The narrow stair groans beneath Adamos and Minsc as the archive caves in above. Dust and black water spill between the stones, chasing them downward.
Minsc
“Keep moving. Whatever drowned Hyrule, it does not want us reading its account.”
The stair ends in a flooded vault. A bronze door stands waist-deep in dark water, carved with the red sigil and a crown split by three descending lines.
The clay tablet burns warm in Adamos's grip. New carvings rise across its surface, forming a diagram of the throne, the palace foundations, and a channel reaching into the sea.
Minsc
“That is no record of a ceremony. It is a control map. The throne opened something beneath the palace.”
Beyond the door, voices echo through the water, repeating an ancient oath. The tablet answers with a final carving: the Oath-Bearer stood at the throne's heart and turned the crown toward Hyrule.
✓ Quest Accepted
Reveal the throne's submerged mechanism
✓ Quest Accepted
Determine who is reciting the ancient oath
“Kill the chosen one”
SUCCESS (Good Melee Weapons, rolled +0)
The tablet's red light fixes upon Adamos. The ancient oath recognizes its Chosen One, and the flooded vault falls silent around him.
Adamos turns the tablet's power inward. The oath takes hold, and his life ends in a brief wash of red light beneath the dark water.
Minsc
No! Adamos!
The bronze door unlocks with a deep groan, but the tablet shatters in Minsc's grasp, its carved proof lost beneath the water.
The voices beyond the door cease repeating the oath. One final echo names the fallen Chosen One, then the vault begins to drain toward the opened passage.
Minsc
You gave the deep what it demanded. But why did the throne need its chosen bearer dead?
Adamos lies still beneath the red-lit surface. The door stands open, the channel to the sea exposed, and Hyrule's buried mechanism begins to turn.
Quest Complete
Reveal the throne's submerged mechanism