Pulsing Crystal

It's kind of eerie.

The Pulsing Crystal is a mysterious, sentient object located in the Serbule Crypt. It is one of the manifestations of Khyrulek. Khyrulek has multiple forms, including the Pulsing Crystal, Khyrulek's True Form, and a sentience in a pocket dimension.

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Well, when you kill my undead bodies I just come back, because those emotions still exist in me. The only way to kill me would be to destroy the tiny dimension where my soul lives. I've searched for a spell that's powerful enough, but never found one. So as far as I know, I'm unkillable.

It's a small world without a sun. There's no air except around a small farm I made. There are undead caretakers, some rhinos and other augmented animals... but mostly, it's just a mansion surrounded by nothingness. There's no way in, as far as I know.

Well there's the sentience that you're talking to, plus two undead bodies of me. Once is fueled by my rage, and the other my despair. A third one is trying to form, based on my jealousy of the living, but I'm keeping that under control! I do a lot of meditation.

Location

Available on Floor 2 of the Serbule Crypt, the Pulsing Crystal is located behind a magic wall. The room before the crystal is guarded by Khyrulek's True Form, and her pet Rhino, Feverdance.

Show Item

Unusual items can be shown to the Pulsing Crystal, resulting in a comment about the history of the shown item.

Item	Response
Ancient Bronze Coin	“ It's old money, called an obol. Before the Council came along these obols were used for all sorts of modest purchases.
Ancient Silver Coin	“ It's old money, called a drachma. They were quite valuable before the Council came. You could buy a month's food with one drachma.
Ancient Gold Coin	“ It's old money, called a tetradrachm. They were quite valuable before the Council came. A single tetradrachm could easily feed, clothe, and house a large family for a month.
Nightmare Flesh	“ That's a chunk of an abomination. Hmm, looks like Davlos's handiwork. Never met him, but he's quite powerful.
Ivory Horn	“ Ah. Well, you see I've been experimenting with magical animals for a few centuries, and I went through a large rhino phase...
Galvanizer	“ Hey, that's mine! You stole it from me! You... must... calm... I'm calm. It's okay. Not hateful...
Hammerseal	“ Oh, I had one of those when I was alive. They were a huge fad at the time. This one looks really old, though.
Thundersmite	“ Hm, this is ancient! It harkens back to when the dwarves were consorting with 'demons' to learn new forge secrets. Nice find!
Eraphylle	“ It's from the Elvish lands. It'd make a great collectible for an elf lover, I suppose, but it's not really very powerful.
Yyllastra	“ It's from the Elvish lands. It'd make a great collectible for an elf lover, I suppose, but it's not really very powerful.
Eynophile	“ It's from the Elvish lands. It'd make a great collectible for an elf lover, I suppose, but it's not really very powerful.
Alamyneth	“ It's from the Elvish lands. It'd make a great collectible for an elf lover, I suppose, but it's not really very powerful.
Dusty Journal	“ Hm, don't know about that one.
Spirit Stone	“ ???
Dwarven N Core	“ ???
Explosive Runestone	“ ???
Prism	“ ???
Enchanted Construction Nail	“ ???
Magic Sand	“ ???
Geometric Rune Chart	“ ???
Symbols of Darkness	“ ???
Gulagra Orb	“ ???
Archcudgel	“ ???