Lessa places the copied accounts inside a sealed oilskin packet beneath her coat. The packet rests against her ribs without ward, witness, or ceremonial claim.
Hadrik remains beneath the third alder with the older ledger fragment, while Seren and Lessa search the cooper’s yard. Warped barrels conceal fresh scratches and river mud.
Lessa Orin
The names cannot all travel. Some people are still hiding, and a readable list could lead Veyra’s loyalists straight to them.
Seren Vale
Then we copy the altered passages and route marks, but leave the living names concealed here unless someone chooses to reveal them.
Seren finds gray thread caught beneath a barrel hoop, matching the loyalists’ hidden cuffs. Beyond the yard, faint cart ruts turn toward the abandoned ferry-house.
Lessa Orin
The dates and clerk’s hand can travel safely. The refuge names stay hidden in the cooper’s cellar, beneath the loose flagstone, until I decide otherwise.
Seren Vale
That gives us evidence without handing Veyra a map of frightened people. We take the route, the alterations, and nothing more.
“I take the route evidence and put it in my pocket dimension”
SUCCESS (Legendary Arcana, rolled +1)
Mara gathers the copied route marks, altered passages, and gray thread into one compact bundle, leaving the concealed refuge names beneath the cellar flagstone.
She opens a narrow fold of shadow beside her palm. The pocket dimension shows only cool darkness and a stable violet edge, free of the old seals.
The route evidence slips through the fold and settles safely within the extradimensional space. The opening closes, leaving no trace on the oilskin or parchment.
Lessa Orin
Good. The living names stay hidden, while the evidence can travel without turning my refuge into a target.
Seren Vale
Then we carry only what exposes the machinery. The ferry-house route and gray thread remain enough to find the loyalists.
The yard grows quiet again. Beyond the barrels, fresh cart ruts point toward the abandoned ferry-house, while Hadrik waits beneath the third alder with the older fragment.
Mara
The route evidence is secured, and the refuge names remain concealed.
Quest Complete
Protect the names in Lessa Orin’s original accounts
Skill Upgrade: Intimidation Good→Great
+ New Item Acquired
Route evidence bundle