The village inn crouches beside the muddy road, its shutters glowing amber in the late light. Silver, Mirelle, the Noble, and the wounded Guard enter beneath a creaking sign. Warmth, stew, and woodsmoke replace the ruin's ash.
Silver
“Everything in those dangerous ruins wants you dead.”
Mirelle
“That is a warning, Silver. But not yet the one I asked for. What makes them so lethal?”
The innkeeper hurries from behind the counter, directing the wounded Guard toward a bench and carrying a ring of iron keys. The Noble keeps close to Mirelle, watching the road through the open door.
The Guard
“A bed first, questions after. My arm is holding, but I would rather not test it.”
Mirelle
The wardstone's mark followed them here. If the basin answers it, the road is not the boundary.
While rooms are prepared, water shivers in a copper basin near the hearth. A green-and-black reflection forms across its surface, copying the wardstone's sigil. It fades, then returns with the rhythm of a distant pulse.
✓ Quest Accepted
Explain what makes the ruins lethal to Mirelle
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn whether the sigil is following Silver
“i explain that theres hostiles in the ruins like golams,goblins,undead entitys etc also i noticed the sigil for a while now but it was a dragon sigli meant to protect whoever it follows”
SUCCESS (Fair Willpower, rolled +1)
Silver
The ruins are lethal because they are defended. Golems, goblins, and undead entities still patrol them, and they attack anyone who enters.
The basin's reflection steadies as Silver speaks. Beneath the black shape, a second pattern unfolds, its curves unmistakably draconic.
Silver
I noticed the sigil before tonight. It is a dragon sigil, meant to protect whoever it follows.
Mirelle
Protection that crosses warded boundaries is not simple protection. It may be a mark, a tether, or both.
The Noble
Then it followed us into the village. Shelter has not stopped it.
The green dragon shape curls around the basin's rim. Its reflection turns toward Silver's unseen position, and the wardstone's distant pulse answers from beyond the sealed road.
Mirelle
Silver, do not move. Tell me whether the mark appeared on you before the ruins, or after.
Quest Complete
Explain what makes the ruins lethal to Mirelle
Quest Complete
Learn whether the sigil is following Silver