Above the white-and-gold docks, the Vumpreh’s upper passage opens. Azran descends alone, his guarded distance sharpened into open anger as he spots Elion beside Saadia and Lioran.
Azran
You arrived in Aurythia and immediately judged my life. You have no right to condemn Neris and Calyra, or decide what our friendship means.
Neris and Calyra follow several paces behind him, watchful but silent. Azran stops between them and Elion, refusing to yield the space or the argument.
Azran
He speaks as though his legend makes him the authority over everyone he left behind. I will not let him take my choices from me again.
Azran
Do not offer me another explanation for my own relationships. I hear your accusations, and I reject them. They stayed when I was broken, and I will defend them.
Saadia remains close at Elion’s side, while Lioran watches Azran’s tightening fists. Corven and Elara exchange a wary glance, sensing the docks are becoming unsafe for private grievances.
Calyra
Azran has answered you. Stop treating his pain as evidence that we are guilty of something.
“I calm down. Listen Azran, honestly, i do not care. Do what you want to do. We don’t have to call each others friends anymore, remember? So do what you want to do with your life. It seems like i was the only one who truly cared about our friendship either way, i say as i am leaving”
FAILURE (Great Willpower, rolled -4)
Elion Draemnor
Listen, Azran. I do not care anymore. Do what you want with your life. We do not have to call each other friends, remember?
Elion Draemnor
It seems I was the only one who truly cared about our friendship anyway.
Elion turns from Azran and starts toward the dock’s lower stairs. His calm words do not ease the air; they leave the friendship reduced to a final accusation.
Azran
You call that calm? You pass judgment, dismiss everything they did for me, and then walk away pretending you are the one who cared.
Azran’s anger follows across the white stone, but Elion does not turn back. Neris and Calyra remain behind him, visibly shaken, while neither woman answers.
Saadia
Come, my love. You said what you needed to say. Let him choose, but do not let his anger choose your next step.
Saadia falls into step beside Elion, with Lioran, Corven, and Elara following. Behind them, Azran stays between Neris and Calyra, furious and unwilling to yield, while the confrontation ends without reconciliation.
“While we walk, i turn and bow to Elara and Corven. I thank them for their help tell them they don’t have to follow us. I tell them that i refuse to expose them to danger. I also apologize because i did not want to drag them in this mess with Azran. I thank them again”
SUCCESS (Great Willpower, rolled +2)
The group descends toward Aurythia’s lower streets, leaving the white-and-gold docks behind. After several steps, Elion turns and bows to Corven and Elara.
Elion Draemnor
Thank you both for helping us. You do not have to follow us any farther. I refuse to expose you to more danger, and I am sorry I dragged you into this mess with Azran. Thank you again.
Corven’s guarded expression eases. Elara lowers her shoulders, and the two exchange a quiet glance before accepting the boundary Elion has set.
Corven
You do not owe us an apology. We chose to help, and we can choose where our road ends. Go with your companions. We will remain clear of this danger.
Elara
He is right. We are grateful you trusted us enough to let us stand beside you, but we do not need to follow. Keep Saadia and Lioran close, and find what you came here to find.
Corven and Elara stop beneath an arched awning, while Elion, Saadia, and Lioran continue down the busy street. The separation is deliberate and peaceful, leaving the pair free from the danger ahead.
✓ Quest Accepted
Meet Amar
Director's note
If an NPC is introduced, they do not know about Elion being a Dragon born. Elion’s draconic heritage is a secret that only Veil, Saadia, Lioran, Oskar, Lydia and the entity that they killed, knew
“as we walk towards the streets, i tell Lioran and Saadia that Amar is from House Lyn and they should be located in Hall Of Mirrors. It’s the cultural Hub of Aurythia. But how are we even gonna meet him? Even though he’s the poorest of the nobles, he’s still a noble, we can’t simply just walk to him..”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled -2)
Elion Draemnor
Amar is of House Lyn. He should be found at the Hall of Mirrors, Aurythia’s cultural hub. But how do we meet him? Even the poorest noble is still a noble. We cannot simply walk to him.
The lower streets widen into a grand avenue lined with galleries, theaters, and mirrored public halls. Saadia studies the distant glittering dome while Lioran considers the problem aloud in silence.
Lioran
A noble’s residence would be guarded, but the Hall of Mirrors is public ground. Amar’s work as a painter and cartographer should give us a respectable reason to request an audience.
Saadia
My family signet may open a door, but displaying it could announce who I am before we understand the city. We should approach through the Hall’s curator first, as patrons seeking Amar’s artistic counsel.
Between them, the route becomes clear: reach the Hall of Mirrors, speak with its curator, and request Amar through his public work rather than his title. The cost is time, since the curator’s attendance must be verified before they can proceed.
Lioran
We should go there now, ask for the curator, and present ourselves as travelers seeking a cartographer’s advice. It is slower than forcing an introduction, but far less likely to close the door.
Saadia
Then that is our way in, my love. We will find Amar through the Hall of Mirrors, carefully and without giving Aurythia’s nobles reason to watch us.
“Excellent. We will then meet the Curator as Adventurers seeking a cartographers advice.”
SUCCESS (Great Willpower, rolled +1)
Elion, Saadia, and Lioran enter the Hall of Mirrors beneath a vast domed ceiling. Reflections multiply their forms across polished silver panels while artists and visitors move quietly through the galleries.
At the central desk, a middle-aged woman with a sturdy build, dark brown skin, braided black hair, and a green curator’s coat looks up from a ledger. A brass lens hangs at her throat.
Elion Draemnor
We are adventurers seeking a cartographer’s advice. We were told Amar of House Lyn’s work and knowledge might help us understand a difficult route.
the Hall curator
You have come to the right hall, though Amar is not summoned for idle curiosity. What road requires a noble cartographer’s counsel?
