The amber glow is gone, yet a faint bronze vibration travels through the broken floor. Dust drifts as a bloodied courier pushes from a narrow rubble gap, clutching a torn black sash bearing the master's crest.
Ashen Courier
Master... the outer path is lost. They followed the crest.
The masked raider freezes, then turns sharply toward the courier. His blade lifts as recognition replaces confusion, while the young prodigy steps between them.
The Masked Raider
That sash belonged to the master's messenger. Silence him before he speaks again.
Young Prodigy
You know what happened outside. Lower the blade and tell us who sent you.
The master braces himself against the fractured pillar, one hand pressed to his freed shoulder. Beneath their feet, the bronze vibration quickens, answering something deeper below.
Ashen Courier
The lower vault is not empty. The seal failed, but something heard it open.
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn who sent the raiders
✓ Quest Accepted
Discover what answered the failed seal