The long silence

THE BELL BELOW / IV / THE BELL BELOW

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| BELL THIEF                  RANK 3        |
| BLOOD [######.. ] 6/8    MIGHT 3          |
| FLAME [***  ]     3/3    BURN  4          |
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You break the clapper. The crack travels up through the bell, through the lake, through the graves on the hill.

Morning comes to Morrow without a sound. The dead lie down. The living open their doors. No one can quite remember what they were afraid of.

You leave your weapon on the shore. For the rest of your life, bells will sound a little farther away than they should.

You ended the toll. Some names went into the silence with it.

An ending / I / THE LONG SILENCE

You reached the end as a Bell Thief, with 6 blood, 3 flame, and 2 mercies kept.

There are four endings. Other callings, another road, a different kindness: the book holds all of them. Keep this page as a record of the fate you chose.

Begin again as the Bell Thief

What you carry

I. Reed token / Wren remembered; a name can lower a sword.

II. White thread / Edrin's oath; +1 Ward damage against the Bellkeeper.

III. Black tuning fork / seven voices bound; +1 Burn damage.

Mercies kept: 2 of 3. Weapon: kiln-tempered burial knife.

 + I    --- + II   --- + III  --- @ IV   
 road       abbey      choir      bell
 + travelled    @ here    . beyond

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