III / Caveam Cristallum
For a time, there was only her heart beating and the suffocating blackness and the sound of her breaths, which came and went in harsh, ragged bursts, and she feared she might hyperventilate. The hood had the effect of magnifying her awareness of her surroundings, strangely, and thus her terror—the sound of the ferryman’s boots thudding against the boards and a sensation of rocking, the sound of something being placed beside her on the cushioned bench, the sound of iron clanking and water slapping against the sides of the boat. And yet there was something else, a vibration, a throbbing as she wrung her hands ...
The ring.
How had he said to activate it? Press the emerald when you approach the Stygian Flowstones, or on my command, which will manifest as a vibration