Elion Draemnor
A concealed route connected to abandoned storehouses and altered records. We need someone who can read the land as carefully as a map.
the Hall curator
Then I will arrange the meeting. Amar is working in the eastern map gallery. Wait here, and I will bring him to you.
Mariel closes her ledger and disappears through a mirrored arch toward the eastern gallery. The request is accepted, and Amar is now within the Hall, ready to be brought before them.
✓ Quest Accepted
Gain Amar’s cooperation
Director's note
Aurythia has racist values. They value their own supremacy, but since they’re all Originally white, they value white supremacy. It is only since the last 10 years things have started to change, but the changes are so minimal that is barely noticeable.
“Excuse me lady, I’ve heard Aurythia are really racially streak. They have a hard time accepting people of other races, nation or skin colour. How is it for you here? I ask to the Hall Curator i continue and say that even for Amar it must have been hard, im guessing he engaged you knowing the hardships that the land of Aurythia brings no?”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled +0)
Elion Draemnor
Excuse me, Mariel. I have heard Aurythia struggles to accept people of other races, nations, and skin colours. What has it been like for you here? Even Amar must have faced those hardships. I imagine he sought your help because you understood them.
Mariel pauses beneath the mirrored arch. Her fingers close around the brass lens at her throat, and the hall’s reflected visitors seem to multiply the weight of the question.
the Hall curator
You have heard correctly, though the city prefers gentler words. Aurythia’s old families still treat whiteness, birthplace, and lineage as measures of worth. The laws have softened in the last decade, but custom changes far more slowly.
the Hall curator
For me, the doors opened only after years of proving that my work could not be dismissed. I learned which patrons would listen, which galleries would tolerate me, and which compliments concealed an insult.
the Hall curator
Amar understands that pressure. His house gives him protection, but it also makes people question whether his compassion is genuine. He came to me because maps expose what titles conceal, and because I would not flatter him.
Mariel opens her ledger again, her expression guarded but more trusting. The answer confirms that Amar’s position may provide access, yet neither his name nor his wealth shields him completely from Aurythia’s prejudice.
Director's note
It is true, Amar is originally from Akav’ren and Akav’ren have a lot of what could consider in real life, black people, asians, latinos and etc. It is the land of the mixed. Many guessed or think that he was he is from Akav’ren but a few have that fact confirmed
“Well i’ve heard that Amar has the same skin colour as us, is it true?”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled -1)
Elion Draemnor
Well, I have heard Amar has the same skin colour as us. Is that true?
the Hall curator
Yes. Amar has warm brown skin, much like yours, Saadia’s, and mine. He is originally from Akav’ren, though only a few in Aurythia have confirmed it.
Mariel lowers her voice beneath the mirrored dome. Reflections slide across her guarded face as distant visitors pass, careful not to linger near the conversation.
the Hall curator
Most people simply guess that he comes from Akav’ren. Aurythia’s old families notice skin, birthplace, and lineage before they notice a person’s work.
She closes the ledger halfway, her thumb resting against its worn spine. The answer is plain, but the city’s prejudice makes even Amar’s origins a guarded fact.
the Hall curator
So yes, he shares your complexion. That connection may help him understand you, but do not assume it makes Aurythia treat him as one of its own.
Director's notewhole tale
Amar is a black man with short black hair and a thick beard. In real life he would be considered an Haitian. He’s tall, has broad shoulders and grey pupils. He wears Luxurious clothing with subtle but fancy jewellery as A Crystaline purple ring, another white crystaline ring a golden bracelet, a cha
“Well that makes a lot of sense. Thank you, i say as i bow. I turn to Saadia and Lioran, and tell them that we’ll wait for Amar.”
Elion Draemnor
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you.
Elion bows respectfully to Mariel, then turns toward Saadia and Lioran beneath the mirrored dome. Reflected light glides across his scars and the polished floor.
Elion Draemnor
We will wait here for Amar.
Saadia
Of course, my love. The Hall is public ground, and waiting keeps our approach respectful.
Lioran
I agree. We have made our request, and there is no need to press the curator further.
Mariel gives a brief acknowledging nod and returns to the central desk. Elion, Saadia, and Lioran remain together near the mirrored arch, watching the eastern gallery.
A short while later, Amar emerges beside Mariel. He is a tall black man with broad shoulders, short black hair, a thick beard, and striking grey pupils, dressed in luxurious clothing with understated jewelry and crystalline rings.
Quest Complete
Meet Amar
Skill Upgrade: Arcana Superb→Legendary
“Sir Amar, it is our Pleasure to meet you, i say as i bow. Thank you for giving us of your time. Amar tells me to stand up as i don’t have to bow to him, he says smiling. He asks us to follow us into his office where we would talk. When we enter, the office is covered with finished and unfinished paintings of Amar. There’s a few Sculptors hanging around and maps pinned to the wall. Even though there’s all of this everything is perfectly organized. It’s like he’s conquered the chaos. The Office is beautiful. So those are the paintings that are unrealsed made by the famous Amar, i think to myself”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +3)
Elion Draemnor
Sir Amar, it is our pleasure to meet you. Thank you for giving us your time.
Elion bows, then rises at Amar’s inviting gesture. Amar smiles and motions for him, Saadia, and Lioran to follow into the eastern map gallery’s private office.
Amar
Please stand. You do not have to bow to me. Come, let us speak in my office.
The office is beautiful and perfectly ordered. Finished and unfinished paintings of Amar fill the walls, sculptors work quietly nearby, and maps cover the panels without allowing chaos to claim a single corner.
Amar
These are private works, not yet released. You may look freely while we discuss the route that brought you here.
Elion Draemnor
These are the unreleased paintings made by the famous Amar.
