It is said you should be careful what you wish for....
One by one, you work your way out of the rubble and down the walkway to fresh air and freedom. The scene outside has changed somewhat from the last time you were out here. Two figures stand a short distance off from where you are. One you know as the Keeper of the Manse, the Solar that drugged you and locked you away for some unknown purpose. The second is a large Warstrider of bizarre design. Instead of the finely worked lines and arcs that are as much works of art as they are deadly. This is a ugly mech, a four armed monstrosity where none of the limbs even match one another. The body almost looks shaggy with a thick maine about the head flowing down the back.
Seth Ren, the Solar, does not look the part of some daffy old bookworm. He wears heavy plate armor of some strange black metal. Defenetely not Soulsteel, but something else. [You may make Int + Lore or Int + Craft to identify it from here]. Several blades rest at his back, made from the same dark metal. "You came here at a unfortunate time. If it were only a day later, you would have never even noticed my little projects that I have running up here. I must also remind myself that you are the Chosen of Luna and The Unconqured Sun, so your ability to survive your fight with my creations is not unexpected. But now you have seen too much to be allowed to return to the Deliberative and report on what I'm doing. I have invested far too much time in this phase of my projects to let those idiots stop me now. A part of me had hoped that you might be able to understand what I hope to accomplish, but that is just a foolish dream, and now it is time to stop my idle fancies. I give you one chance;" he pulls out a Hearthstone and holds it up. "This stone can be used to seal bargans and enforce agreements. Swear to me now that you will leave and never come back, and never tell anyone of what has happened here, and I'll allow you to return to your lives of ease in Meru. If you refuse to do so, and I must send your Exaltation to find a new host. Choose now!"
One by one, you work your way out of the rubble and down the walkway to fresh air and freedom. The scene outside has changed somewhat from the last time you were out here. Two figures stand a short distance off from where you are. One you know as the Keeper of the Manse, the Solar that drugged you and locked you away for some unknown purpose. The second is a large Warstrider of bizarre design. Instead of the finely worked lines and arcs that are as much works of art as they are deadly. This is a ugly mech, a four armed monstrosity where none of the limbs even match one another. The body almost looks shaggy with a thick maine about the head flowing down the back.
Seth Ren, the Solar, does not look the part of some daffy old bookworm. He wears heavy plate armor of some strange black metal. Defenetely not Soulsteel, but something else. [You may make Int + Lore or Int + Craft to identify it from here]. Several blades rest at his back, made from the same dark metal. "You came here at a unfortunate time. If it were only a day later, you would have never even noticed my little projects that I have running up here. I must also remind myself that you are the Chosen of Luna and The Unconqured Sun, so your ability to survive your fight with my creations is not unexpected. But now you have seen too much to be allowed to return to the Deliberative and report on what I'm doing. I have invested far too much time in this phase of my projects to let those idiots stop me now. A part of me had hoped that you might be able to understand what I hope to accomplish, but that is just a foolish dream, and now it is time to stop my idle fancies. I give you one chance;" he pulls out a Hearthstone and holds it up. "This stone can be used to seal bargans and enforce agreements. Swear to me now that you will leave and never come back, and never tell anyone of what has happened here, and I'll allow you to return to your lives of ease in Meru. If you refuse to do so, and I must send your Exaltation to find a new host. Choose now!"