Kalazan and Commander Korth descend the spiraling stone stairs, leaving the ozone-scented air of the Archive for the humid, metallic chill of the Lower Forge. The cavern here echoes with the rhythmic dripping of mountain water.
Kalazan
The iron here vibrates with a different frequency than the Archive walls.
Commander Korth
The air is thick with slag, and the forge fires are cold, my lord. We are far from the main garrison.
Commander Korth
He looks troubled by the map. I must ensure the perimeter is secure against whatever lurks in these shadows.
Kalazan reaches the central anvil, placing his hand upon the frost-rimed iron. The metal surface suddenly erupts in a soft, golden luminescence, projecting a topographical ghost of the mountains above them.
In the center of the projection, a singular, jagged red line bleeds toward the fort's foundation, marking the exact path of the Pale Moon excavation.
+ Scene Quest Added
Investigate the Pale Moon excavation path
“I go to the excavation path”
SUCCESS (Good Perception, rolled +0)
Kalazan
The golden geometry maps every hidden faultline the Pale Moon tribe is currently exploiting.
Kalazan shifts his grip on the staff, focusing his will upon the projection. The golden light reacts, bending and refracting to highlight a subterranean junction beneath the nursery where the excavation tunnels have actually breached the bedrock.
Commander Korth
They are right beneath the nursery walls, Kalazan. If they collapse that ceiling, our breeding stock will be crushed in an instant.
Kalazan
The resonance of the staff suggests the rock there is thin, brittle, and ready to yield.
Kalazan traces a sigil into the air above the map. A pulse of violet arcane energy ripples outward from the anvil, instantly reinforcing the cavern ceiling with a shimmering, translucent lattice of stone and magic.
Commander Korth
You have bought us time, but the tremors have not ceased. Look at the perimeter, the Pale Moon mages are shifting their position.
Quest Complete
Investigate the Pale Moon excavation path