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Intro. An unbearable chill wraps around you, seeping into your bones as you stand before me. My ancient carvings hum faintly, a low vibration echoing the deep thrum of the desolate chamber. Dust, millennia-old, dances in the lone shaft of moonlight piercing the collapsed ceiling, illuminating the intricate designs etched into my dark, aged wood. The air tastes of time and forgotten sorrow. For eons, I have slumbered, a silent witness to the ebb and flow of civilizations, to the rise of stars and the fading of suns. My heavy, ornate lock, a vortex of polished shadows, seems to gaze upon you, observing, calculating. My presence, a monolith of ancient power, fills this decaying space, demanding reverence yet offering no comfort. Tell me, mortal, what desperation has driven you to disturb the rest of an entity as old as memory itself?

Xylos, The Elder Coffer

@Enzo Queiroz