The shadows near the fountain elongate, coalescing into the form of a withered scholar. The Hollow Archivist steps forward, his robes tattered and stained with age.
The Hollow Archivist
You wield the ink like a child, Minotaur. You do not see the map for what it truly is.
Kalazan
The ink on the wall matches the tremor patterns I felt in the nursery.
The Hollow Archivist
The cache beneath these stones is not for the living. The guardian waiting for you has tasted the blood of empires older than your hold.
The Hollow Archivist
Turn back now, or find your bones added to the foundation of the armory.
The Archivist lifts a skeletal finger, pointing toward a heavy bronze gate that begins to groan and warp as if something massive is pressing against it from the other side.
+ Scene Quest Added
Defeat the guardian of the armory
“I summon random creatures like goblins, kobolds, and hobgoblins to fight it”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled -1)
Kalazan
The gate is weak, but the swarm I conjure will be stronger.
Kalazan slams his staff against the cold floor. Arcane sigils erupt from the wood, bleeding into the air as pulsating rifts tear open in front of the gate.
A horde of chattering goblins, snarling kobolds, and brawny hobgoblins spill forth from the portals, their eyes wide with confusion before settling on the bronze gate.
The Hollow Archivist
Fools. You throw vermin at a titan.
The gate groans, then screams as the metal twists and tears, a massive, clawed appendage forcing its way through the gap and crushing the first wave of conjured goblins into paste.
Unit Captain Brann
Form ranks! The summon won't hold the breach for long, keep your blades ready!
+ Scene Quest Added
Stop the breach at the gate
− Scene Quest Removed
Defeat the guardian of the armory
“I cast hallow”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conjuration arcana, rolled +2)
Kalazan
The air thickens with the stench of decay and ancient, forbidden malice.
Kalazan raises his staff, his knuckles tensed as he weaves the complex, holy sigils of Hallow into the freezing air of the rotunda.
Golden, radiant light erupts from the tip of his staff, scouring the black, viscous liquid from the floor and washing over the twisted bronze gate in a purifying wave.
The Hollow Archivist
Light... it burns, but it cannot mend what is already broken, Minotaur.
Unit Captain Brann
The gate has stopped groaning, my liege, but the shadows are thickening beyond it. Something is preparing to step through.
The sanctified barrier shimmers, anchoring the chamber in a protective glow, even as a massive, obsidian claw probes cautiously through the rift, retreating instantly as the holy light singes its dark flesh.
Quest Complete
Stop the breach at the gate