Gerveis of Constantine and Sarah Yeo At the time of her death, she was thought to be engaged to her cousin Francis Rodd d1736 son of Bampfylde Rodd and Bridget daughter of Francis Drewe of Broadhembury Grange and Mary Drewe
With the death of Henry, daughter Mary became the heiress & despite marrying twice, her sons did not live.
The dynasty of Spoures of Trebartha , who had gained the estates by marriage to the Trebartha heiress in the reign of Henry Vll, effectively came to an end. The Rodd family , however, continued well into the 19c and beyond
Mary Spoure bequeathed Trebartha , Treveniel, Tolcarne and other estates to her intended 3rd husband Francis Rodd +++ "provided he is not already married to, or shall not at any time take to wife, Jane Parker, now living in Covent Garden, London." (Francis later m Alice daughter of William Sandford having a son Francis Rodd who purchased Landreyne under the powers of the land-tax redemption act in 1799, and was the father of Francis Hearle Rodd of Trebartha
- Church of St Torney:, North Hill Cornwall
Pictures with thanks - seearoundbritain.com/venues/north-hill-parish-church-corn... & Tim 30 October 2016 britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101249982-church-of-st-torne...
Thanks to Ken Ripper, North Hill History Group www.northhillhistory.co.uk/
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Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel hosted a panel discussion on trade featuring Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Jim Reese, British Embassy Agriculture Counselor Freya Jackson and Canada Agriculture and Fisheries Counselor Gizem Eras during the opening session of the 2018 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Norman, Oklahoma, Nov. 16.
Rodd's Royalty Inn - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Rodd's Grand Hotel - Yarmouth, Nova Scota
Rodd's Confederation Inn - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Rodd's Brundenell River Resort - Roseneath, Prince Edward Island
Rodd's Mill River Resort - Woodstock, New Brunswick
Waterfront Improvement Plan
Royal Beach Park GoPro and DJI Mini2 2-min. VIDEO #463
The plan will outline how a multi-use pathway could connect the Lagoon Beach from the Lagoon Bridge to Royal Beach and inform future detailed design and construction of new waterfront landscaping, features and amenities, such as seating, signage, lighting and washrooms.
The Waterfront Improvement Plan will provide a high-level plan for the entire Colwood shoreline as well as specific public realm improvements along the 4 km long shoreline from Fort Rodd Hill to Royal Beach Park.
A saltwater lagoon located at the base of the Royal Roads property, next to the Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites and a view across Esquimalt Harbour at Dockyard. Victoria, BC
Infrared (False Colour). Reenactors Camp commemorating the centennial of the start of the First World War. Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site (is a 19th century coastal artillery fort on the Colwood, British Columbia side of Esquimalt Harbour near Victoria, BC Canada.) Leica M8 with Carl Zeiss Biogon C 21/4.5 ZM lens and B+W 092 IR filter. Camera on tripod. Post processing with LR5 (IR editing profile), CS6 (IR channel mixer), NIK CEP.
We drove west of Victoria and explored Fort Rodd Hill with its wonderful lighthouse. Further on, we walked Whiffin Spit Park at Sooke, had lunch at the Best Western Premier, and finished the day at the East Sooke Regional Park for a hike.
Infrared (False Colour). 9 Aug 14 weekend commemorating the centennial of the start of the First World War. Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site (is a 19th century coastal artillery fort on the Colwood, British Columbia side of Esquimalt Harbour near Victoria, BC Canada.) Leica M8 with Carl Zeiss Biogon C 21/4.5 ZM lens and B+W 092 IR filter. Camera on tripod. Post processing with LR5 (IR editing profile), CS6 (IR channel mixer), NIK CEP.
Starring John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier, Nestor Paiva, Phil Chambers, Rodd Redwing, Robin Hughes, Frank Baxter, and Yvonne De Lavallade. Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.On an archaeological dig in Asia, Dr. Roger Bentley find a cuneiform tablet referring to an ancient society, the shadow dynasty, that was destroyed. An earthquake soon after reveals an ancient artifact and the scientists discover the ruins of an ancient temple world on a remote mountain site. It leads them to an underground world, lost in time and where people have adapted to low light. The High Priest Elinu doesn't welcome the presence of the new arrivals and wants them eliminated.
youtu.be/HSRridF2nkg?t=9s trailer
Starring John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier, Nestor Paiva, Phil Chambers, Rodd Redwing, Robin Hughes, Frank Baxter, and Yvonne De Lavallade. Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.
The film opens with a brief lecture by Frank Baxter. He is a Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He explains that there are just a few areas left on Earth that are unknown and briefly describes a few theories that postulate there may be places deep under the surface of the Earth where man can survive.
