Magma Plateau (Part 1)

The External Artifacts could have minds, abilities, and desired forms, both physical and energy. One could start a conversation with the External Artifact, discuss a plan, or even conclude a pact, like Adam and Lone Blaze did.

However, the External Artifacts were neither monsters nor Phantoms. To call them a third, new entity would be misleading, for in one way or another they were very dense energy, built up over years or born from a powerful anomaly. 

Often they resided in the Strongholds and could gradually form a field of the irregular energy around them with the desired effect. Lone Blaze did something like this with their Stronghold, before Adam came there and the Crimson Monarch's temple deep underground appeared. 

For the External Artifacts, it opened up a lot of possibilities and was a great advantage that they had a mind of their own rather than being a mere cluster of energy.

But... Sometimes, it could lead to something devastating.