✓ Quest Accepted
Identify who issued the unauthorized custody order
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The blue shimmer beneath the battlement suddenly folds inward. The violet cord at the Young Warden’s shoulder answers with a harsh pulse, though no hand touches it.
The Young Warden
That is not a summons from below. The fortress has just issued a custody order without the inquisitor’s seal.
Far beneath the stones, the restored crossing gives one clear tone. A second blue line appears beside the open route, angling toward the inner vaults and carrying the scent of wet copper.
Bren
Someone is trying to redirect the passage from inside Vael Turog. The route is resisting, but resistance is not the same as safety.
The Young Warden
Then the fortress has broken its promise before the words have cooled. I will not let them bury that fact under procedure.
The cord tightens around her shoulder and projects a thin violet sigil onto the wall: CUSTODY OF ANOMALOUS CROSSING. Beneath it, a fresh blue mark writes itself: REFUSED.
The Young Warden
If I cut this cord, they will call it insubordination. If I keep it, it may become their claim. Either choice must remain mine.