As Elion studies the canvases, Amar quietly unlocks a cabinet of restricted maps and leaves it open, granting the company access to his private collection before any request is made.
“Sir Amar, please, i ask politely, Can you tell the people working on the sculptors to go out of the office, what we wish to discuss with you, is something not everyone can hear, i say whispering to Amar”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled +0)
Elion Draemnor
Sir Amar, please ask the sculptors to leave the office. What we wish to discuss is not something everyone should hear.
Amar
Of course. Your discretion is respected here. Please leave us for a while, and continue your work in the outer gallery.
The sculptors set aside their tools and quietly file through the mirrored arch. One gives Amar a respectful nod before the office doors close, leaving only Elion, Saadia, Lioran, and Amar within.
The private office settles into silence. Paintings and restricted maps surround the company, while Amar returns to his desk and studies Elion with calm, attentive interest.
Amar
They have gone. Speak freely, Sir Elion. Whatever brought you to my office deserves the privacy you requested.
Amar closes the cabinet of restricted maps but leaves its key upon the desk. Saadia remains close to Elion, and Lioran watches the sealed gallery entrance before giving Amar his full attention.
“Alright. I breathe in and breathe out. I look at Saadia who nods at me. I look at Lioran who nods at me. I look back at Amar and i open up. I explain everything. The fall Of Zahareen caused by Haldvar, me leaving the Guardians, meeting my companions, searching for Haldvar, my draconic Heritage, and then, i pause. I tell Amar to brace himself. I explain to him our fight with the Entity. Everything from start to finish. Explain how powerful it was despite being one of the weakest Entities. How we believe there is something coming for Eryn and we cannot trust any governement because we think some of the higher ups know about all the unknown things. I explain everything. When i’m done, i wait for Amar’s answer, what does he think about all of this and would he join us. I tell him that i know this seems extremely sudden, but i continue and tell him we have no time to waste and we need a growing resistance.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled +1)
Elion breathes in and out. Saadia and Lioran nod beside him, steadying the silence, while Amar waits behind his desk with his full attention fixed on them.
Elion Draemnor
I explain everything: Zahareen’s fall, Haldvar’s role, my departure from the Guardians, and how Saadia, Lioran, and my other companions joined me in the search for him.
Elion Draemnor
I tell Amar about my draconic heritage, then warn him to brace himself before describing the entity’s arrival, its overwhelming power, and how we survived its defeat.
The account leaves the office utterly still. Amar’s hand closes over the desk edge as he absorbs the scale of the danger, while Saadia and Lioran remain silent witnesses to every word.
Elion Draemnor
I explain that the entity was considered among the weakest of its kind, yet still threatened us all. Something greater may be coming for Eryn, and powerful officials may already know more than they admit.
Elion Draemnor
I ask Amar to join us. I admit this is sudden, but we have no time to waste. We need a growing resistance outside every government before the danger reaches everyone.
Amar
I believe you. I will join this resistance, not because fear commands me, but because peace requires people willing to act before kingdoms admit the truth. House Lyn will help you begin.
Quest Complete
Gain Amar’s cooperation
Skill Upgrade: Persuasion Mediocre
“Then, Amar gets up and tells us to follow him. He slides his finger on his wall than presses a specific spot. A sigil than illuminates it self in the middle of his office. It’s pale blue. Than he tells us to follow him. We get up and go on the sigil with him. After 3 seconds, we’re teleported to a different location. It felt like we were propulsed at such a speed our bodies were liquifying themselves. We arrive infront of a Terrain. There’s a building ahead with a sort of stone barricade that is protecting the building. There’s archer towers, with archers on top of the barricades, scouting the Area. Two massive guards stand in front of the Barricade’s double doors. They’re massive and they both wear heavy armour and they both have massive Axes as weapons. The weapons are even more massive than them. Amar tells us to follow us. We arrive at the double door. As i was ready for confrontation, the guards bow to Amar and call him “Lord Amar”. I was perplexed. Amar ask them how they’re doing”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled -2)
“Then, Amar gets up and tells us to follow him. He slides his finger on his wall than presses a specific spot. A sigil than illuminates it self in the middle of his office. It’s pale blue. Than he tells us to follow him. We get up and go on the sigil with him. After 3 seconds, we’re teleported to a different location. It felt like we were propulsed at such a speed our bodies were liquifying themselves. We arrive infront of a Terrain. There’s a building ahead with a sort of stone barricade that is protecting the building. There’s archer towers, with archers on top of the barricades, scouting the Area. Two massive guards stand in front of the Barricade’s double doors. They’re massive and they both wear heavy armour and they both have massive Axes as weapons. The weapons are even more massive than them. Amar tells us to follow us. We arrive at the double door. As i was ready for confrontation, the guards bow to Amar and call him “Lord Amar”. I was perplexed. Amar ask them how they’re doing”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +2)
Amar
Follow me. There is something you must see.
Amar rises and crosses to the office wall. He slides one finger along a hidden seam, then presses a precise point. A pale-blue sigil illuminates itself at the room’s center.
Elion, Saadia, and Lioran step onto the sigil with Amar. For three heartbeats, the world becomes impossible speed, their bodies seeming to liquefy before solid ground returns beneath them.
They stand before a fortified estate on rough terrain. A stone barricade surrounds the building, archer towers rise above it, and sentries patrol the walls with bows ready.
Two massive guards in heavy armor wait before the barricade’s double doors, each gripping an axe larger than most men. Elion braces for confrontation as Amar leads them forward.
Amar's Gate Guards
Lord Amar.
Amar
How are you both doing?
