The gold light in Olympus sharpens as the last thunder fades. Eris drifts between the pillars like a spark that refuses to die, her laughter thin and bright in the still air.
She tilts her head toward Ares, eyes gleaming with cruel delight. Zeus stiffens on the far side of the chamber, while Athena watches in hard silence, measuring every breath.
Eris
So this is the clever answer. A war god who talks peace, and a legion that will not budge.
Eris
Tell me, Ares, did you think the coast would stay quiet once blood got hungry there?
Zeus
Enough, Eris. Speak plainly, or be gone from my hall.
Eris only smiles wider, drawing the chamber's attention back to Ares like a blade finding a seam in armor.
Eris
If the soldiers cling to that shore, it is because something there answers to strife. And I know exactly where to find its echo.
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn what Eris knows about the echo on the coast
“Eris has always been my partner-in-crime on the battlefield, so I know better than most how she operates. I trust her for now, but Athena is much more skeptical and insists on tagging along.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled -2)
Eris lets the silence stretch, then lifts one finger toward the floor as if pointing at a stain only she can see. "The coast does not answer to soldiers alone," she says. "It answers to a grudge. A buried one."
Ares
A buried grudge. That sounds like her sort of answer.
Athena’s gaze hardens, but she does not interrupt. Zeus folds his arms, waiting for more than a tease.
Eris
Zukalina came to the shore with discipline, not appetite. That is the curious part. Her army was not the echo. It was the latch.
Eris
Something beneath that sand was already hungry. It woke when the marching began, and it recognized an old insult.
Athena
And you know this because you were there, or because you set it in motion?
Eris
Oh, clever girl. Both questions can be true.
Eris’s smile tilts toward Ares, less a warning now than an invitation. Zeus’s jaw tightens, and the chamber seems to wait for Ares to choose whose silence to break.
Quest Complete
Learn what Eris knows about the echo on the coast