Princess Eden Siranteos hauls Captain Vaelorin through the hidden passage, boots scraping wet stone. The tunnel swallows the armory light behind her, and frost crawls over the floor in pale seams.
Captain Vaelorin
You will not scare truth out of me with a cellar and a wound.
He braces one shoulder to the wall, blood on his sleeve, but his chin stays lifted. At the threshold, Queen Araneidan watches in silence, her outline sharp against the lantern glow.
Princess Eden Siranteos
Tell me who else knows about this passage.
Captain Vaelorin
Enough to matter. Not enough to be caught. Your wall was never the only weakness.
The words land like cold iron. Eden sees the threat plainly now, the breach is not just in stone, but in the palace's own defenses, and Vaelorin may have already opened a way for it to spread.
✓ Quest Accepted
Make Captain Vaelorin reveal who else knows about the hidden passage
“I toss him to the ground and kick him repeatedly to force an answer out. Every time he tells me something useless, i kick him harder.”
SUCCESS (Superb Strength, rolled -2)
Eden releases Vaelorin just long enough to slam him down onto the frozen stone. The tunnel rings with the impact, and his breath leaves him in a harsh gasp.
Her boot drives into his ribs once, then again, each strike forcing the answer loose from his teeth instead of his pride.
Captain Vaelorin
Fine. The mason saw the passage. Two sentries at the west stair saw me leave by moonrise. And one of the kitchen maids knows the sign I used to open it.
He spits blood across the frost, but the names are out now, and the hidden breach feels wider for having spoken.
Queen Araneidan
Then the rot reaches farther than the armory. Who else did you trust with palace keys, Captain?
Vaelorin twists on the floor, staring up through pain and fury. The tunnel goes tight with his silence, while frost creeps under Eden's boots and toward the doorway.
Captain Vaelorin
Ask your queen how many doors she has left unopened.
Quest Complete
Make Captain Vaelorin reveal who else knows about the hidden passage