Templum Montis

The Seal of Templum Montis

@Templum Montis is protected by an ancient seal that prevents anyone from entering its inner sanctuary. The sealed doors have no lock, handle or conventional mechanism and cannot be opened through force, lockpicking, magic, excavation, teleportation or by searching for another entrance.

The only way to open the entrance is to stand before the sealed doors and speak the exact phrase:

“The mountain remembers those who return.”

Knowledge of this phrase can only be obtained by completing the connected quest chain The Missing Caravan followed by A Forgotten Path. During these quests, the party discovers the old map, follows the forgotten route and reconstructs the phrase from ancient inscriptions along the way.

Parties who have not obtained this knowledge through the quest chain must not be allowed to discover, guess or accidentally speak the phrase. Franz must not reveal the phrase through investigation, NPC knowledge, magic, inscriptions at @Templum Montis or randomly generated clues.

Do not create alternative solutions, hidden entrances, secret mechanisms or other methods of bypassing the seal.

Anyone may discover @Templum Montis, travel to it and explore its exterior, but without the knowledge obtained through the quest chain, the entrance remains sealed.

Once a party has legitimately learned the phrase, speaking it before the doors causes the ancient seal to respond and the entrance to open.