Officer Tepios:
This entire area acts almost like a living organism.
Just as blood supplies nutrients to a human body, so apparently do the souls who have perished here supply energy for the Tumors of Death and the Soul Coffins.
They in turn use that energy to strengthen nearby monsters or disadvantage attacking adventurers. Destroy those things whenever you encounter them. Of course, that's easier said than done -- the nearby monsters will defend it fiercely.
But if you're able to destroy a Tumor, you will gain an advantage over the monsters. We don't know for sure, but we think that the newly-freed souls help us. It is possible to communicate with a Destroyed Tumor, and you can also use it to teleport to other Tumors, although you'll need something called Tears of a Freed Soul to do so.
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