So it was somewhat of a surprise to Andrew when the expected transformation did
not arrive.
So he thought furiously and realized all the skulls outside had one
thing in common,they were enclosed in iron helmets,and the rest of their
bodies was missing.
Andrews helmet was iron,as was his armour,and that broadsword.
Maybe the hyena beast-men had some kind of weird decapitated
dragons heads in confining iron helmets worship cult going on.
So Andrew flung away his armour,his broadsword and his iron helmet far away
from him.He was shocked when the iron things sparked and burst into flame and ashes
when they touched the cave floor.
Now really nervous,Andrew tore off his clothes and was crouched there,fully naked
in the dark cave.
A hour passed
then two hours
then by the third hour Andrew thought he'd got scott free from the dragon curse.
He started thinking about a way to climb up to that hole in the cave roof and escape