As the last person touched the orb and chose their pillar the guides said something unintelligible and then he felt the platform he was on start descending back into the ground.
As the platform went below the floor as if to make things more confusing he saw a giant forest and his platform seemed to have come from a hole in the sky which promptly fixed itself. Everywhere he looked around him he saw forest and more forest but when he looked down the edge of the platform he saw a small encampment of what looked like 50 or so small tents all bunched together near each other but what stood out among the tests was a stone pillar which was right next to the bottom of the platform he was on.
As the platform descended and he was closer he could see the pure craftsmanship that went Into this pillar that depicted people and animals of all kind both ones he'd seen before and others he hadn't as well as some fictional creatures like dragons. As the platform stopped on the ground he could feel the platform calling to him to touch it and as he looked at the guides they were smiling and gestured as if giving him the ok. As he walked to it he could feel the desire to touch grow until he was in arms distance and following his instincts touched the statue.
The statue burst out light which flew into him and disappeared before the guides said "Congratulations on taking the first step and becoming a barbarian." As he turned to look qt them he felt the invisible bonds that held his mouth shut before come undone and he finally asked "What just happened?"