The freezing wind, which was so cold that flakes of ice drifted through the air and into their lungs with every breath, cut through them completely. It crept into their skin and drilled itself into their bones, even through the clothing they wore.
After all, their bodies were already adapted for the heat, chilling themselves to withstand the heat of the lava. But in this cavern, where that very same lava had been frozen solid, that defence had been flipped into a vulnerability.
Had it been any other party, they would have been at serious risk of simply being frozen solid by the chill, or worse have their bodies gradually fall apart to the blackening creep of frostbite.
