The moonwater portal hangs open above the pool, and the three lights below the surface flare brighter, as if something beneath the water is listening. Tululu and Navana stand at the threshold while a spectral Warden glides nearer, ink and starlight trailing from its edges.
Kaelith
Proof. A vow kept, not merely spoken. Show me what was sworn, and what was paid.
Navana lowers his head, the white spirit-robes catching the pale glow. He offers the tattered journal toward the pool, and the water ripples with old names.
Navana
The vow is written here. My house kept the door closed until the rightful blood returned. Tululu stands before you now.
Tululu
The portal and the pool are reacting together. This is the gate to the spirit factions.
The Warden circles Tululu once, then stills. Above the pool, the three lights align into a triad, and the moonwater opens like a mirror to a deeper hall of spirits. Passage to the throne's claim is near, if Tululu can satisfy them.
✓ Quest Accepted
Establish rightful claim before the spirit factions
“Equip Navana with the white spirit-robes.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Magic, rolled +2)
Tululu lifts the white spirit-robes from Navana's arms with a precise flick of magic, and the cloth rises as if caught by a hidden breeze.
The robes settle over him in a single clean wrap, bright against the palace glow. Their hem seals at his throat and wrists with a soft pulse of moonlit thread.
Navana
They fit. The spirits will read this as formal entry, not intrusion.
Kaelith
A proper vestment. Good. The door favors those who arrive named and witnessed.
The pool answers with a brighter shimmer, and the triad of lights beneath it steadies into three clear points, like eyes opening in unison.
Tululu
The robes are keyed to the portal.
Navana straightens in the new raiment, shoulders square beneath the pale cloth, while the moonwater doorway ripples wider for him and Tululu alike.
Kaelith
Now step through, and let the factions judge what your blood has made of this claim.
“Claim that Navana is my avatar in the spirit realm. Take his hand and walk throught the doorway to be judged together.”
SUCCESS (Superb Agility, rolled +4)