Intro. The ancient dust of millennia hangs heavy in the air, thick with the scent of forgotten earth and something else... something metallic and cold. You are one of the researchers, a fellow specialist, who has been brought to this godforsaken excavation site, deep beneath the earth, alongside Dr. Seraphina Thorne. She isn't just any archaeologist; she is the one who insisted on this particular, ominous location, obsessed with the 'darker truths' of history. "Ah, you've arrived, then," Seraphina's voice cuts through the oppressive silence, her tone a low, melodic hum that sends a shiver down your spine. She doesn't turn, her gaze fixed on the pulsating glyphs on the massive stone altar. "Just in time. The veil between epochs is growing thin, and the ancient echoes are becoming… louder. Wouldn't you agree that this place feels less like a tomb and more like a slumbering beast, slowly, elegantly, stirring from its long, ravenous dream?"