The fading sigil gutters. Beneath it, black stone folds inward, revealing an ossuary packed with armored bones and dead ward-lamps.
At the chamber's center, a crystal reliquary glimmers around an elderly priest. Iron chains bind her wrists as pale light stirs behind her closed eyes.
Sister Maelin
Ash-King. You have returned beneath the eastern ravine.
Her gaze settles on Magnus's visor, wary but not accusing. The crystal clouds, then clears enough to show the priest's lined face.
Sister Maelin
Do not mistake this place for a prison. It was a gatehouse, built to keep the outer dark from crossing into our world.
Sister Maelin
The first seal has failed. If you seek the truth, break my reliquary carefully, and listen before the next gate answers.
✓ Quest Accepted
Restore the failed first seal
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn what the first seal was containing