The first stolen key
THE BELL BELOW / I / THE DROWNED ROAD
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/ . . \.-------------------------------------------. | CINDER WITCH RANK 1 | | BLOOD [#.... ] 1/5 MIGHT 1 | | FLAME [****.] 4/5 BURN 4 | '-------------------------------------------'
The mouth holds its breath. You take the tooth, and the coal rolls into your lantern: up to one flame restored.
A passage opens through the roots and comes out above the far shore. You never meet the ferryman. Whatever name he once had stays buried in the soot.
The black tooth widens your lantern's hunger. You can carry one more flame.
Choose your way
What you carry
I. Black-glass tooth / taken from the river; +1 flame capacity.
Mercies kept: 0 of 3. Weapon: hazel wand.
@ I --- . II --- . III --- . IV road abbey choir bell + travelled @ here . beyond
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