The catacombs were dark, cold, musty, thick-aired, and full of dead people and bones.
It's part of his transformation
A) It rained a lot yesterday.
b) She washed the bathroom this morning.
c) My father dropped me at school this morning.
d) Those boys played soccer an hour ago.
e) He studied English last weekend.
Simple past tense is merely adding -ed to the verbs in order to convey the past
Pro bsby because she's boring, or she doesn't have much dialogue, or simply because she's not desecribed very well