Hearthwane · human, 71
Served three years in the Wayward Watch relighting waystones, until a winter on the pass took two fingers of…
FROM
a shepherd family from the Saltspine foothills
HOW THEY LOOK
Tall, stooped, beard yellowed by lamp smoke. Hands with burn marks on every knuckle.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
“Slowly. The stair has outlived quicker men.”
“There. You hear it? No. Good. That means it's listening.”
BEFORE THE TALE
52 years ago · Kestrel Road
Served three years in the Wayward Watch relighting waystones, until a winter on the pass took two fingers of feeling from his left hand.
40 years ago · the temple stair
Took over the stair lamp from an old woman who said only: keep it lit, and the stones stay quiet.
12 years ago · the temple stair
Let the lamp go out one night to sit with his dying brother. In the morning there were footprints on the stair that went down and did not come up.
SEEN IN
No playable tale features them yet.