In Asia an archeological dig has discovered something. Dr. Roger Bentley (John Agar) and Prof. Etienne Lafarge (Nestor Paiva) expose a stone tablet. They take it back to their tent to clean and examine it. We are introduced to Dr. Jud Bellamin (Hugh Beaumont) and Dr. Paul Stuart (Phil Chambers) who ask Bentley to translate the find: it may be related to the story of Gilgamesh and Ishtar. An earthquake rattles the area and the tablet is broken. This puts their work a month behind schedule. A small boy discovers something the earthquake brought down a mountain and brings it to Bentley. He cleans it and it is revealed to be an ancient oil lamp. The inscription is translated as a pre-biblical Noah's Ark story. The party of scientists set off for the mountain where the artifact originated before it was dislodged by the earthquake.
They set up base camp and plan their final assault on the mountain the next day. A storm hits the base camp that evening. As they set off the next morning an avalanche brings down an arm from a statue. They continue climbing and discover the ruins of an ancient Sumarian civilization on a small plateau. They estimate the ruins are 5,000 years old. While Dr. Stuart walks around the ruins he falls down through an opening. The rest of the party goes down on ropes to save him. Bentley leads the way, followed by Lafarge, who is much older than the rest. Bellamin is third down the opening followed by Nazar (Rodd Redwing). After dropping down about 200 feet Bentley finds Stuart, but he died in the fall. Nazar notices a loose piton and hammers it secure, but that triggers a rockfall and he is killed and the three archeologists are trapped.
They start searching for a way out, but Lafarge is experiencing breathing problems. He is also claustrophobic, They wander through the cave and discover a light source, which reveals a large underground city. They notice a very large tablet that informs them they have discovered the temple of Ishtar. They bed down for the night, but a lizard creature (a mole person?) digs up to the surface to spy on the three. A short time later, the party is attacked, sacks are placed over their heads, and they are pulled underground. They awake in a cave and Lafarge has claw marks on his chest. Two very pale white representative of the human underground civilization suddenly appear and direct they follow them. The scientists are escorted back to the city and presented to the High Priest, Ilinu (Alan Napier) who is performing a ritual. Ilinu immediately suspects the strangers and tells the king that they are evil. The king questions the three archeologists. At the conclusion of the questioning the high priest sentences them to death.
The three escape into a cave, with guards in hot pursuit. Bentley shines his flashlight in the face of the First Officer (Robin Hughes) who cringes and retreats. It seems the light hurts their eyes. The three return to the city and shine their flashlight on the King and High Priest and they also retreat. The inhabitants of the city are albino, adapted to a world without sunlight. A lizard creature pulls the body of one of the guards underground. Seeing this, Lafarge panics and runs back into one of the caves. Bentley and Bellamin follow and discover a slave labor camp where the lizard creatures are forced to cultivate the food source--mushrooms. The guards whip their charges, which particularly incenses Bentley. Laforge is attacked and killed by a lizard creature, but is driven off by the flashlight before he can eat Laforge.
Bentley and Bellamin return to the city and are met by the high priest along the way who tells them that they are welcome back to the city since they "possess the divine fire of Ishtar". The King is convinced they are holy messengers and are invited to a feast. One of the servers, Adad (Cynthia Patrick) drops her bowl of mushrooms, and is ordered whipped by the king. Bentley stops the punishment and is told not to interfere by the High Priest. Bentley helps her to her feet and notices she is not albino, but normally pigmented. The King presents Adad as a gift to Bentley. The High Priest explains that she is not human (like them) but a "marked one". The King and Priest further explain that when the population gets too large the excess are sacrificed in the fire of Ishtar.
Bentley and Adad talk about their respective worlds as the High Priest spies on them. The next day Bentley and Bellamin tour the city. Meanwhile the High Priest meets with his fellow priests and plots to get the flashlight. This will show the king that the strangers are not divine, but mere mortals.
Bentley and Bellamin intercede when three lizard creatures are being beaten, but their flashlight batteries begin to fail. They free the lizard creatures. Food production has been reduced because the lizard creatures are rebelling against their mistreatment. The High Priest schedules another sacrifice. After a ritual dance three women are escorted into a brightly lit chamber, enter, and are locked in. When they open the chamber later, the charred remains are carried out on stretchers. The High Priest is shown the dead body of Laforge. The High Priest was told by Bentley that Laforge was called back to Ishtar, reinforcing the story of his divinity. The High Priest shows the body to the king and explains that he is mortal and asks the King for permission to kill Bentley and Bellamin. The King agrees. Bentley and Bellamin are drugged and arrested. Elinu takes possession of the flashlight. Adad escapes and is captured by the lizard creatures. Bentley and Bellamin are taken to the lighted sacrifice chamber and locked in. The lizard creatures attack the city in force and kill the inhabitants, including the King and High Priest.
The lizard creatures break open the sacrifice chamber, but the light repels them. Adad isn't afraid of the light and joins Bentley and Bellamin on their ascent back to their world. They reach the top and get into warmer clothes. Another earthquake strikes the area, and Adad is killed when a stone pillar crushes her. The underground city is buried.