Unit Captain Brann
Keep your eyes on the shimmering seams. If that gate bows inward once more, I will shove my blade into the rift myself.
Brann steps forward, his knuckles white as he anchors his boots against the uneven stone. The Hallow spell gutters, a rhythmic pulsing of gold that reveals fleeting, jagged shapes clawing at the metal from the void.
The Hollow Archivist
Such hollow bravery. You fight to preserve a grave, Commander. The master inside cares nothing for your iron or your vows.
Kalazan
The Archivist is feeding the entity, using his voice to thin the veil.
A chorus of whispers erupts from the gate, sounding like dry leaves skittering over parchment. Brann flinches, his jaw tightening as he resists the psychic pressure, his sword tip trembling toward the pulsating bronze.
Unit Captain Brann
My Lord Kalazan, ignore the carrion-bird's cawing. Tell me how to strike when the gate finally gives.
+ Scene Quest Added
Seal the rift in the Obsidian Rotunda
“I ring my clarity bell”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled -2)
Kalazan
The resonance of the metal is a signal, not just a breach.
Kalazan draws a silver chime from his belt. He strikes the clarity bell, and the clear, piercing ring cuts through the discordant screeching of the void.
The sonic wave ripples through the air, vibrating against the bronze. For a heartbeat, the purple light within the gate flickers and settles into a steady, crystalline gold.
The Hollow Archivist
A trinket? You think a bell can silence a fracture that has been weeping for centuries?
The Archivist stumbles back, his thin frame wracked by the sudden purity of the tone. His mocking sneer cracks, revealing a face of hollowed, dusty despair.
Unit Captain Brann
The gate is holding steady now, my Lord. The vibrations have ceased. It is quiet. Too quiet. What do you command?
Quest Complete
Seal the rift in the Obsidian Rotunda