The air in the Oakhaven graveyard tastes of iron and wet earth. Kaelen plants his boots firmly atop a fallen enemy, his blade dripping as he points toward the shattered palisade.
Kaelen
Do not let them catch their breath. Xarsthos, drive them back before the main force crests the pass.
Xarsthos
The ground beneath my feet vibrates with the rhythm of heavy, rhythmic marching from the mountain road.
Xarsthos lunges forward, his movements a blur of calculated violence against the remaining invaders clogging the breach.
Kaelen
Push now. If we seal this gap, we survive the night.
The villagers roar in desperation, surge forward behind their champion, their makeshift spears locking into a jagged wall of steel.
+ Scene Quest Added
Seal the breach in the palisade
“I surge with ungodly power, sweeping in and sealing the breach”
SUCCESS (Legendary Melee Combat, rolled +1)
Xarsthos
The iron in my blood sings in resonance with the ancient weight of my blade.
Xarsthos descends like a whirlwind of cold steel. His strike meets the structural frame of the gate, and with a supernatural surge, he heaves the heavy oak timbers back into alignment.
The grinding of wood against wood drowns out the war cries as the breach slams shut, locking with a final, booming thud that shakes the surrounding earth.
Kaelen
By the gods, he has held the line single-handedly.
A sudden, unnatural silence falls over the graveyard, punctuated only by the heavy breathing of the surviving villagers.
Kaelen
Xarsthos, look. The vanguard has halted, but the warlord's black banner just emerged at the treeline. They are not retreating.
Quest Complete
Seal the breach in the palisade