“The two of them are gigantic men. I ask myself are they even humans or Half Giants. Their Axes are so huge, no human could possibly wield them. They must measure around 3 meters tall and their axes must measure around 4m. They tell Amar they’ve been good. Amar Smiles and say that he’s glad. Then amar tells us to follow him inside. We enter the barricade and we walk towards the building. From outside, it looks like a farm. Amar explains that he owns 3 massive lands. This is the Greenstead Farm, where he owns 130 cows, 120 sheep’s, 150 pigs, and 130 chickens. We also grow crops there. But the farm section is more at west of here. Right now this is my employees resting place and also my office. There’s also a vault underground. I’m shocked. Lioran blurts out: How are you even the poorest with all of this? I turn at such a question. Amar doesn’t turn back and only answers one thing: That means that i am not the poorest, he says smiling. We then enter the building”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +1)
Amar's Gate Guards
We have been well, Lord Amar.
The gigantic guards stand nearly three meters tall, their four-meter axes resting easily in their hands. Amar smiles, clearly pleased, then gestures for everyone to follow him inside the barricade.
Amar
I am glad to hear it. Come, follow me. This is Greenstead Farm, one of my three massive lands.
The gates open, and the company crosses into a broad estate. From outside, the fortified grounds resemble a farm, with fields stretching westward beyond the employee quarters and office.
Amar
Greenstead holds one hundred thirty cows, one hundred twenty sheep, one hundred fifty pigs, and one hundred thirty chickens. We grow crops farther west. This section is for my employees, my office, and a vault beneath the ground.
Lioran
How are you even considered the poorest noble with all of this?
Elion turns toward Lioran, stunned by the question. Amar does not look back as they enter the building, his smile widening in the lamplit hall.
Amar
That means I am not the poorest.
The doors close behind them, shutting out the fortified grounds. Inside, the employee residence opens into a refined office wing, while a concealed stair descends toward the underground vault.
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn how House Lyn will support the resistance
Director's note
Meinez is Aurythia’s currency. Most valuable currency in Eryn. Also when i say Eryn, it refers to the world. Eryn=World
Director's note
that is 28 860 000 Akels
“Amar asks us if we want to know how he’s gonna be able to help us. We nod. He then presses a sigil that was on a wall. Beneath us, infront of us, the ground opens up where we can see stairs that lead to something downstairs. Amar goes down first. We look at each other and decide to go down. When we arrive at destination, we’re shocked. We’re in the vault and it is a treasury. There’s a hundreds of thousands of Meinez piling up on one another. There’s crowns lying on the floor, swords, artifacts of all sorts. Rare Artifacts too. I am in shock. Amar turns to us, hands behind his back. He speaks up: “Apart of the Emperor, i am among the richest man of Akav’Ren. I have an estimated fortune of 7.8million Meinez.. My jaw drops. But publicly, i ask, you’re known to have around 400000 Meinez no? He nods. Me, Lioran and Saadia are in shocked”
FAILURE (Mediocre Persuasion, rolled +0)
Amar
Do you wish to know how I can help your resistance?
At their nod, Amar presses a sigil in the wall. The floor opens before them, revealing a stairway descending into darkness. Amar goes first, and the others exchange stunned looks before following.
The stairs open into a vast treasury. Hundreds of thousands of Meinez lie piled in ordered heaps, while crowns, swords, and rare artifacts fill the vault around them. Elion, Saadia, and Lioran stop in shock.
Amar
Apart from the Emperor, I am among the richest men in Eryn. My estimated fortune is seven point eight million Meinez.
Elion Draemnor
But publicly, you are known to have around four hundred thousand Meinez, are you not?
Elion’s jaw drops as he looks across the treasury. Saadia stares at the currency and crowns, while Lioran slowly turns from the artifacts to Amar, unable to reconcile the vault with the public account.
Amar
That is the fortune Aurythia is permitted to see. The remainder is divided through House Lyn’s farms, trade, maps, and private holdings. I can fund a beginning, but if you want a lasting resistance, we must build its trust and structure carefully.
✓ Quest Accepted
Begin building a trusted structure for the resistance
Quest Complete
Learn how House Lyn will support the resistance
“Well what is your ultimate goal? Maybe we could help you realize it in exchange for you financing the resistance?”
SUCCESS (Mediocre Persuasion, rolled +2)
Elion Draemnor
What is your ultimate goal? Perhaps we could help you achieve it in exchange for financing the resistance.
Amar studies Elion across the ordered heaps of Meinez. His guarded expression softens, and he closes the distance to the question instead of hiding behind House Lyn’s wealth.
Amar
My ultimate goal is world peace. Not the quiet imposed by an emperor’s decree, but a peace strong enough that no kingdom can sacrifice its people without consequence.
Amar
I want nations to cooperate, protect their vulnerable, and answer to the people they govern. House Lyn has gathered wealth because resources give good intentions the strength to survive opposition.
Saadia’s gaze moves from Amar to the treasury, while Lioran watches him with renewed attention. Neither treats the offer as charity; both recognize the structure behind it.
Amar
Your proposal is accepted. Help me pursue that peace, and I will finance the resistance. I can release twenty-eight million, eight hundred sixty thousand Akels in Meinez value, while preserving House Lyn’s protection and secrecy.
Saadia
Then we have more than a sponsor, Amar. We have a shared purpose. We will help you build the peace you described, and we will use your support carefully.
✓ Quest Accepted
Set the resistance’s first funded operation in motion
Quest Complete
Begin building a trusted structure for the resistance
Skill Upgrade: Persuasion Mediocre→Fair
“Amar continues and tells us he will be investing his money, so he fortune can grow, and he knows exactly how to do that. He continues and says he’ll explain everything to his wife. Together they’re gonna think of ideas to gain more wealth for the resistance. He continues and says she has excellent ideas and we can trust his wife. We nod. Than he asks us if we’re in need of new equipement. He then says to ask, and he probably has it. Suddenly, he changes his mind. He searches in the rubble. He comes back with two items for Lioran. First the Mercy Vessel. A small pendant that contains a translucent white crystal. It can store a small amount of Restorative Mana supplied by its owner and releases it later to stabilize a critically wounded person. He gives it to Lioran, saying: “Here my friend.” Then he goes out to search in the rubbles again and finds a Staff. Its golden and from what Amar knows of this staff, it helps maintain restorative mana with more precision, enhancing the healer.”
