The merchant ship’s hull shrieks under the pressure of the astral currents. Arion and Captain Halloway scramble upward, abandoning the ruined galley for the open expanse of the upper deck. The sky of Tienvidel burns with the violet hues of a fractured horizon as the ship breaches the cloud layer.
Captain Halloway
We are bleeding light, traveler. If that rift does not seal, the entire deck will be stripped to the bone.
Arion Touvengard
The wood groans in agony. The hull is failing. I must bridge the instability with my own essence before the ship is scattered across the stars.
Arion reaches the mainmast, his teal eyes glowing with a cold, piercing intensity. He plants his feet firmly on the polished wood as the ship tilts, his movements rigid and puppet-like. He raises his right hand, and tendrils of raw, teal energy erupt from the ancient sword strapped to his back, lashing out to weave into the ship's splintering framework.
+ Scene Quest Added
Stabilize the ship's hull
“Reaching out towards the rift with arcane might, Arion stitches the fresh rift shut before it can throw the ship further off course while ghe captain deftly stears the ship aground at a nearby harbor.”
SUCCESS (Superb Arcana, rolled +1)
The teal energy flares, a blinding corona that anchors the shifting reality of the hull to the solid wood. The ship shudders violently, the splintering wood groaning as if under the hand of a titan, but it holds. The violet rift flickers, stutters, and finally dissolves into static, leaving the ship shuddering in the wake of the astral surge.
Captain Halloway
You have the touch of the old gods, stranger. I am bringing her into the harbor docks of Mesthelia now. Pray the guard is not as hostile as the sky.
Arion Touvengard
The anchor point is secure. I must maintain this resonance or the host will succumb to the expenditure of my own will. I am so close to my true form.
Arion releases his grip, his body slumping slightly as the puppet-like control falters. Below them, the sprawling, jagged skyline of Mesthelia rises from the horizon, its spires catching the dying light. The ship begins its final descent into the harbor.
Quest Complete
Stabilize the ship's hull