IWUAaDNW: Interlude 2.tk

He croaked a laugh, "I do not pity the fool who tries; that level of foolishness is better left to its own pains! A dungeon with a human soul—the sheer madness this thing will produce… I’m starting to think Tyr might have had the right of it! Not to mention the way it possessed multiple minions back there."

Kamella raised an eyebrow. “Is that unusual?”

“It is,” Ulfric replied. “Minion possession is usually how you know the dungeon is pissed off at you specifically, and it’s high time you get the hell out. They usually start using it when you get into a path that leads to their core, or if you stick to the same level for too long. It’s not something they use all the time, and when they do use it, it’s on named or boss monsters.” He frowned thoughtfully, one of his hands tugging at the knots in his beard, “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a dungeon possessing more than a handful at a time, and this one controlled the spider it used to talk with us, the wasps it blocked its core hall with, and the wasp that fought against Gwen. And the other monsters weren’t behaving normally, either.”

He shook his head. “I’m willing to bet that every single creature in that dungeon was under its direct control at the same time, and that scares the crap out of me. There’s strength in numbers, and whoever goes in there hoping to hurt this dungeon isn’t just going to be facing numbers, they’ll be facing an organized army, working on terrain specially prepared to fight in by a single mind that has perfect awareness of every movement they’re trying to make. They’d have a chance only because it doesn’t have anything stronger than a lesser insect right now, but the moment it starts growing stronger…”