Amar
I will invest my fortune so it continues to grow. I know exactly how to do that, and I will explain everything to my wife. Together, we will find more ways to fund the resistance. She has excellent ideas, and you can trust her.
Elion, Saadia, and Lioran nod. Amar’s confidence carries no boast, only the certainty of someone who has already considered several paths toward greater wealth and lasting support.
Amar
Are you in need of new equipment? Ask for what you require. I probably have it somewhere in this estate.
Amar pauses, then changes his mind. He crosses the treasury toward a cluttered section of rubble, searches among forgotten cases, and returns carrying a small pendant set with a translucent white crystal.
Amar
Here, my friend. This is the Mercy Vessel. It stores a small amount of Restorative Mana from its owner and releases it later to stabilize someone critically wounded.
Amar places the pendant in Lioran’s remaining hand. The healer examines its crystal carefully, recognizing a reserve meant to support life when ordinary restorative mana cannot be summoned quickly enough.
Amar returns to the rubble and emerges with a golden staff. He explains that, as far as he knows, it helps maintain Restorative Mana with greater precision, strengthening a healer’s control without adding danger.
+ New Item Acquired
Mercy Vessel
+ New Item Acquired
Golden Staff
“Amar goes back in the rubble and comes back with a specific Item for Saadia: The Bracelet of Borrowed Seconds. He believed it belonged to an ancient Vampire queen of some sort. A delicate bracelet adorned with six small blue stones. Each stone can release a brief burst of accelerated movement, allowing Saadia to dodge, reposition, or perform a movement faster than her normal body permits. He gives it to Saadia who puts it on her right hand. He also gives her The Returning Thorns. Three slender throwing knives that can be recalled to a specially enchanted wrist clasp. The wrist clasp is put on her left hand”
SUCCESS (Fair Persuasion, rolled +1)
Elion Draemnor
Amar, Saadia could use something to improve her movement and ranged defense. Do you have anything suitable for her?
Amar nods and returns to the rubble. He searches through old cases, then comes back with a delicate bracelet set with six small blue stones and a wrist clasp holding three slender knives.
Amar
This is the Bracelet of Borrowed Seconds. I believe it belonged to an ancient Vampire queen. Each blue stone releases a brief burst of accelerated movement. These are the Returning Thorns. Their clasp recalls the knives after they are thrown.
Amar offers the bracelet to Saadia first. She accepts it, fastens it around her right hand, and tests the stones with a careful turn of her wrist.
Saadia
These will let me change position before an enemy can read my movement. The Returning Thorns should serve me well.
She secures the enchanted clasp around her left hand, checking that each knife rests safely within reach. Lioran studies the mechanisms while Amar watches with approving attention.
Amar
Use the stones deliberately. Their gift is brief, but in the right instant, a brief advantage can preserve a life.
Saadia
I will learn their limits before relying on them, my love. Thank you, Amar.
+ New Item Acquired
Bracelet of Borrowed Seconds
+ New Item Acquired
Returning Thorns
“Then, he looks at Elion and Analyzes him. Then he goes back into the rubble and comes back with a specific Item for Elion: The Hourglass of the Narrow Escape. A bronze wristpiece containing a miniature hourglass. When activated, it records Elion's exact physical position. For the next ten seconds, he can trigger the artifact once to return instantly to that position. Limitation: It doesn't reverse injuries, restore Mana, or undo events. If the original position becomes occupied or obstructed, the return fails. Elion puts it on, and the wrist piece locks itself to Elion wrist. As Elion, Saadia and Lioran are Infinetly thanking Amar.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +0)
Amar studies Elion from head to toe, measuring his balance, reach, and likely escape routes. His grey pupils narrow with thoughtful approval before he returns to the rubble.
After searching through several old cases, Amar emerges with a bronze wristpiece containing a miniature hourglass. Fine script circles its frame like frozen grains of sand.
Amar
The Hourglass of the Narrow Escape records your exact physical position when activated. For ten seconds, you may trigger it once to return instantly to that place. It cannot reverse injuries, restore Mana, or undo events, and the return fails if that position is occupied or obstructed.
Amar offers the wristpiece. Elion places it around his wrist, and the bronze clasp tightens by itself, locking securely without pinching or resisting his movement.
Saadia
That gives him a precise retreat without pretending danger never happened. It is an excellent gift, Amar. Thank you.
Elion Draemnor
Thank you, Amar. Saadia, Lioran, and I are deeply grateful. I will use it carefully and keep it safe.
Amar
Then it has found the right wrist. Use its narrow window wisely, and let it preserve your life rather than invite needless risk.
Saadia and Lioran add their thanks, while Elion turns the bronze wristpiece beneath the vault’s lamplight. The hourglass remains still, waiting for his command.
+ New Item Acquired
Hourglass of the Narrow Escape
“Then, Amar comes back with one last Object: The Map Of Folly. An extraordinary map Amar spent years attempting to restore. Its ink shifts in response to nearby Mana, occasionally revealing forgotten roads, sealed passages, or structures that no longer appear on ordinary maps. But the map has a disturbing flaw: sometimes it depicts places that nobody has ever discovered. A friend of Amar, a skilled mage, helped him concept this map. Amar then Adds that he thinks this will greatly come to aid in their adventures. Amar tells Elion and his companions that if there’s other people in our team, may they come see him, Amar will personally give them new gear. We nod and we all bow, thanking Amar”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +0)
Amar returns from the vault carrying a broad, weathered map in a crystal-edged case. Its ink shifts like dark water beneath the mana in the room.
