The split relief yawns open around the handhold, revealing a cramped archive chamber sunk behind the palace wall. Red light pulses from its deepest inscription.
Minsc
There. The throne's sigil. Do not touch anything until I know what drowned it.
Minsc steps across the threshold, keeping his boots between the sealed jars. Their wax-dark surfaces tremble whenever the red glow beats.
Minsc
The marks are not a warning. They are a record, preserved by the same water that took the palace.
The inscription brightens. Beneath the familiar sigil, ancient letters resolve into a scene of the royal throne opening like a gate, while black water pours upward around it.
Minsc
Hyrule was not struck from outside. Someone used the throne to call the deep into the kingdom.
A final line ignites beneath the image: THE OATH-BEARER OPENED THE WAY. Below it, a fresh red mark points toward a clay tablet sealed in the chamber's center.
Secure the marked clay tablet
Identify the Oath-Bearer