Archive Keeper
Stop, monster. You have spilled enough blood upon these sacred stones.
Nogandar
A persistent little scholar. His staff hums with a power he does not fully understand.
Archive Keeper
The scrolls you stole are not your weapons to wield. They belong to the archives of the mountain, not to your petty war against the Weaver.
Nogandar
Your archive is a tomb for secrets that have no place in this new era. Step aside, or join the dust.
Archive Keeper
He is iron and hate, a creature of a dead age. I cannot let him carry those memories into the fire.
The Archive Keeper plants his feet, the light of his staff casting long, trembling shadows against the jagged walls of the pass.
+ Scene Quest Added
Survive the encounter with the Archive Keeper
“I cast sleep on him and blur image to keep him safe”
SUCCESS (Legendary Arcana, rolled +2)
Nogandar
Your scrolls are heavy with lies, little keeper. Sleep, and dream of a history that matters.
Nogandar
I weave the arcane essence around him, softening the edges of his resolve until he is nothing but a phantom reflection.
The violet light of Nogandar's spell drifts over the Archive Keeper like a settling fog. The keeper's posture slumps, his grip on the staff loosening as reality ripples around him.
Archive Keeper
It is... so cold. The weight of the world is slipping away into the gray.
Nogandar
He is merely a distraction. I must move before the Weaver's brood realizes I have breached the pass.
The Keeper collapses into a heap against the canyon wall, his staff clattering quietly. As Nogandar steps over him, the mountain pass ahead begins to vibrate with a rhythmic, skittering sound.
Quest Complete
Survive the encounter with the Archive Keeper
+ Scene Quest Added
Navigate the Gloom-Pass