Misty presses her thumb to the jagged stone basin, letting a bead of her own crimson blood merge with the cold, ancient dust.
The binding knot flares with a blinding, rhythmic light that pulses in perfect harmony with the pendant at Misty's throat.
The Hooded Keeper
You have done it. The anchor is severed, and the debt of the ages is finally paid.
Bram
The energy release is far beyond my calculations. The room is destabilizing.
The walls groan as the seal shatters, releasing a cold, swirling mist that coalesces into a sorrow-spirit, no longer tethered to the stone.
Misty
The spirit is free, but it seems lost rather than aggressive.
+ Scene Quest Added
Subdue the unleashed sorrow-spirit
“use my willpower to make the spirit my servant so it has purpose”
SUCCESS (Good Willpower, rolled +3)
Misty lifts her hand toward the drifting sorrow-spirit, and the chamber hushes around her intent.
Her will settles over it like a silver net. The spirit trembles, then bows inward, drawn into a new shape of purpose.
Sorrow-Spirit
I... will stay.
The cold mist gathers close to Misty's pendant, no longer lashing at the broken seal, but circling her in wary obedience.
Bram
Incredible. It is listening to you now.
The Hooded Keeper
Then the debt is sealed anew, by choice rather than bondage.
A loose stone drops from the wall and skitters across the floor, but the chamber holds. The spirit waits, quiet and bound, as if asking what task Misty will give it next.
Quest Complete
Subdue the unleashed sorrow-spirit