Commander Korth
My Lord, the lattice is failing. I will hold the structural seam with my own strength while you weave the final binding.
Korth drives his shoulder against a falling slab of obsidian, his boots sliding into the soft, pulverized rock of the nursery floor.
Princess Dire Ant
The vibrations are hungry, pressing against the stone like a living tide.
Kalazan
The weight of the mountain is concentrated entirely on Korth's shield.
Commander Korth
Do it now, Kalazan. The stone will not hold another breath!
Kalazan plants his staff, his knuckles turning white as he pours his remaining essence into the fracturing ceiling runes, forcing the violet lattice to harden into permanent, unyielding granite.
“I cast dispel magic at it”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled +4)
The air shudders as Kalazan unleashes a surge of dispel magic, the arcane ripples tearing through the malignant energy clinging to the ceiling breach.
The corrupt lattice shatters into harmless, glittering dust, and the mountain responds instantly, the stone itself flowing like liquid to seal the wound.
Commander Korth
It holds! The pressure is gone, My Lord.
Kalazan
The mountain is quiet, but the residual energy on the stone feels... wrong.
Princess Dire Ant
The hunger has retreated, but it left a mark on the nesting stone.
A small, perfectly circular impression remains where the drill once pressed, glowing with a faint, pulsing crimson light that does not fade with the rest of the magic.
Quest Complete
Protect the Hold from the encroaching hunger
New Gift: Beast Warden
+ Scene Quest Added
Investigate the pulsing crimson mark
“I cast nulify evil at it”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled -2)
Kalazan
The crimson light is not merely lingering energy, it is a focused beacon.
Kalazan
Back away from the mark, Korth. I am going to excise it.
Commander Korth
If you are sure, My Lord. The stone feels brittle enough as it is.
Kalazan raises his staff, the bone structure vibrating with a low, rhythmic hum as he channels a focused lance of nullification.
The arcane energy strikes the crimson circle, and for a heartbeat, the chamber is blinded by a wash of violet radiance.
The red light shatters into fine black powder, leaving only a jagged, scorched divot in the otherwise solid granite.
Princess Dire Ant
The poison is gone, yet the scent of something ancient and hungry lingers in the deep earth.
Quest Complete
Investigate the pulsing crimson mark