The gate falls quiet, but the temple does not. Dust drifts from the lintel, and the floorboards groan as the foundation shifts under the stones.
Slaan drops to the marked slab and wedges her daggers into the seam. The stone resists, then gives with a harsh scrape.
Bram moves to the nave opening, bow raised, eyes on the dark beyond the shattered entrance. The Paladin braces beside him, shield angled toward the breach.
Bram
Move fast. They will come back with more hands.
The slab lifts enough to reveal the hidden cache. Wrapped records lie tucked in the hollow, safe for one more breath.
Slaan
The records are still here.
Outside, boots crunch on broken stone. The Paladin tightens his stance, ready to buy Slaan the seconds she needs to take the cache and get out.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure the Sun-Eater records
“I shove the records into my pack and signal the others to move. we slip out through the back of the nave before they return.”
SUCCESS (Good Agility, rolled -1)
Slaan shoves the wrapped records into her pack and cinches the leather tight before the dust can settle on them.
She snaps two fingers toward the back of the nave. Bram sees it at once and lowers his bow a fraction.
Bram
Back way. Now.
The Paladin shifts without looking away from the shattered gate, then steps backward in lockstep with Slaan, keeping his shield between them and the dark outside.
Slaan
The pack closes cleanly.
They move through the rear aisle as the temple groans again, the lifted floor stone left behind in the cold light.
At the rear arch, a service door stands ajar, blown open by the temple's shake. Slaan reaches it first, and the three of them slip through as footsteps clatter back at the gate.
The Paladin
If they split, we are already gone.
Quest Complete
Secure the Sun-Eater records