The shrine’s green markings extend along the eastern road, threading between roots toward old burrow-mouths beneath the hills. Mayor Tibben follows with the bright seal, while Feshu listens beside the hidden paths.
The traveler remains at the shrine to watch the beacon. Far away, the Shiri hold the crag fortress, and the eastern road carries Ankura Anura, Tibben, and Feshu toward the waiting tribes.
Stone shifts within the largest passage. Erie Dawnski steps into the green light, towering and powerfully built, dark fur bristling as his clawed hands remain near his sides.
Erie Dawnski
Stop there. The marks speak of welcome, but welcome has buried too many promises beneath these hills.
Tibben raises the mayoral seal, its glow answering the road’s markings. Feshu tilts her head toward deeper tunnels, hearing many cautious movements beyond Erie.
Erie Dawnski
I am Erie Dawnski. Several tribes will follow me only if their ancient routes remain honored, not paved over by some grander settlement.
Feshu
Then the road must bend around memory. Ankura Anura, the first bargain is not for land. It is for passage, and for the right to remember.
✓ Quest Accepted
Earn the rodent tribes’ trust for a shared route
“That's what our intent is, to remain respectful and unite the races”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +0)
Ankura Anura
That is our intent: to remain respectful, honor the ancient routes, and unite the races without paving over what they remember.
Ankura Anura’s words pass into the green-lit passage. The markings hold, then widen around the old burrow mouths, preserving every ancestral turn while joining them to the eastern road.
Erie Dawnski
Then you understand the first law of these hills. A road may connect us, but it must not erase the feet that found it.
Erie lowers his clawed hands. Behind him, cautious faces emerge from the tunnel shadows, and the green beacon marks separate paths that meet at shared resting places.
Feshu
The bargain is accepted. Passage remains sacred, memory remains sovereign, and unity becomes a bridge rather than a conquest.
Erie Dawnski
I will bring the tribes to the meeting stones. We will walk the old routes together, and judge the alliance by what it protects.
The mayoral seal shines beside the beacon, recording the agreement. Beneath the hills, hidden passages open into a shared map, and the first respectful union of the races stands accomplished.
✓ Quest Accepted
Protect the ancient tribal routes
Quest Complete
Earn the rodent tribes’ trust for a shared route