Kalazan and Commander Korth scramble out of the nursery as the ceiling groans, the stone above them splintering under the pressure of the Pale Moon mining tools. They emerge into the cold, damp silence of the Deep Well.
Commander Korth
The foundation is buckling. If we do not seal the breach from this side, the nursery will be crushed.
Kalazan
The damp air here tastes of ozone and ancient earth.
Commander Korth
The tremors follow us, Kalazan. We are standing directly beneath their drilling point.
Kalazan plants his staff into the cracked floor, causing the ancient runes of the Deep Well to flare with a brilliant, pulsing violet light.
Commander Korth
They are breaking through the barrier. We must strike now before the entire chamber caves in upon us.
+ Scene Quest Added
Seal the breach in the Deep Well
“I summon skeletons with shields and swords to fight them”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled -1)
The violet energy ripples outward from the staff, tearing through the veil between worlds. With a thunderous crackle, armored skeletal warriors manifest from the swirling arcane mist, their rusted blades and heavy shields catching the dim blue light.
Commander Korth
By the ancients... he does not just raise the dead, he commands an army.
Commander Korth
Hold the line. Direct them to the ceiling breach before the Pale Moon scouts descend.
Kalazan
The spectral resonance of the nursery bones makes these skeletons exceptionally durable.
The skeletons lock their shields beneath the fracture, forming a makeshift roof of iron and bone just as a massive drill head shatters through the remaining stone.
Commander Korth
They are here. Kalazan, the ceiling is failing. Are you ready to hold it?
“I cast a bless buff on the whole party”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled +0)
Kalazan plants his staff firmly into the stone, chanting in a rhythmic, ancient tongue. A soft golden luminescence erupts from the runes on the floor, washing over the skeletal warriors and the armored Commander Korth alike.
Commander Korth
The air... it feels different. Lighter. My fatigue is simply vanishing.
Kalazan
The blessing has anchored their souls to the fort's own structural integrity.
Commander Korth
I feel it! The blades of the enemy are no longer a threat to my focus. Push back, men!
Bolstered by the divine radiance, the skeletal warriors shove upward with renewed vigor, grinding their shields against the drill tip until the massive metal spike recoils back into the darkness above.
Commander Korth
The drilling has stopped, but the stone is still buckling. Kalazan, if we do not seal this breach now, the mountain will swallow the entire nursery level. What is your command?
Quest Complete
Seal the breach in the Deep Well