Amar
This is the Map of Folly. I spent years restoring it. Its ink responds to nearby Mana, revealing forgotten roads, sealed passages, and structures absent from ordinary maps.
Amar opens the case, and a faint silver road appears across the parchment before fading. Other marks surface where no road should exist, suggesting places no living cartographer has found.
Amar
Its flaw is disturbing. Sometimes it depicts places nobody has ever discovered. A skilled mage friend helped me conceive it, and I believe it will greatly aid your adventures.
Amar
If the rest of your team comes to see me, I will personally provide new gear for them. No companion supporting this cause should be left unprepared.
Elion accepts the Map of Folly, securing it carefully while its shifting ink settles beneath the case. Saadia and Lioran nod beside him, and all three bow to Amar in thanks.
+ New Item Acquired
Map of Folly
“Amar speaks up: He says that if things are as we say, he has a plan to overtake Aurythia, but he cannot really speak about it right now because he’s still finishing it up, but all he can say to resume it simply, he will destroy the nation economically. He will create an economical crisis, one so bad the people would wish they were dead instead of living through this. We’re all stunned. Lioran, tells Amar that he doesn’t really agree with that plan and asks why would that be the plan and not something else. Amar answers that if he’s worried about the innocents, there’s no need to do that. Then he continues and says that he’s heard rumours of a place that refuges ex-slaves, the people who’re broken, the ones who suffered a lot. If that places really exist, Amar says he’ll help those people, take them under his wing and make that place the refuge for those in Aurythia who deeply seek refuge and who’re sorry. He says that Aurythiansnare the worse and that we shouldn’t feel bad for that”
SUCCESS (Fair Persuasion, rolled +0)
Amar
If your account is true, I have a plan to overtake Aurythia. I cannot discuss its details yet, but I will destroy the nation economically and force a crisis so severe its people will beg for an end to their suffering.
Silence fills the vault. Saadia’s hand stills over the Map of Folly, Lioran pales, and Elion stares at Amar as the promise of ruin settles among the treasure heaps.
Elion Draemnor
Why choose that plan instead of something else? If innocents suffer, how can this become the peace you claim to want?
Lioran
I do not agree with it either. Economic ruin would not punish only rulers. Why make that the foundation of your resistance?
Amar
If you fear for innocents, there is no need. I have heard rumors of a refuge for former slaves and people broken by suffering. If it exists, I will protect it and take in Aurythians who truly seek refuge and regret what they supported.
Amar
That refuge would become a shelter for those fleeing Aurythia. The people who uphold its supremacy are the worst of them, and we should not feel guilty for refusing to save their comfort.
Lioran’s question earns an answer, but at a cost: Amar’s confidence in the company’s willingness to accept ruthless measures visibly cools. He keeps the plan’s details sealed, leaving their alliance burdened by suspicion.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure Amar’s commitment to protect innocent refugees
− Scene Quest Removed
Set the resistance’s first funded operation in motion
“We can help you sir, to locate that Refuge, do you have any infos?”
FAILURE (Fair Persuasion, rolled -1)
Elion Draemnor
We can help you, sir, locate that refuge. Do you have any information about where it might be?
Amar studies Elion across the treasure vault. Saadia’s hand tightens around the Map of Folly, while Lioran waits beside her for the answer.
Amar
Only fragments. Travelers speak of a hidden settlement beyond Aurythia’s western reaches, where former slaves disappear from official records and arrive under assumed names.
Amar
I cannot give you a road, a name, or a confirmed witness. My sources contradict one another, and pursuing them openly would expose the refuge before we know whether it truly exists.
The offer has not secured Amar’s confidence. His secrecy hardens, but the western reaches and the altered records provide a direction that did not exist before.
Amar
I possess one useful lead: an old Cartograph survey marks a settlement that vanished from every later map. Find that survey, and you may find the first safe thread to the refuge.
Amar
If they pursue this carefully, they may prove whether their resistance protects the helpless or merely replaces one power with another.
Amar turns toward the map cabinets, no longer dismissing their offer, but not yet opening the way. The vanished survey becomes the immediate question before them.
“Can't we use the map of Folly?”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled +1)
Elion Draemnor
Can't we use the Map of Folly?
Amar
Yes. That is precisely what we should do. Its mana-responsive ink can reveal the vanished Cartograph survey and trace what later maps concealed.
Amar returns to the crystal-edged case and opens it across a treasury table. Saadia and Lioran lean close as the map’s dark ink stirs beneath their hands.
Amar
Place it near the vault’s mana channels. The map does not merely copy roads. It distinguishes forgotten paths from deliberate omissions.
Amar sets the map over a concealed sigil. Silver lines spread across the parchment, joining Aurythia’s western reaches to a settlement erased from later Cartograph records. A faded survey seal appears beside it.
Amar
There is our answer. The refuge’s safest lead is the vanished settlement west of Aurythia, reached by the old survey road marked here. We can find the survey and follow it without exposing the refuge.
Saadia
Then the Map of Folly gives us both the location and the method. We can investigate the settlement carefully, Amar, and protect whoever is hiding there.
✓ Quest Accepted
Find the vanished settlement
“Amar speaks: Then it is decided. I will send you an aid, his name is Zeiran, he's my personal advisor and body guard. Lioran turns, and is shocked. Zeiran, he asks, Did you just say Zeiran?! Tears start flooding his eyes. Lioran continues: He's my little brother, i've been searching him for years...! Amar says nothing and smiles kindly. he answers and says that he hopes that it is his brother. He continues and says that if it is Lioran's brother, Lioran is gonna be proud because Zeiran is very skilled. He's also the Supervisor of Greenstead Farm. He has The Lighting stone. Elion, Saadia and lioran are shocked. Amar continues: Since he already knew how to use lighting magic, When i gave him the stone, it enhanced his abilities but he did not fuse with the stone. If he would have fused, Zeiran would've become a being so powerful, only a few could've stopped him”
SUCCESS (Fair Persuasion, rolled +2)
Amar
Then it is decided. I will send you an aid named Zeiran. He is my personal advisor and bodyguard.
