A hairline seam opens beneath the record gallery. Pale roots push through carrying black sap, avoiding the elder markings as they spread toward the oldest tablets.
The black sap beads without dripping, and the tablets answer with a faint grinding murmur. Aldren remains beside the elders, while the displaced stone warden stands between him and the spreading roots.
Tharok
This is no breach, and no passage I have guarded. The roots come from beneath the record gallery, but I know neither their mark nor their command.
Brunna Ironvein
They avoid the elder sigils yet seek the oldest tablets. Something buried beneath our records is being refused by the mountain itself.
Odrik Deepmark
Do not cut them. If the mountain rejects an influence, force may drive that influence into the tablets we are sworn to preserve.
Maela Stonevoice
The cause remains hidden, and the remedy is unspoken. We must learn what the roots are carrying before they reach the first tablet.
✓ Quest Accepted
Determine what the black roots are carrying
✓ Quest Accepted
Prevent the black roots from reaching the elder records