Two weeks after leaving the drowned customs palace, Coco arrives beneath Sylvariel’s living bridges. Glowing vines sway overhead, and Yggara’s immense roots hum beneath the forest floor.
Two elven wardens approach through silver mist. One is a tall adult woman in green scale armor with braided ash-blond hair; the other, a lean adult man with dark skin, white tattoos, and a blue cloak.
the elven warden
Coco, traveler of Aurelia, you are expected. By order of Sylvariel’s memory-keepers, you will come with us to the ancient record hall.
They escort him across a suspended bridge of living wood. Below, luminous pools reflect distant towers grown into colossal trees, while unseen spirits whisper through the leaves.
The record hall waits inside a hollow root, its doors sealed with amber resin. An elderly elf woman in layered violet robes opens them, revealing shelves older than Sylvariel’s oldest songs.
the elven archivist
Your name appears in a register sealed before this kingdom had a crown. We can open the record, and show you what Yggara remembers, but only under elven law.
the elven archivist
No memory may be copied, carried away, or altered. You must accept the witness of the World Tree without demanding what it refuses to reveal.
✓ Quest Accepted
Witness what Yggara remembers about Coco’s past
“I accept Sylvariel’s law and enter the record hall to witness Yggara’s memory.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +2)
Coco inclines his head and steps across the amber threshold. The resin seals behind him without locking, while violet-robed attendants remain outside the witness chamber.
the elven archivist
The law is accepted. Stand within the root-ring, and let Yggara show only what it has chosen to preserve.
The archivist touches a carved basin. Silver sap rises from its hollow, spreading into a still mirror beneath roots that pulse with deep green light.
Coco
The root-ring is warm beneath my boots.
The mirror fills with a memory: an ancient Eidolon chamber beneath Yggara, where a younger Coco places a black journal beside a living root. His face is hidden by green radiance.
the elven archivist
Yggara remembers the journal being entrusted, not created, by you. The memory was sealed when the first channel opened beneath Aurelia.
A second image follows: pale roots drawing loose strands of memory from Coco and carrying them toward a distant, ash-dark figure beneath the World Tree. The vision ends, leaving one word glowing in the sap: Remember.
Quest Complete
Witness what Yggara remembers about Coco’s past