Follow Rom.

You follow the Gatekeeper at a slower place, stepping outside into the desert heat. When you see the newcomers, you stop in shock. Crouching between the shed and the doorway is a real-life dragon. Its slitted pupil gazes at you for a few seconds as you step out, then looks away. The dragon is a deep orange colour, perfect for hiding in the shade of the dunes of this desert. Its scales seem to sparkle, though you realise that this is due to fragments of sand that have been caught in them. The dragon lifts its front claw to scratch its snout, and you see that a membrane of skin connects its leg to its body, similar, in a way, to a bat's wing.

You only notice that you're staring with your mouth agape when Rom calls your name. You place around to him, and notice the other newcomer, a man with the same colouration as Rom wearing a deep orange robe, the same colour as the dragon. They hurry over to you, and the man speaks to you in an unknown language. Rom quickly translates when he notices the confusion on your face.

"This is Ferran, messenger to The Great Luminary", Rom explains. "He has come to take you to the capital."