Alton Cross crumples onto the stone and goes still. The cramped chamber falls into a hard, ringing silence, broken only by the scrape of boots and the ragged breathing of the Green survivors.
Marek Thorn stands in the center under the dim wash of Area 5, green and white bright against the dark stone. Around him, six recruits tighten their ring, cheap blades shaking but ready.
Two exits gape in the walls, both black and waiting. Blood and dust lie scattered across the floor, along with dropped gear from the Red force.
The Hooded Survivor
Is it done? Tell us where to look, before the dungeon wakes up again.
One of the Green fighters edges toward the fallen Red pack, eyes darting between the corpse and the dark doorways.
Marek Thorn
The chamber is still, for now.
A faint draft seeps from the left exit, carrying a cold, mineral smell. Somewhere beyond the right exit, stone gives a low, distant groan.
The Hooded Survivor
What is your order, Marek Thorn?
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure the chamber
✓ Quest Accepted
Keep the six Green companions alive
“Is the hooded survivor a spy?”
NO (Even, rolled 62)
Marek Thorn studies the survivor, but finds only the hollow exhaustion of a desperate soul. There is no hidden agenda or deceit behind those fearful eyes.
“[Campaign Catch-Up — Two Teams, Simultaneous Time] The Green Paladin and six NT-marked Green fighters are deep inside the Dungeon of Colors. Green and White are their primary colors, with Black only as a minor accent; their insignia is NT. Green defeated Alton Cross and his original Red force, which has been wiped out. Green remains at 41 BP and 38 HP. The Green Paladin has tried the southern stone door in the bloodied battle chamber. It is locked. The party is investigating the lock, the door, and the fallen Red force for a key, mechanism, map, or clue. At the same time, the GB Paladin and 10 CR 0 GB fighters have appeared through a portal at the Cave Entrance of the Dungeon of Colors. GB colors are Bulldog Red, Arch Black, and Chapel Bell White, with a clear GB insignia on their gear. They are currently organizing at the entrance and do not know where Green is or what happened to Alton Cross. Keep the teams separate. Alternate scenes between: [Green Team / NT — Deep Dungeon] [GB”
SUCCESS (Fair Perception, rolled -1)
Marek Thorn and the recruits sift the Red dead for anything useful. Beneath a torn sash, he finds a small iron key and a folded, blood-spotted sketch of the chamber.
Marek Thorn
The key matches a southern lock.
He tests the key at the southern stone door. It turns with a dry click, and the hidden mechanism inside the jamb gives way.
The door unlatches and swings inward on its own weight, revealing a dark passage beyond.
Green Recruit Four
It opens. We have a way through.
Green Recruit Six
Then listen. Something is moving farther ahead.
Quest Complete
Secure the chamber
Quest Complete
Keep the six Green companions alive
+ New Item Acquired
Iron key
+ New Item Acquired
Folded blood-spotted sketch