Flooded Cavern

Here's a wateralicious level. You're sure to find a lot of plot points down here. What is it exactly? Well, it's a cavern. Filled with water. Hey, at least it isn't a generic sewer environment that inevitebly plagues most games. The music played here is called Cystal Teardrops from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Anyway, stop reading this blather and look at the pretty pictures.


You can swim in the water. Okay, more like, you can walk at the bottom of the sea floor (wtf). When submerged, you have a limited air capacity. Once that runs out, you die. It makes exploration of this area dangerous. The higher your aptitude with Water, the easier swimming is. You can also have some fun jumping around if you're adept with Air instead.


Don't count on your allies to help you here. Tsujin just flies over water and Skully's wolf form swims very quickly. You can find an item called The Holy Snorkle that gives you a slight boost in air capacity. Oh, and today is the first time I posted screenies of Tsujin with her wings.


Check out the gemstone McGuffin. A blue elemental stone in an area of water? Maybe there's some sort of connection/pattern! Har har har.