Kalazan presses deeper into the cavern, his heavy hooves silent against the damp stone floor. The walls pulse with a sickly violet light, reflecting off the ancient runes carved into the rock.
A shadow detaches itself from the jagged bulkhead. A lithe figure, clad in tattered Pale Moon furs, recoils as the Minotaur fills the corridor. The intruder drops a jagged obsidian chisel that clatters loudly against the floor.
The Defector
Do not strike, Commander. I have spent a lifetime carving these tunnels for the tribe, but I want no part in what they have awakened behind the seal.
Kalazan
The chisel is etched with the same binding sigils that guard the Hold's deepest archives.
The Defector
They believe this passage leads to a treasury, but it is a throat for the void. Take this key shard. It is the only thing that can stabilize the stone while you collapse the tunnel from the inside.
The Pale Moon outcast holds out a trembling hand, revealing a shard of star metal that hums in perfect unison with the runes on Kalazan's armor.
+ Scene Quest Added
Collapse the void-throat tunnel from the inside
+ New Item Acquired
Star metal shard
“I cast dawn into the void”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled +0)
Kalazan ignores the shard, raising his staff high. The air grows heavy, swirling with golden embers as he channels the light of the morning sun into the dark fissure.
Kalazan
Let the radiance wash away your shadows.
The Defector
The light... it burns the taint from the stone.
The golden energy erupts, striking the rune-etched walls. Where the violet light flickered in malice, the dawn-light now fuses the cracked obsidian into a seamless, impenetrable barrier.
Kalazan
The void-throat is sealed, yet the star metal shard still vibrates with a remnant echo of the deep magic.
The Defector
You have done the impossible, Commander. The seal is solid. What do you intend to do with me now that the threat is contained?
Quest Complete
Collapse the void-throat tunnel from the inside