Slaan reaches the dark stone at the mountain base, the drainage cut narrowing behind her. The Sun-Eater records press against her pack as the wind dies, then stops altogether.
Shadows peel away from the rock face. High Chapel Pursuers stand in the gap ahead, cutting off the path into the mountain base.
Kaelith
Back from her. We hold here.
He draws his blade in a single hard motion, planting himself between Slaan and the pursuers. Bram shifts to the side, watching the ridge and the narrow cut with tight, alert focus.
Kaelith
If they take the records, they bury the truth with them.
The pursuers do not charge. They fan out, measuring distance, waiting for an opening. The mountain base looms behind Slaan, dark and close, one step from shelter and one step from capture.
This is the moment, force through the line, slip into the base, or stand and defend the records here.
✓ Quest Accepted
Break through the blockade
“Is the Chapel riders with in ear shot if we speak in hushed tones”
YES, AND MORE (VeryLikely, rolled 6)
The windless air carries the sound of the pursuers breathing, their boots shifting on the loose shale with a clarity that makes hushed words impossible. A lead rider tilts his head, his eyes locking onto the group with a predatory focus that confirms they are already listening for the slightest tremor of movement.
Kaelith
They are not just listening, they are waiting for us to break. My name is Kaelith, and I will not let them take these records while I still draw breath.
“I turn my head slowly in a are you serious look . "Any way good news and bad news." I start to do rapid hand gestures " I can get us out, only it's outside somewhere" I cast one of the three spells I know from the traveler discipline, then quickly grab the arms of Bram and Kaelith, it teleports us to the borrowlands rune gate, one of the seven gates across the land.”
SUCCESS (Great Agility, rolled +0)