Varyn follows the buried road as it rises out of the moor. The grass parts in a straight, narrow seam, and the cracked watchstone gives way to a sunken lane of old cobbles, slick with moss and black water.
The spectral scout glides ahead and sinks through a half-swallowed arch of stone. Beyond it waits a hidden hollow, a ring of leaning markers and a shattered milepost half-buried in reeds.
The Scout
This is the way. The road is buried deeper here, but it still breathes under the turf.
Eadric
Good, we have found the seam. If the seal is failing, we should not linger in the open.
The Hedge Wizard
Silver first, danger second, but both have a way of meeting when old magic wakes.
The iron charm in Varyn's hand warms, and the blue glow slips toward the sunken lane. From the hollow below, a cold draft answers, carrying the smell of wet stone and old iron.
+ Scene Quest Added
Investigate the hidden moor hollow
“I descend into the hollow”
SUCCESS (Great Agility, rolled -4)
Varyn descends into the hollow, boots sinking from mossy cobble into damp earth. The buried road opens around him in a ring of leaning markers and half drowned stone.
The iron charm grows cold in his hand, then flares blue. Its light catches an old seam in the ground, a narrow line cut through turf and reed.
Eadric
There. That is the clean line. If we press at it together, the seal should yield without tearing.
The Hedge Wizard
Keep your feet where the road remembers them. I can feel the silver under this place, and something else besides.
Varyn reaches the bottom of the hollow and stands inside the circle of markers. The air tastes of wet stone and old iron, but the pressure in it eases as the charm settles.
The Scout
We are here now. The buried road has accepted the step. What do you want opened first?
Quest Complete
Investigate the hidden moor hollow