The massive shape stirs beneath its salt-white cloth. Iron chains draw taut with a shriek, and blue radiance floods the archive walls, revealing names layered beneath newer carvings.
Veyrath
Mara of the reed villages. Tovin, son of Hal. The three pilgrims taken last winter. Their names were erased by the keepers, not by me.
The cloth rises and settles as though something vast breathes beneath it. The stone underfoot carries the voice, making its source impossible to place within the chamber.
the employer
Corroborate that claim. Give me a mark, a date, or a keeper’s name. I will not trade one convenient accusation for another.
the smuggler captain
That sigil. By the drowned stars, I know it. The chain-binders wore it on their seals when they ordered us to deliver the pilgrims.
He points to a hooked emblem cut into the nearest iron link. Above, his disarmed crew remains at the cove, while the employer and captain stand with Mehrunes before the bound presence.
Veyrath
The keepers fed the shrine names and blood, then buried their records. Ask who profits when the vanished are blamed upon the thing they chained.
✓ Quest Accepted
Corroborate the entity's testimony
“Mehrunes paused finally before her eyes turned crimson with the blood of Bhaal. "Speak you name. Who bound you?"”
SUCCESS (Superb Intimidation, rolled +0)
Mehrunes stops before the bound shape. Her silver eyes turn crimson with Bhaal’s blood, and the blue radiance stains her alabaster face like reflected fire.
Mehrunes Daegon
Speak your name. Who bound you?
The chains answer first, groaning against the stone. Beneath the cloth, the vast presence lowers its head, and every carved name brightens at once.
Veyrath
I am Veyrath, last warden of the Drowned Archive. The chain-binders bound me.
Veyrath
Their master was Prelate Oth Varun, keeper of the silver seal. He ordered the bindings and fed the shrine its first living names.
The hooked emblem on the nearest link fills with cold blue light. The employer’s records flutter in the sudden wind, revealing the same sigil stamped beneath their oldest entries.
the employer
Oth Varun still serves the capital. If this is true, then the shrine’s corruption reaches far beyond this cove.
Kill the entity and bring proof to the capital
Quest Complete
Expose the guilty party behind the vanished pilgrims
Skill Upgrade: Intimidation Superb→Legendary
Quest Complete
Corroborate the entity's testimony