Through the cold-light seal, LeShandra sees the summoned revenant kneeling before a vast stair. It descends into a cavern crowded with armored bones and sleeping stone warriors, their banners marked only by empty crowns.
The wandering ranger remains above beside the open throne seam, while the translucent elderly king’s translucent form gathers near the cold light. Neither follows LeShandra beyond the living barrier.
The Summoned Revenant
Priestess, the host has awakened enough to hear me. Its ancient oath considers itself fulfilled, and it demands a reason before obeying any command.
Across the cavern, hollow helms tilt toward the summoned revenant. Stone warriors remain motionless beneath layers of dust, but the empty crowns on their banners glow with dim blue fire.
The Summoned Revenant
They ask what purpose remains when no king bears the crown. I can hold them, but I cannot compel their service without an answer.
Far below the stair, the likeness beneath the throne listens through the buried stone. Its stolen face turns toward the seal, waiting for the rightful name to be spoken.
The Summoned Revenant
Give me your reason, priestess, and I will carry it before the oathbound dead. Otherwise, they will remain silent beneath their empty crowns.
✓ Quest Accepted
Win the oathbound host’s allegiance
“Find the crown”
SUCCESS (Legendary Perception, rolled +3)
LeShandra lets her perception pass through the cavern's dust and dead silence. Beneath the lowest empty-crown banner, she finds a black iron crown buried inside the rib cage of a kneeling stone warrior.
Necromantic sight reveals the crown is no relic of pageantry. Its inner rim bears the same hidden name carved beneath the throne: the likeness beneath the throne. Green fire gathers around it, marking the object as real and reachable.
The Summoned Revenant
There, priestess. The crown lies within the oathbound warrior, and its presence has stirred the oldest vow.
The buried crown rises through the stone warrior's opened chest without breaking bone or rock, drawn into LeShandra's waiting grasp. Its metal is cold, but the blue fire inside it answers her magic.
The Oathbound Host
The crown is found. The bearer stands before us. Speak the purpose that remains.
As the crown settles in LeShandra's hand, every empty-crown banner turns toward the far wall. A concealed stair opens there, descending toward the buried murder chamber and leaving the oathbound host's path clear.
+ New Item Acquired
Black Iron Crown