Decapitated Turkish Soldier

The Decapitated Turkish Soldier precedes Indiana Jones's group into the Grail temple and triggers the razor-sharp pendulum trap, losing his head in the process. His headless corpse lies in the temple's center amid giant columns, overlooked at first in the dim light. The group—Indy, Sallah, Henry Jones Sr., and Marcus Brody—spots him just before a living comrade suffers the same fate. His remains warn of the temple's lethal defenses, terrifying onlookers including Elsa Schneider and Walter Donovan, and foreshadow the deadly trials guarding the Holy Grail.