The smoke dragon wisp returns in tatters of shadow and ash, and a crystalline shard drops into Huarti's palm. It pulses in the same rhythm as the distant shadow-point, then throws a jagged map of stone and sand across the terrace floor.
Annika Mal
There. That is no dune collapse. It is a buried way, warded and waiting.
The map sharpens. Beneath the shifting desert, a subterranean mouth opens in the projection, deep under the spires and the brood's reach. The hidden point flickers beside it, as if watching Huarti back.
Annika Mal
Earlise is close now. If Huarti goes below, this becomes a direct claim.
The shard warms in Huarti's hand, pulling a thin red thread from the terrace edge toward the buried entrance. The route is clear, and the conflict is no longer a rumor in the stone, it is a path into Earlise's lair.
Annika Mal
Take it before the trail fades. If you mean to rule the brood, you must answer what waits under the dunes.
Reach Earlise’s lair
+ New Item Acquired
Crystalline shard