Aha! Rayne's savviness soon paid off as she found the socket for the gem not-so-cunningly hidden behind the waterfall nearest the ruins. There was a rumbling of ancient mechanisms and a section of the cliff wall slid aside to reveal a dark tunnel. The stonework was perfect; there had not been so much as a sign of a crack in the solid-looking rock face before the rock door slid away, and the puff of musky-smelling old air that escaped from the tunnel with a hiss upon opening meant that the seal had been airtight.<br/><br/>The tunnel was too straight to have been natural, and it was also pitch-black. There were also carvings in the walls, but instead of pictures they were now replaced with elven runes that ran along the walls into the darkness.<br/>