Ares holds Obryx’s inner anchor beneath his marked palm while Zukalina’s sigil seals the outer claim. The pale boundary tightens, leaving the black shard nowhere to move.
Zukalina
The outer claim is closing. Ares, keep the inner anchor still. I will not let Obryx turn this seal against Corinth.
Zukalina’s war sigil folds the pale thread inward. The broken crown seals around both anchor segments, and the black root beneath Corinth loses its path toward the conduit.
Persephone
The foundation is accepting the boundary. Corinth will keep its stones, and no dead soul will be drawn through this anchor again.
Hades’s pale fire sinks into the sealed crown. Far below, Tartarus’s chains answer once, then fall silent as Obryx’s authority is cut away from Corinth.
Hades
It is done. Obryx remains bound beneath Tartarus, and Corinth is no longer its anchor. Ares, release the inner segment when you are ready.
The black band around Ares’s wrist loosens fully, though the mark on his palm remains. Helios lowers his spear, while Sisyphus stares at the quiet seal and the threat to Corinth finally ends.
“I release the inner anchor from my palm”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +0)
Ares opens his marked palm and releases the inner anchor. The black shard slips free without resistance, settling inside the sealed crown as the pale boundary closes around it.
The mark on Ares’s palm fades to a quiet silver scar. Beneath Corinth, the buried foundation steadies, and the last connection to Obryx disappears into sealed stone.
Hades
The anchor is contained. Obryx remains beneath Tartarus, Corinth is safe, and the dead will pass undisturbed.
Persephone
The foundation has accepted the seal completely. Nothing reaches through it again, unless someone chooses to break what you protected.
Helios lowers her spear and exhales. Nearby, Sisyphus studies the quiet crown, stripped of the hidden authority he once hoped to exploit.
Hades
You held the danger until it could be ended, Ares. Now come home. The Underworld will remember what you guarded here.
The sealed crown dims beneath Corinth, while the palace grows still around its survivors. Ares stands free of the basin, his family and kingdom safe, and the long threat finally ended.
The black band slipped from Ares’s wrist and fell silent within the sealed crown. Around him, Tartarus settled into stillness.
Ares
Corinth is safe. At last, I am free to return.
No voice answered from the dark. There was only the quiet strength of a bond broken, and a kingdom left standing.
Ares turned from the sealed anchor, leaving Obryx bound beneath Tartarus and his authority severed from Corinth forever. The foundation held firm, the dead remained undisturbed, and the black root could reach the living no more. Free at last, Ares went home to the family and kingdom he had protected, while the long threat passed into silence.