The nearest wagon shudders without moving. A small mud-streaked child crawls from beneath it, clutching a pale wooden plaque carved in Mylla’s likeness.
The child appears young and slight, with tangled dark hair, rain-soaked brown clothes, and bare feet caked in crossroads mud. The plaque’s eyeless face gleams with fresh, warm sap.
Sister Vael
No. The caravan held every traveler beneath its veils.
Sister Vael stays beside the brazier, an adult woman with a sturdy build, deep brown skin, and tightly braided black hair threaded with a single ivory bead,, one hand raised toward the halted wagons. No veiled figure moves, and none steps forward to claim the child.
the mud-streaked child
Mylla.
The backward bells cease mid-count. Their silence spreads through the mist, and the silver seam beneath the wagon dims as though something unseen has turned its attention toward the crossroads.
Sister Vael
Veyr is listening through that child. Do not give the Keeper another name, and do not let the plaque touch the road.
✓ Quest Accepted
Separate Mylla’s likeness plaque from the child
✓ Quest Accepted
Discover the true inscription on Mylla’s likeness plaque