'Whatever games the fog played with sound, the historian suspected that Nil and his comrade had magically amplified the effect...'(DG, UK MMPB, p.494)
Earth spirits
'The earth beneath the hearth erupted, flinging coals and burning wood skyward. A multilimbed, tar-skinned beast clambered free, loosing a bone-shivering scream. It plunged in among the remaing Tothansi, claws ripping through armour and flesh...The earth spirit was shrieking now, three of its limbs torn off its body and lying twitching on the ground.'(DG, UK MMPB, p.495-6)
Sormo E'nath:'The Semk god was indeed destroyed. Torn to pieces and devoured. Sometimes, a piece of flesh can contain such malevolence that it corrupts the devourer -'
Duiker: 'An earth spirit-'
Sormo E'nath:'A spirit of the land, aye. Hidden ambition and sudden power. The other spirits...suspected naught.'
Duiker:'...why was the Semk's mouth sewn shut?'
Sormo E'nath: 'That creature is sewn shut everywhere, Historian. Lest that which was devoured escapes.'(DG, UK MMPB, p.502)