The scrolls dance around Derick like a frantic, paper gale. At the heart of the storm, the dragon-hide tome sits heavy and still upon its obsidian pedestal.
The Ancestor
The weight of your lineage is not just blood, Derick. It is the history of the Spire itself. This tome holds the Rite of the Star-Bound, a secret long thought extinguished.
Derick Force
The pulse of the book matches the rhythm of the map perfectly.
The Ancestor
Retrieve the Sun-Glass Shard from the Deep Vault, and I will grant you the Echo-Blade, a weapon forged in the very fires of our family's birth. Will you take this burden?
Kellan
The shard is guarded by shadows that do not fear iron, swordsman. But the reward is worth the price of your caution.
The Ancestor waits, his ghostly gaze fixed on the sword at Derick's hip. The air in the archive grows cold, heavy with the silent promise of an ancient, dangerous oath.
+ Story Quest Added
Retrieve the Sun-Glass Shard from the Deep Vault
“I retrieve the Sun-Glass Shard”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +0)
Derick slips his sword hand beneath the pedestal’s rim and takes the Sun-Glass Shard in one smooth motion.
The shard burns bright for a heartbeat, then dims to a steady warmth, as if it recognizes his grasp.
The Ancestor
Well taken. The blood of Force does not falter at the threshold.
Kellan
Careful, then. The archive has noticed the change.
Above them, the storm of scrolls shifts and parts, revealing a narrow stair cut into the back wall of the archive.
Joi rises beside Derick, nose lifted toward the new opening, while the elder’s glow steadies and the hooded watcher turns to follow the stair with tense stillness.
The way forward is open, but the stair waits in a hush that feels like a held breath.
Quest Complete
Retrieve the Sun-Glass Shard from the Deep Vault
+ New Item Acquired
Sun-Glass Shard