An arithmetic of bones

THE BELL BELOW / II / THE THORN ABBEY

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      /      \  /      \  /      \
     | ()  () || ()  () || ()  () |
      \  /\  /  \  /\  /  \  /\  /
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    ___`----'____`----'____`----'___
   /_____________________________/|
  /      _                  _   / |
 /      / \     N A M E    / \  /  |
/______/___\_____________/___\/   |
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|       +     +     +         |   |
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|_____________________________|  /
 \   \___________________/   \ | /
  \___\___________________\___\/
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| GRAVE KNIGHT                RANK 2        |
| BLOOD [##...... ] 2/8    MIGHT 2          |
| FLAME [***  ]     3/3    BURN  3          |
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Three saints lie carved on a single coffin. A linen cloth waits beside them. A little heat leaks through the lid.

The inscription asks you to cover two things and leave one uncovered. Choose what allows the dead to be remembered. A wrong answer costs two blood; the right one yields a flame.

"Cover the face: I know you still. Cover the hands: I know you still. Cover the name: I lose you."

Choose your way

Leave the name uncovered

Leave the face uncovered / FATAL at your current blood

Leave the hands uncovered / FATAL at your current blood

What you carry

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

Mercies kept: 1 of 3. Weapon: notched sword.

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

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