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The Stone Empress Seal

Reach the Stone Empress's chamber and reseal it before she fully rises.

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Walkthrough

  1. Speak to the Ruincamp keeper
    'The Stone Empress sleeps beyond the rift. We need her seal broken first. Cartograph the runes, then drag her out and end it.'
  2. Confirm the chamber route at the cartograph
    The cartograph crew has the chamber located within a hundred paces. They mark the gorgon line on the chart in red. 'You'll see her watchers before you see her door.'
  3. Draw the first anchor at the rift
    You feed the rift the threshold lines and three of the new ones from the cartograph. It locks. The first anchor will hold the seal in place while you re-tie the rest.
  4. Cross the watcher line
    The beholders don't turn. They've been pointed at the chamber for so long they can't look away. You walk past them on the lee side and they don't notice. Good.
  5. Reach the chamber door
    The door is open a hand's width. The gorgon on watch is awake. She looks straight at you when you arrive. She doesn't strike. She waits to see what you do.
  6. Put down the gorgon
    She struck the moment you reached for the door. The fight was short and ugly. She is dead at the threshold. You can hear the Empress breathing in the chamber.
  7. Re-tie the seal at the rift
    You feed the rift the full reading. The seal pulls taut across the chamber. The breathing slows. It does not stop. 'Long enough,' the archaeologist writes in the margin. 'Not enough.'
  8. Set the seal at the door
    You press the chart against the chamber stone. The seal takes. The door eases shut a finger's width, then another. The Empress speaks once, behind the stone. Two words. You don't translate them.
  9. Log the resealing at the cartograph
    The cartograph crew records the seal time in the margin and dates it. The lead surveyor adds a second line under it. 'Will hold a season. Maybe two.'
  10. Bring the seal back to the keeper
    'A clean break. Rest. The next seal will not be so quiet.'

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Reroll Credits: 70