Ship's Rats

The ship's rats infest the hold of the vessel carrying the crated Ark of the Covenant. They huddle at the compartment's edges, trembling and chittering in response to the artifact's low humming resonance. Darting erratically, their agitation reveals an instinctive sensitivity to the Ark's supernatural power, marking the first disturbance in the hold and priming the crew for escalating mechanical and metaphysical threats ahead.