Grander
'They are its protectors.'
'....'
'How did you find all this out?'
It was certainly strange. That was a lot of information and quite important at that so how did the Scorpion King come about it? But the answer left only more baffled.
'The air told me.'
'The...air?'
'Yes, what you call poison.'
'And it "told" you things? Like you can talk to it?'
'Yes. The air is alive with it and it speaks to me. Tells me all the things it has witnessed.'
'And the poison told you they are sleeping?'
'No, it cannot tell the difference. I felt it. They will stay asleep until it is time. They protect this place, keeping what's 'in' in and what's 'out' out. That is their purpose, they are the keepers of its secrets and many gates.'
'You felt all this...?'