Vesuvius reaches the Temple of Tyranis at dusk, Flame Crown blazing above his brow and the Black Obsidian Broadsword gripped in one hand. The hell hound pads beside him, while the masked custodian follows beneath the temple’s towering pillars.
Five sealed sanctums rise around a central altar, each door carved with the sigil of a holy priest. Dust hangs motionless in the violet light.
The Flame Crown suddenly ignites toward the first sanctum. Its fire forms a red-gold thread across the altar, revealing a vision of divine power being torn from the priest within.
Ashkar
There is your first quarry, exile. The Crown has found the strength you came to claim.
The first sanctum doors open. A tall priest in white armor steps onto the temple stairs, carrying a seven-pointed staff. The other four sanctums remain sealed and silent.
the first holy priest
By Tyranis’s judgment, I name you defiler. Lay down the stolen crown and kneel before the law of heaven.
the masked custodian
The altar will witness what follows. The priest’s power is bound to his oath, and the Crown has shown you where that bond may be broken.
✓ Quest Accepted
Claim the first priest's divine power
“"You dare challenge me priest a fallen exile!". i tell my hell hound to advance on the priest”
SUCCESS (Superb Willpower, rolled +1)
Vesuvius
You dare challenge me, priest? I am a fallen exile! Hell hound, advance.
Vesuvius's challenge rings beneath the temple vaults. The Flame Crown flares, and the Black Obsidian Broadsword throws red light across the altar.
Ashkar
Gladly.
The hell hound advances at once, each ember-bright paw striking sparks from the stairs. Heat rolls before it, bending the priest's white banners toward the sanctum doors.
the first holy priest
Fallen exile, your defiance only proves the judgment against you. I will not yield Tyranis's law to an infernal beast.
The priest plants his seven-pointed staff upon the highest step. Seven rings of pale fire unfold around him, while the altar answers with a deep, resonant pulse.
the masked custodian
The oath has awakened. Break the priest's bond, and the first sanctum's power will pass beneath the Crown's claim.
“i use my willpower to summon a death wraith to smite the priest”
SUCCESS (Great Magic, rolled +2)
Vesuvius gathers his superb will beneath the cracked black halo. The temple’s violet shadows draw inward, and cold spreads across the altar stones despite the priest’s seven rings of fire.
A death wraith rises behind Vesuvius, tall and veiled in ash-gray darkness. Its hollow presence bends the sanctum flames toward it, while the Flame Crown burns defiantly above his brow.
the death wraith
The condemned call, and the oathbound shall answer.
The wraith crosses the distance without touching the stairs. Its shadow passes through the priest’s seven-pointed staff, and every pale ring fractures into drifting motes.
the first holy priest
Tyranis, witness your servant! I will not yield!
The wraith lays one spectral hand against the priest’s breastplate. The oath blazing within him tears free as a column of white fire, then collapses into the altar’s waiting basin.
the masked custodian
The bond is broken. Tyranis’s power has passed beneath the Crown’s claim, and the first sanctum now stands open to you.
Quest Complete
Claim the first priest's divine power
Attribute Upgrade: Willpower Superb→Legendary