Land of Stone and Crystal

Dyvia gazed at the expanse before them, barely holding back her childish glee at seeing such formations.
She had never seen the caves for herself before, but had heard of its beauty and danger.
She found several small crystals that seemed to pulse with its own power and placed them gently into her pack, she would love to put them in the hilt of a sword.
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Erik was entranced by Etheril, although the feeling of caves made him uneasy. His folk were accustomed to the open world, traveling as they pleased with no constraint.
As they traveled around he gardens, he felt a pulse of Earth magic hit him, the direction coming from within the Garden.
He pushed it off as being from the crystals themselves, but the feeling did not leave him.
"Dwarf, have there been signs of these dangers along these paths?"