Distraught at having lost the chance to get a better look at Arufi's sword, Jolokia felt that she needed to give this warlock a piece of her mind, and so she followed the Nem inside the mountain.

For a while, it really was dark.  But after a few minutes walk that all changed, as the cavern suddenly burst into light.  The mountain had been hollow, and the roof was like a ribcage, sunlight creeping through the cracks to illuminate the inside.  But even simple sunlight wouldn't have led to something as wondrous as the sight that Jolokia and Arufi were met with, as they quickly found out just why it was named "Crystal Mountain".  Indeed, the inside walls of the mountain were studded with crystals, the entire cavern a veritable treasure trove of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, amethysts... Gemstones of all the colours of the rainbow as far as the eye could see, the sunlight making them glisten and sparkle radiantly.  Rising from the ground stood great gleaming spires, and the light reflecting from them made it seem as though the cavern was glowing gently and peacefully... And right in the middle, across a narrow, natural bridge across a gaping pit, stood a mighty elven citadel.

It was unlike something either of them would have seen before, for unlike the architecture of humans, Masalans or Nem it looked less like it was constructed and more like it had been grown from the crystals themselves, with almost organic looking spires towering up like slender fingers reaching for the sky.  It had been well documented how the High Elves appreciated natural beauty above all other things, and few things could make this more apparent than the glistening interior of Crystal Mountain and the eerily beautiful towers that stood at the center.

"Oh wow..." Even Jolokia was left almost speechless, unable to do anything more than gaze in awe for quite some time.  "It's just so... So pretty..."