The granary falls colder as the robed figure crosses the threshold, grey hems whispering over the boards. Frost crawls around his boots and the pale scar in the floor gives a faint, answering throb.
The Stranger
Easy. I am not here to finish what opened this.
He lifts one hand, palm bare, and shows a ring of black iron set with a shard of blue crystal. His gaze never leaves Mordrin, though the Bandit Captain stands only a few paces away.
The Stranger
I followed the cold trace from the road. This breach smells of the Dark Keep, and you have done well to pin it before it fed again.
Mordrin Morgarie
He knows the mark of the Iron Mountains.
The Stranger
Call me Rell. I know wards, seals, and the roads between bad places. If you mean to learn where this seam leads, I can help you read it.
Behind them, the sealed scar gives a soft crackle of ice, but it holds. Rell steps closer, cautious and ready, as if waiting for Mordrin's answer before touching the floor.
✓ Quest Accepted
Question Rell about the Dark Keep seam