Kalazan steps into the quiet, stone walled sanctuary of his private laboratory. The scent of old parchment and the low hum of the fortress's magical wards greet him.
Ancient Scribe
The energy radiating from that object... it tastes of other planes.
Ancient Scribe
Commander, you should not hold that artifact so close to the ward lattice. It threatens to unspool the very protection we have labored to weave.
Kalazan
The artifact is vibrating in sync with the laboratory's foundation stones.
Kalazan places the metallic artifact upon the central containment dais. The device glows, casting long, shifting shadows across the stacks of scrolls.
Ancient Scribe
If it remains active, we must move our research to the deep vaults. This chamber cannot contain such concentrated planar distortion for long.
+ Scene Quest Added
Stabilize the planar distortion in the private laboratory
“I chant the faith of Aerdrie Faeyna into it”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled -3)
Kalazan clears his mind, his voice rising in the ancient, fluid cadences of Aerdrie Faeyna. As he chants, his hands trace complex geometries in the air above the dais.
Kalazan
The planar static is thinning, replaced by a harmonious, avian resonance.
The violet glare of the artifact softens into a soothing, sky-blue radiance. The oppressive weight in the air vanishes, and the shadow beneath the floorboards retreats into the stone.
Ancient Scribe
By the gods, the distortion is stabilized! The artifact has ceased its chaotic pulsing.
As the final syllable leaves Kalazan's lips, a faint crystalline sigil manifests in the air, drifting down to lock firmly into the artifact's surface.
Ancient Scribe
It is dormant, Commander. And look... it has mapped a stable ley-line frequency into the pedestal itself.
Quest Complete
Stabilize the planar distortion in the private laboratory