Xarsthos steps into the village square with Bera and the Hooded Figure. Mud clings to boots, and survivors gather in a shaken ring around the central well.
The Hooded Figure
Show them the seal. Let Oakhaven see its protector.
Xarsthos lifts his arm. The glow under his skin answers at once, bright and warm, then sharpens. The well stones hum.
A pulse rips through the square. Water in the well surges upward in a silver shudder, and the seal on Xarsthos's body flares hard enough to cast long shadows.
Bera
Xarsthos, stop. It is reacting to the well.
The villagers recoil, but they do not flee. They are watching him now, waiting to learn whether the power in him guards Oakhaven, or threatens to break it.
✓ Quest Accepted
Reveal whether the seal threatens Oakhaven
“I am the master of this power. I have complete control and dominion. I show the villagers this power is protective of Oakhaven”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +2)
Xarsthos lowers his arm, not in surrender, but in command. The light under his skin tightens to a steady gold, and the well’s wild surge steadies with it.
Xarsthos
This power answers me. It stands for Oakhaven.
He turns the glow outward, letting it spill across the square like a warding ring. The water settles into the stones, no longer clawing upward.
Bera
It... it listens to you now.
A murmur runs through the survivors. Fear loosens from some faces, but others stare harder at the well, where dark seams show beneath the wet stone.
The Hooded Figure
Then look carefully. Control is not the same as harmless.
The seal’s pulse deepens once, and the square grows still enough to hear the well breathing below the cobbles.
Quest Complete
Reveal whether the seal threatens Oakhaven