EoS Chapter 18

Chapter Eighteen: Smoke and Honey

Ivin and the Estertok Wardens, led by Pikarn, ride from Omindi Pass into the Crack of Burdenis caves, guided by Meliu, who grins eerily at Ivin. Leaving Modan to guard camp, they enter a whale-oil-blackened cave, suspecting Istinjoln collapsed Ihomjo mines to seal it. Meliu warns Shadows are drawn to prayers, recounting her escape via the glowing Tears of the Gods. Torches reveal a honey-scented, rat-infested descent past eerie Vanquished God carvings in the Hall of Faces. Tight passages and a steep climb challenge the group, leading to the brilliantly lit Fool’s Haul ceiling above the Crack’s chasm. A splintered message post marks the shrine’s edge, and a harrowing stair descent ends in a gore-strewn guardroom. Meliu seeks the Chamber of the Lost, finding it empty of books like the Codex of Sol. Despite the loss, she leads them toward the shrine, Rinold confirming their eerie arrival as Ivin notes familiar wall pocks, wary of lurking Shadows.

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