The golden current bears the ancient vessel through the bronze gate into a vast crescent-shaped harbor beneath Namaris. Pale towers rise from still water, their crowns glowing like submerged moons.
Along the curved quay, adult harbor wardens, a mixed-gender group with varied builds and skin tones gather in layered white and sea-green robes. Their varied humanoid faces remain solemn beneath shell-inlaid helms, each bearing a bronze staff.
Alexios keeps the crystal tablet before the prow. Its light travels across the harbor, touching tower windows and awakening old names in bands of gold.
Penelope
They were waiting for the testimony, not for us. Watch their hands, Alexios. If the staffs lower, the harbor has judged our claim.
The vessel glides toward the quay without oars or wind. Behind it, the bronze gate closes over the drowned road, sealing the route back toward Crescent Harbor and those left there.
Wyvern
The harbor listens. Its wardens carry no crown-mark, yet their silence weighs the names before them. Let the crystal speak through its bearer.
A tall warden, a broad-shouldered adult woman with dark skin steps to the water’s edge and raises one bronze staff. The pale towers answer with a single chime, while every robed figure turns toward Alexios and the tablet.
✓ Quest Accepted
Gain the Namaris wardens' acceptance of the testimony
“I raise the crystal tablet and state the testimony before the wardens.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Persuasion, rolled -1)
Alexios raises the crystal tablet before the prow, keeping his darkened bindings close around the wounded shoulder. Its radiance spreads across the harbor’s still water.
Alexios
The First Harbor witnessed the council’s final voyage. Its surviving testimony names the witnesses, exposes the crowns that concealed them, and calls this road open to truth.
The words enter the crystal and return as rings of golden script. Maeron, Selka, and Orestes blaze above the quay, followed by the names preserved beneath Namaris.
The tall warden lowers her bronze staff. Around her, the other wardens follow, their solemn silence breaking into the measured chime of staffs touching stone.
Tall Harbor Warden
The testimony is genuine. Namaris recognizes the marked witness and accepts the record carried from the First Harbor.
Penelope
They heard it, Alexios. The eastern witnesses stand restored, and the harbor has accepted our lawful passage.
The crescent quay awakens. White bridges unfold across the water toward a central tower, while its sealed doors open beneath a crown of blue fire.
Quest Complete
Reach the second harbor beyond the eastern sea
Attribute Upgrade: Agility Superb→Legendary
Quest Complete
Gain the Namaris wardens' acceptance of the testimony