The atmosphere around them as they cross the ruins is rather gloomy and grim, only the sound of wind blowing against the dessert dunes and the occasional hisses from some of her older and more veteran troops could be heard. Once in a while, she would halt the entire march deeper into the ruins merely because she finds it fascinating to further study the pictographs and inscriptions on the fallen walls of the city.<br/><br/><strong>"interesssting, it isss as if the wallsss are the city'ssss history lesson just as the animal skins of the swampsss are to usss..."</strong>, some of the inscriptions are pretty familiar to her, having lived long enough to understand basic pictographs of early civilizations dwelling in the dessert and its no small thanks to the borrowed knowledge of the sages of Vassaloth.<br/><br/>It didn't take the whole expedition long before they encountered their first mysteries of the ruins, Sithera was busy studying the inscriptions on the nearby wall while the rest of the lizardfolks waits for her when she heard a bellowing of sorts in the distant dessert. At first it was weak but even before it grew louder Sithera  was already on guard, he knew well how treacherous such a bellowing can be and in such a forsaken wastelands such as this, its all the more fatal.<br/><br/><strong>"No,...not mere beast Sesshkar..."</strong>, she responded to Sesshkar comments of a beast is calling out to them as her reptilian eyes stares off in the distance. Not long after that a scout of the lizardfolk's expedition came rushing in towards Sesshkar and Sithera and he was obviously in distress. The scout reported a sort of symbol on a pedestal covered by sands somewhere to the north of the ruins but it was the symbol that had attracted the shaman's attention. Suddenly, the distress expression on the scout's face was revealed to be the sudden missing of his comrade and that they've heard a singing of sorts from a voice of a female in the distant.<strong>"A sssinging ehh?"</strong>, Sithera was undoubtedly interested as she turns to Sesshkar,<strong>"the ruinssss are not unoccupied after all, keep our warriorssss in tight formation we are not in a battle but againssst a mysterious sssupernatural force, it'll be lessss risky if we ssstick together"</strong><br/><br/>As she said that, Sithera spearheaded the expedition herself, confidence in her ability that she'll be able to fend against any demons that would dare to interrupt their expedition, and she's heading towards the voice not because she cares to look for her missing soldier but to give an idea what they are facing here. Finally they arrived upon a dead end, a mountain side but along the way they found source of water and animal life still flourished here albeit mysteriously but not everything is good about their journey, despite their tight formation they did lose a few people to whatever monsters still dwelling in the ruins depths.<br/><br/><strong>"The sssinging grew louder, it seems we are getting close to the source..."</strong>, she stated, obviously referring to the entombed structural ruins at the side of the mountains, not willing to lose anymore of her soldiers or atleast not yet she walks up to what appears to be an inlet around the corner, yet before she proceed any further a sign of foolishness, she lifted up her hand to the air and suddenly a thick wooden stick appeared in her scaly hand, the wooden stick is engraved with shamanistic symbols and at the top of the stick is a few small reptilian skulls perhaps belonging to swamp lizards,<strong>"letsss see what isss behind the corner, shall we..."</strong>, with a hiss she suddenly threw the wooden totem into the inlet and it stick into the ground within the darkness, protected by her loyal warriors she began to merge her thought and consciousness to the tome which now serves as her eyes, this will let her see any hidden danger at the entrance.