Lioran
Did you just say Zeiran? He is my little brother. I have searched for him for years!
Tears flood Lioran’s eyes. Saadia turns toward him in astonishment, while Elion watches Amar’s kind smile and the healer’s long-awaited hope break into the open.
Amar
I hope he is your brother. If he is, you will be proud of him. Zeiran is highly skilled and serves as Greenstead Farm’s supervisor.
Lioran
After all these years, he may truly be alive, and here.
Amar
Zeiran possesses the Lightning Stone. He already knew Lightning magic, so the stone enhanced his abilities without fusing with him. Had fusion occurred, only a few beings in Eryn could have stopped him.
The revelation leaves Elion, Saadia, and Lioran stunned beside the glowing map. Hope and disbelief share Lioran’s face as Amar prepares to summon his advisor.
Director's note
Norrvakr is the Nords nation
“Elion asks is the fusion that powerful. Amar explains that the last time someone fused with the lighting stone and it had been recorded, it was during the first Era. Right now we're in the fifth. She was a Jarl in Norrvakr. She found the stone and fused with it. It is said that she was so powerful, she auto-baptised herself a god and her people worshipped her. Her name was Lessyah the Goddess. She had a tyrannical reign as a Jarl. She attacked the Nation of Vulwin, The Old name of the Elves nation now known as Elrek. With her powers she destroyed the Capital of Tasar with thunderous strikes. She then Confronted the Elven King, Inialos the First. Records say he possessed Celestial Mana, granting the power of Authority over the nocturnal Heavens. That attack led to the second elven war in which Norrvakr lost and Inialos killed Lessyah despite how powerful she were. But they were so powerful that they both Altered the geography”
SUCCESS (Fair Persuasion, rolled +0)
Elion Draemnor
How powerful is fusion with the Lightning Stone, Amar?
Amar
The last recorded fusion occurred during the First Era. Lessyah, a Jarl of Norrvakr, found the stone and fused with it. Her power became so immense that she proclaimed herself a goddess, and her people worshipped her.
Amar’s expression grows solemn beside the glowing map. Even Lioran’s hope pauses as the story shifts from a powerful artifact to a warning about worship, tyranny, and war.
Amar
Lessyah attacked Vulwin, the nation now called Elrek, and destroyed its capital, Tasar, with thunderous strikes. She then confronted Inialos the First, the Elven King, who wielded Celestial Mana and authority over the nocturnal heavens.
Amar
Their battle began the Second Elven War. Norrvakr lost, and Inialos killed Lessyah, but their powers altered the geography so severely that coastlines and mountain paths were changed forever. Zeiran’s fusion is not a minor enhancement.
Amar gives Elion the answer plainly, but his gaze hardens afterward. He has revealed House Lyn’s most dangerous historical knowledge, and now expects Elion to treat the account as a guarded secret.
“Zeiran arrives in the room. He's younger than us. But he has the eyes of someone who's seen a lot. When he sets eyes on Lioran's, his eyes widen. TEars flood his eyes as he runs towards Lioran to embrace him”
The vault door opens, and Zeiran enters with swift, measured steps. He is a young adult man with a lean build, deep brown skin, close-cropped black hair, and watchful eyes burdened by years beyond his age. He wears a fitted dark-green tunic, black trousers, a weathered brown leather vest, and sturdy boots.
His gaze finds Lioran across the treasury. Recognition strikes him so suddenly that his guarded expression breaks, and tears immediately gather in his eyes.
Zeiran
Lioran? Is it really you?
Zeiran runs toward him and throws both arms around his brother. Lioran catches him with his remaining arm, and the force of the embrace leaves them both trembling.
Lioran
Zeiran. You are alive. I searched for you for years.
Zeiran
I thought I had lost you forever. I kept hoping, even when every road ended in silence.
Lioran presses his face against Zeiran’s shoulder, tears slipping freely as he holds his brother close. Saadia and Elion remain beside them, witnessing the reunion in stunned silence.
✓ Quest Accepted
Gain Zeiran’s commitment to help the resistance
− Scene Quest Removed
Secure Amar’s commitment to protect innocent refugees
“Zeiran then tells Lioran that their Little sister did not make it. When they were slaves The owners malnourished us, Zeiran said. Their little sister passed away from that, she was simply a baby. Lioran starts crying, it infuriates him. Zeiran continues and says that he doesnt know if their big sister is still alive, he has not heard of her and has been hoping to meet with her again”
FAILURE (Fair Persuasion, rolled -2)
Zeiran
Lioran, our little sister did not make it. When we were slaves, the owners starved us. She was only a baby, and her body could not endure it.
Lioran’s reunion collapses into sobs. His remaining hand grips Zeiran’s clothing, and grief twists into furious disbelief beneath the vault’s cold light.
Lioran
She was a baby. You were children too. How could they let her die?
Zeiran
I do not know. I only know I could not save her. And our older sister... I do not know whether she is alive. I have heard nothing. I kept hoping I would find her again.
Lioran bows over Zeiran’s shoulder, crying harder. Saadia moves close behind him, while Amar lowers his gaze and gives the brothers the silence their loss demands.
Lioran
Then she may still be somewhere. We cannot bury her with the dead when neither of us knows what happened to her.
Zeiran
That is what I told myself every year. I do not know if hope is keeping me alive or keeping me from accepting the truth.
