The iron door grinds open, revealing the Head Cleric. He steps into the Deep Well, the heavy scent of burning sage trailing from his censer. He ignores the group, his gaze fixed on the jagged, scorched divot in the granite ceiling.
Head Cleric
Simple nullification is a crude blade, Minotaur. You have cauterized the wound, but the infection in the mountain foundation remains deep and hungry.
Kalazan
The cleric knows more about this seal than the texts suggested.
A Shadow-Veiled Inquisitor
His ignorance is an insult to the stone. Step aside, cleric. This royal failure has brought enough decay to these hallowed depths.
A figure emerges from the gloom behind the cleric. A Shadow-Veiled Inquisitor clad in jagged obsidian mail stalks forward, fingers twitching as they weave a cold, suffocating mist that clings to the floor.
A Shadow-Veiled Inquisitor
I am here to excise the corruption you have fostered, Kalazan. Your fortress is a tomb, and I shall be its final architect.
+ Scene Quest Added
Defeat the Shadow-Veiled Inquisitor
+ Story Quest Added
Neutralize the corruption in the mountain foundation
“I cast skin to stone the target, mouth first”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled +1)
Kalazan
The mist is thin. It will not stop the hardening of his own vanity.
Kalazan surges forward, his palm outstretched toward the Inquisitor. A wave of grey, earthen energy ripples from his hand, twisting the air.
A Shadow-Veiled Inquisitor
What... my jaw... the air itself is turning to...
The Inquisitor's mouth snaps shut, fused instantly by a thick, calcified layer of granite that rapidly spreads up his nose and across his eyes. The shadow-mist dissipates into heavy, falling dust.
Commander Korth
The threat is silenced, my lord. But look, the stone behind him is fracturing from the weight of his petrification.
As the statue of the Inquisitor collapses, it reveals a hidden, glowing rune carved directly into the wall, pulsing in time with the mountain's own heartbeat.
Quest Complete
Defeat the Shadow-Veiled Inquisitor