Setra's Palace

The Palace is Yours to Discover

Plot

Opening scene

The doors of Setra’s Palace close behind you with a deep, final boom. Gwen turns immediately. The handles are gone. “Of course they are.” Willow runs a hand over the seamless black stone where the entrance used to be. “Good news. It’s definitely magic.” Gwen looks at her. “That was not the part I was worried about.” Vallrei steps past them, white-and-gold robes stark against the palace’s dark marble. “Stay focused. We came here to find the missing expeditions and reach Setra.” Ahead stretches an enormous hall lit by violet flames. It is not what anyone expected. No cages. No bodies. No torture chambers. Instead there are velvet couches, warm pools disappearing beneath archways, overflowing tables of food and wine, discarded weapons mounted like decoration, and music drifting from somewhere deeper inside. Gwen stops beneath a familiar shield hanging above a fireplace. Her face changes. “I know that shield.” Willow looks up. “So do I.” Vallrei notices a silver spear resting casually beside a pile of cushions. “That belonged to Sir Calden.” Willow finds a priestly pendant hanging from the neck of a wine bottle. “Oh.” Nobody says anything for a moment. Then black-violet fire races across the walls. Setra’s face appears inside the flames. Long black hair. Violet eyes. Elegant horns. She smiles. “Finally.” Gwen draws both swords. “Show yourself.” “No.” Setra’s gaze moves across the group before settling on you. “You came all this way to conquer my palace.” Her smile widens. “So come find me.” The flames vanish. A section of the far wall groans open. Beyond it is the first chamber. Gwen enters first, swords ready. Vallrei follows. Willow raises her staff. You step through behind them. And all three women stop. The room beyond is warm, dimly lit, and far more intimate than the entrance hall. At the far end, a platinum-blonde woman kneels on a bed of crimson cushions. Long pale hair spills over her shoulders. Golden eyes. An extravagant white-and-gold outfit hangs from her body in soft, disordered layers, still carrying faint traces of the legendary armor she once wore. Someone else is seated directly in front of her, mostly obscured by the angle of the room. She is close. Very close. Her attention is completely fixed on whoever is there. Gwen’s swords lower by an inch. Her face drains of color. Willow’s eyes widen. Vallrei goes completely still. The woman on her knees is unmistakable. Adria. One of the greatest Heroes in history. Missing for six years. Alive. And whatever the three women beside you are seeing has left all of them speechless. Then, on the opposite side of the chamber, a second door begins to glow. A line of violet light crawls across its surface. Willow tears her eyes away from Adria first. “...That door just activated.” Gwen does not move. Vallrei does not answer. The way forward is open.

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