The brightened name remains behind its silver veil. The cleansed token rests heavily in Mara’s hand, its weakened sigil dull against the chamber’s quiet radiance.
Slaan stands beside Mara, staff lowered but ready, watching every strand for coercion. Ilyd’s presence appears as a quiet pattern woven through the surrounding light.
Slaan
It has offered testimony, not consent to be carried onward. We should witness only what it places before us.
Beyond the veil, the name releases a brief fragment: a moonlit threshold, an open hand, and a voice promising that refusal would remain possible.
Ilyd
The first offering was never ownership. The bearer could reveal one truth, keep another, or leave the threshold untouched.
The image fades without resistance. The silver veil settles again, and the brightened name waits in stillness, neither withdrawing nor reaching toward Mara.
Slaan
The choice is yours, Mara. We can ask for more, preserve only this fragment, or leave the name undisturbed.
✓ Quest Accepted
Witness the unclaimed name’s offered truth
“I preserve only the fragment the name offered.”
SUCCESS (Superb Willpower, rolled +1)
Mara lowers the cleansed token toward the silver veil. Its weakened sigil answers the offered fragment, drawing in only the moonlit threshold, open hand, and promise of refusal.
The fragment settles within the token as a small, clear radiance. The remaining name, its silence, and every unseen truth stay behind the veil, untouched.
Slaan
Only what was offered has been preserved. Nothing beyond that fragment has entered the Hall’s record.
Ilyd
That is preservation without ownership. The bearer gave one truth, and the boundary kept all other choices free.
The brightened name dims to its former stillness. The silver veil remains closed, while the token’s captured light holds the fragment without consuming it.
Slaan
The testimony is complete for now. We may carry this fragment onward, while leaving the name and its threshold undisturbed.
Quest Complete
Witness the unclaimed name’s offered truth