Three weeks carry Slaan and Nhal beyond Baldur’s Gate, along the road marked by the silver sigil. Mountain air replaces harbor salt as the pass rises ahead.
A weathered waystation crouches beside the road, its timber walls silvered by age. Behind it, an abandoned stone shrine leans beneath thorn and mountain wind.
The shrine’s cracked lintel bears the same silver mark as their map. Beneath it, a sealed stair descends into darkness, its stone door unbroken but faintly warm.
Nhal
The road brought us here without asking us to hurry. That feels deliberate, but not demanding.
Fresh bootprints disturb the dust before the sealed stair. They lead toward the dark below, several sets perhaps, though wind has softened their edges.
Nhal
Those are recent. Someone went down after the shrine was abandoned, and they did not leave by the road.
The mountain pass groans with distant stonefall. No ward flares, no voice answers, and the sealed stair waits beneath the matching sigil for Slaan’s next choice.
✓ Quest Accepted
Pass beyond the sealed stair on their own terms
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn what the silver-marked shrine was built to protect