Bren shifts the stacked grain crates aside and uncovers a narrow foundation stair. Dust spills over the first steps, revealing a dry drainage walk below.
Bren
This bypasses the lower chambers, or at least skirts them. The stone is old, but the footing looks sound.
Slaan spreads the recovered papers beside the open ledger, sorting route marks, payment notes, and the copied cipher while the lantern burns low.
Slaan
Odran’s forged reports repeat a pattern. The safest approach is not the shortest one, and the eastern ash tree is our useful landmark.
Nhal remains beside the bound travelers, checking their breathing and listening toward the storehouse entrance. Neither sleeper stirs, and no footsteps approach.
Nhal
They are secure for now. We can rest briefly, search them more carefully, or take only the evidence we can carry without delay.
The dry passage slopes beneath the foundation, free of water and recent tracks. Beyond its first bend, darkness hides whether it joins the outer road or another chamber.
✓ Quest Accepted
Reach the Crypt’s Benefactor
✓ Quest Accepted
Protect the evidence the party agrees to preserve
“I take all the evidence and put it in my personal pocket dimension. " We walked here because I felt we needed a little normalcy in our lives." I pause " if Sil'thalis's memory is correct, there's a gate way to hall of welcome, so we have a way out." I pause " that is if the gate way still works." I say plainly”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled +1)
Kynes gathers the open ledger, route papers, copied cipher, tokens, charcoal map, and the travelers’ remaining evidence, then places everything into his personal pocket dimension.
Kynes
We walked here because I felt we needed a little normalcy in our lives.
The evidence vanishes without disturbance. Bren finishes securing the sleepers with ordinary cord while Slaan folds the lantern-shaded papers’ empty wrappings.
Kynes
If Sil’thalis’s memory is correct, there’s a gateway to the Hall of Welcome, so we have a way out. That is, if the gateway still works.
Bren
Then we check it before committing to the drainage walk. A known way home is worth more than another dark passage.
Slaan
And if it fails, we lose nothing except a few moments. The foundation stair remains, and the outer road still waits.
Sil’thal’s remembered route settles into place: beyond the lower records passage, a concealed gate leads back to the Hall of Welcome. The way is available, and the party has a secure exit.
Quest Complete
Protect the evidence the party agrees to preserve
+ New Item Acquired
Charcoal map
+ New Item Acquired
Route papers
+ New Item Acquired
Copied cipher
+ New Item Acquired
Route tokens