The camp holds its guarded formation beyond the sealed road. Harl watches the frost from beside the elderly man, while Meris keeps Lazorus’s scythe near the fire and Garran watches the pines.
the young woman
We should make a mutual ward before that presence speaks again. If it follows the skeleton’s bone-mark, your binding may lead it straight to us.
The young woman approaches Lazorus beside the fire, stopping short of his reach. Her gaze moves from the motionless skeleton beneath the shelter to the frostbound road.
the elderly man
Iron breaks a summons, and grave salt confuses what remembers the dead. I can lay both around the camp, if we agree where the boundary lies.
The elderly man opens a worn pouch and measures dark iron dust into his palm, then draws a second pouch of pale grave salt from beneath his cloak.
Harl
The old scent is beneath the frost. The marked bones carry it farther than living feet.
the young woman
Your decision sets the ward’s center, necromancer. Tell us where you want the boundary, and we will build it together.
✓ Quest Accepted
Establish a shared ward against the buried presence
“Lazorus says,"Use long sticks, staves and my scythe to create it around the symbol on the road. That we may bind it and protect others that travel along the road.”
SUCCESS (Great Arcana, rolled -1)
Lazorus Kane
Use long sticks, staves, and my scythe to create the ward around the symbol on the road. Bind it, and protect others who travel here.
Meris carries the scythe to the road while the elderly man gathers long branches. Together they set the staves and sticks in a wide circle around the sealed symbol.
the elderly man
A broad boundary, then. Iron at the crossings, grave salt between them, and your scythe to close the line.
The elderly man scatters dark iron dust and pale grave salt along the circle. Meris plants the scythe across the western gap, its blade resting above the frost.
the young woman
The ward has a clear center. If the presence reaches for the bone-mark, it will meet your boundary first.
Lazorus’s binding settles through the arranged wood, iron, salt, and scythe. The blue-white symbol dims beneath the road, and a quiet ring of warding holds around it.
Harl
The old scent remains below, but it cannot cross. Living feet may pass safely while the ward stands.
Quest Complete
Establish a shared ward against the buried presence