Unit Captain Brann
My lord, the flicker in the air grows unstable. I will pin the assassin to the masonry before the time-lock shatters completely.
The Dark Arcana Caster
Wait. The artifact is attuned to the stalker. If you strike them while they are suspended in the distortion, the recoil could tear the archive apart.
Unit Captain Brann ignores the warning, his eyes locked onto the Shadow-Stalker. He steps forward, careful to avoid the pockets of ozone, and jams the metal boot of his crossbow directly against the creature's frozen shoulder to steady his aim.
Kalazan
The assassin's obsidian blade is vibrating in synch with the key.
Unit Captain Brann
Kalazan, I need a conduit. If I fire now, the bolt will shatter the distortion. I can draw the back-feed into my shield, but only if you hold the column steady.
The temporal field pulses, casting long, frantic shadows across the scorched walls. The Shadow-Stalker remains paralyzed, teeth bared, while the air around the ancient key begins to howl.
+ Scene Quest Added
Stabilize the temporal distortion
“I cast dispel evil on the key”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled +1)
Kalazan
The magic of this key is ancient, but it is not unbreakable.
Kalazan plants his feet firmly, the heavy fabric of his robes swirling as he channels the full weight of his legendary command into his staff.
Kalazan
Brann, step back. Let the light take it.
A wave of golden, cleansing radiance erupts from the tip of the minotaur's staff, flooding the hollow in the stone column.
The Dark Arcana Caster
The distortion... it is collapsing! The seal is fading!
The temporal howl abruptly vanishes, leaving a vacuum of silence in the archive as the ancient key clicks, clicks again, and finally disengages from the scorched pillar.
Quest Complete
Stabilize the temporal distortion
+ New Item Acquired
Ancient archive key