Elion Draemnor's turn“I turn to ask Amar if the Refuge was meant to welcome ex-slaves. Amar answers that yes, from what he heard. So i turn to Zeiran and Lioran and i tell them that we must get there. Maybe their big sister is there. Maybe she fled, and went to that refuge”
SUCCESS (Fair Persuasion, rolled +2)
Elion Draemnor
Amar, was the refuge meant to welcome former slaves?
Amar
Yes. From what I heard, former slaves were among those the refuge intended to shelter. I cannot confirm every detail, but that was its purpose.
Amar’s answer settles over the vault. Zeiran’s grief-stricken face lifts, while Lioran turns toward him, hope returning cautiously through his tears.
Elion Draemnor
Then we must get there. Your sister may be there, Zeiran. She may have fled and found safety in that refuge.
Zeiran
You truly believe she could have reached it? After all these years, that place may be the first real lead we have.
Lioran
Then we go. If our sister survived and found shelter there, I will not leave her lost again.
Amar looks from the brothers to the glowing map, then places his hand beside the vanished settlement’s western road. The search for the refuge becomes their shared destination.
Elion Draemnor's turn“Then lets depart. Sir Amar, when the refuge is found, we will meet again so we can update you and give you every detail. Do you have a sort of Journal where we can write and document everything Sir Amar?”
SUCCESS (Fair Persuasion, rolled +0)
Elion Draemnor
Then let us depart. Sir Amar, when we find the refuge, we will meet again and give you every detail. Do you have a journal where we can document everything?
Amar closes the map case and studies Elion with renewed approval. Zeiran gathers his travel cloak, while Saadia and Lioran prepare to leave the glowing survey behind.
Amar
I do. I will give you a House Lyn field journal, sealed against casual tampering. Record the refuge, its people, and every route you uncover.
Amar retrieves a dark leather journal from a locked cabinet and places it in Elion’s hands. Silver thread binds its pages, and a small House Lyn seal marks the cover.
Amar
In return, I require your word that no page leaves your custody or reaches a government official without my approval. That trust is the price of this support.
Lioran
We accept. We will keep the journal secure, document the search honestly, and return to you with what we learn about the refuge and my sister.
Amar nods, satisfied but watchful. Zeiran opens the vault stairway, and the reunited brothers lead Elion, Saadia, and Lioran upward, carrying the journal and the vanished settlement’s first credible trail.
+ New Item Acquired
House Lyn Field Journal
Elion Draemnor's turn“Wait, do you have any quarters here for us to rest before we depart?”
SUCCESS (Fair Persuasion, rolled +1)
Elion Draemnor
Wait, do you have any quarters here for us to rest before we depart?
Amar pauses at the foot of the stair, then gestures toward the estate above. Zeiran lowers his cloak, and Saadia and Lioran visibly ease at the prospect of rest.
Amar
Of course. Greenstead has private quarters for guests. You may rest here as long as needed before departing, and no one will disturb you.
Amar leads them through the estate’s quiet upper hall to three furnished rooms overlooking the fields. Clean linens, water, and simple food await inside.
Amar
Take these rooms and sleep without concern. Zeiran and I will prepare supplies, horses, and a sealed route copy while you recover. We can depart after you are ready.
Lioran
Thank you, Amar. A quiet night will help us begin the search with clear minds, and I can speak with Zeiran when we leave.
The quarters give the company privacy and shelter within Greenstead Farm. The journal remains secured with Elion, while the vanished settlement’s trail waits for their departure after rest.
Elion Draemnor's turn“Me and Saadia go in the room together. We're so tired, we directly fall asleep. Lioran in the other room lays down and falls asleep”
Elion and Saadia enter their furnished room and close the door behind them. The quiet of Greenstead settles around them, soft and undisturbed.
Their exhaustion leaves no room for conversation. They reach the bed together, sink onto the clean linens, and fall asleep almost at once.
Saadia rests close beside Elion, her breathing gradually becoming slow and even. The day’s revelations, grief, and travel finally loosen their hold.
In the neighboring room, Lioran lowers himself carefully onto his bed. The House Lyn journal remains secured with Elion, while the healer has only rest to attend to now.
Lioran closes his eyes and falls asleep without resistance. Beyond the quarters, Greenstead’s guards continue their quiet rounds across the estate.
Night gathers over the fields. In separate rooms, Elion, Saadia, and Lioran sleep safely beneath Amar’s roof, ready to depart after they have recovered.
Elion Draemnor's turn“I wake up in the morning at the same time as Saadia. I kiss her goodmorning and discuss a lot before joigning Lioran and Zeiran outside”
SUCCESS (Fair Persuasion, rolled +1)
Morning light filters through the shutters of Greenstead Farm. Elion wakes beside Saadia at the same quiet moment, rested beneath Amar’s protection.
Elion Draemnor
Good morning, my love. I kiss Saadia gently, then speak with her at length about the refuge, Zeiran, the journey ahead, and the life we hope to build.
Saadia
Good morning, my love. I am glad we have this peaceful hour. We will search for Zeiran’s sister carefully, protect the refuge, and return to Amar with the truth.
Saadia keeps Elion close while they continue talking. Their plans become clearer: travel with Zeiran, document the vanished settlement, and protect the people they find there.
Saadia
Whatever we discover, we will face it together. You do not have to carry Lioran’s hope or this resistance alone, my love.
After finishing their conversation, Elion and Saadia leave the room and walk through Greenstead’s bright halls. They join Lioran and Zeiran outside, where the brothers wait beside prepared travel supplies.
Zeiran
Good morning. The horses, provisions, and sealed route copy are ready. When you are prepared, we can leave Greenstead and begin searching for the vanished settlement.
“I depart with Zeiran toward the vanished settlement”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +2)