Spoils of the Serpent-Broken Battlefield

The battlefield yields more than the ordinary remains of a defeated force. The twenty Deblian cultists carried scattered coin, weapons, and supplies gathered for the temple's destruction, while the waxen bounty hunter possessed the practical tools of a professional skirmisher and captor. The ophidian warlock commander kept the most valuable prizes close: a ruby marked with serpent sigils, a counterspell scroll, a command signet, and a finely crafted rapier. Among the debris, the rescued priests of Feronia recover a silver holy symbol and a reliquary of blessed ash from the temple's damaged outer stones. These spoils are tangible proof that the party prevented the temple's destruction and halted the spread of corruption through the district. The signet and marked equipment also suggest that the cult's assault was organized by powers beyond the fallen commanders.