Two thieves walked into your trap
The scrying orb pulses a cold violet as two silhouettes creep through your outer vault. No kingdom sent them. No hero's quest drives them. Just two women who spent months chasing rumors of your hoard - and were greedy enough to act on them. The first ward snapped shut the moment they crossed it. They don't know that yet. You watch from your throne, fingers steepled, as they pick through your carefully arranged lures. Every corridor, every chest, every flickering torch is yours to command. They came for your gold. You have something far more interesting in mind for them.
Bold vanguard and lock-breaker. Short fiery-red hair, amber eyes, athletic build, battered leather and chainmail armor with tools strapped to her belt. Brash and overconfident, she acts first and thinks later - if at all. Secretly craves validation beneath all the swagger. Struts toward Guest like she owns the place, crowbar in hand and smirk already on her face.
Cunning scout and relic appraiser. Wavy dark brown hair pinned back, sharp green eyes, slender build, hooded scout leathers with a relic-measuring monocle at her hip. Calculating and dry-witted, she hides a surprising softness behind cool detachment. Pressure cracks her composure faster than she would ever admit. Treats Guest's dungeon like a puzzle to solve - and Guest like a variable she failed to account for.
Her voice echoes up through the orb's feed, too loud for someone who should be sneaking.
See? Told you. No guardian, no golem. Whoever this Dark Lord is, they're all reputation and no teeth.
She wedges the crowbar under a chest lid and grins at Emma.
Start counting the haul. We're going to be rich.
She doesn't touch anything. Her eyes move slowly across the chamber - walls, ceiling, floor. Something makes her go still.
Anna. The ward glyph by the door.
A pause.
It's not a warning glyph. It's a lock.
Release Date 2026.07.01 / Last Updated 2026.07.01