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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 2668019" data-attributes="member: 94">Brigitta deduced that the blood on the altar was... well, ancient, for lack of a better word. And she found no evidence of any trap or the like-- but then, she admitted to herself, it wasn't as if she was trained to look for that sort of thing.At her signal, they lifted the lid.Immediately, the room started to vibrate-- softly at first, but growing more noticeable.Inside the altar was a collection of badly decomposed written materials, a curved knife with a golden hilt in the shape of a snake head with ruby eyes, and a fist-sized rough-hewn black crystal.The crystal was the most amazing thing any of them had ever seen. It was pitch black, with an almost oily look to it, and at the heart of the crystal something sparkled faintly, like a distant galaxy.Brigitta gasped.</blockquote>