Kynes pushes aside a heavy shelf, revealing a narrow tunnel carved directly into the bedrock behind the archive.
Kynes
The air here is warmer, damp, and smells of ancient stagnant water.
He crawls through the tight space until the passage opens into a vast cavernous grotto beneath the cliffside.
A subterranean river carves through the floor, its black waters reflecting the faint luminescence of glowing moss clinging to the stalactites above.
Mara
You are far from the surface, elf. This is no place for a stray scholar.
The figure steps from the shadows, their hand resting on the hilt of a blade that pulses with an unmistakable, familiar dark energy.
+ Scene Quest Added
Confront the hooded stranger
“I confront the hooded stranger”
SUCCESS (Fair Willpower, rolled +3)
Kynes
The blade at their hip is my father's steel.
Kynes
I am no scholar, and that blade does not belong to your house.
Kynes strides across the slick stone, his staff humming with gathered arcane energy that causes the nearby moss to flare a brilliant, warning violet.
Mara
He is more capable than the reports suggested.
Mara
You have a sharp eye, Kynes. Perhaps too sharp for someone so far from home.
The stranger steps back, their boots splashing into the shallows of the river, while their hand tightens reflexively on the stolen sword.
Quest Complete
Confront the hooded stranger