Brother Halven’s finger stops on the map’s inked route. He looks up at Supernovame, then at the warding note in the margin. The Hollow Reliquary is not just a place on parchment, it is a sealed test.
Brother Halven
The route is real. So is the ward. It will not yield to coin, vows, or polite requests.
He taps the seal-stain, then the warning again, making the demand plain. If Supernovame cannot show the right resonance, the monastery sends no healing, no guides, and no blessing for the road.
Brother Halven
Demonstrate your power here, wizard. Let the relic feel you. Then I decide whether the monastery walks with you.
Merchant's Daughter
He needs to prove it now. If he fails, the map only gets heavier.
The Veteran shifts beside the table, hand near his blade, while the old cleric watches in silence from the doorway. All eyes settle on Supernovame, and the journey to the Hollow Reliquary hangs on what he does next.
✓ Quest Accepted
Demonstrate magical resonance to the monastery
“I use my magical ability to cast a spell and demonstrate magical resonance to the monastery in a splendid fashion.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Arcana, rolled +0)
Supernovame lifts his staff and speaks a clean, clipped invocation. The air around the map tightens, then hums.
Blue-white light threads from the seal-stain into the parchment veins, tracing the route in a bright pulse that leaves the hall momentarily hushed.
Brother Halven
There. That pattern is not imitation. The relic knows him.
The bundled herbs on the shelves tremble, their shadows briefly aligning with the map’s inked warning like a second script.
Merchant's Daughter
You felt that too, didn’t you? It answered him.
Old Cleric
It is accepted. The monastery recognizes the resonance.
Brother Halven
Good. The ward opens to you, wizard. Now show me you can read what it revealed.
Reach the Hollow Reliquary
Quest Complete
Demonstrate magical resonance to the monastery