A young adult drow woman in a charcoal robe and violet sash leads Sil’Thalis and Bren from the inner galleries into a quiet guesthouse room. Her silver eyes remain lowered, and a ring of keys hangs at her belt.
the Domini attendant
The audience will summon you when the chamber is prepared. The door remains unbarred. No record is required of your rest here.
She withdraws without closing the door, leaving the torchlit gallery visible beyond. The violet cord presses against Sil’Thalis’s burned palm, and two fingers remain numb around the sealed passage token.
Sil'Thalis
The cord grants passage, but the ward still records contact.
Bren sets her vellum and ink on a small table, keeping the Dunmire accounts apart from the crystal. She studies the marked hand, then the sealed token, without touching either.
Bren
Before the audience, tell me what we can truthfully infer from the crystal, the mark, and our journey. I will record your account separately from mine.
Bren
The crystal shows intervention and result. What does the mark establish, and what must remain uncertain unless you speak for yourself?
✓ Quest Accepted
Clarify what the violet passage cord establishes without merging Bren’s account
“I pause for a moment and I lower my emotional temperament slightly more. “You are beginning with the conclusion, lass. Do not. The cord establishes that it was placed upon me and that those who recognize it permit my passage. The captain established that it is formality, not custody. "In a cold mesured indifference. I pause a moment, then continue ."The ward establishes only that contact occurred. Anything further would require evidence we do not posses, or testimony I have not given. Record that.” I state flatly”
SUCCESS (Great Reasoning, rolled -2)
Sil'Thalis
You are beginning with the conclusion, lass. Do not. The cord establishes that it was placed upon me, and that those who recognize it permit my passage.
Sil’Thalis lowers his emotional register further, speaking with cold, measured indifference. The violet cord remains against his burned palm as the room stays quiet.
Sil'Thalis
The captain established that it is formality, not custody. The ward establishes only that contact occurred.
Sil'Thalis
Anything further would require evidence we do not possess, or testimony I have not given. Record that.
As he finishes, the cord’s clasp tightens against the marked skin. Numbness spreads from his two stiff fingers into the heel of his hand, a precise cost without changing what the ward proves.
Bren
I will record the cord’s placement, the captain’s statement, and the ward’s contact separately. Nothing beyond those facts will enter your account as established.
Bren
The rest remains uncertain unless evidence or your testimony changes its standing. I will leave that uncertainty visible.
Present Sil’Thalis’s account at the guarded audience
Quest Complete
Clarify what the violet passage cord establishes without merging Bren’s account