The saints turn away

THE BELL BELOW / II / THE THORN ABBEY

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      /      \  /      \  /      \
     | ()  () || ()  () || ()  () |
      \  /\  /  \  /\  /  \  /\  /
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    ___`----'____`----'____`----'___
   /_____________________________/|
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 /      / \     N A M E    / \  /  |
/______/___\_____________/___\/   |
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|       +     +     +         |   |
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|_____________________________|  /
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  \___\___________________\___\/
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| GRAVE KNIGHT                RANK 2        |
| BLOOD [####.... ] 4/8    MIGHT 2          |
| FLAME [*..  ]     1/3    BURN  3          |
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The names disappear beneath the cloth. Every bone in the room shifts toward you.

You escape with two blood less and the sound of a thousand small joints bending in the dark. Behind you, the stair folds into the wall. Ahead, a knight waits on one knee.

Choose your way

Enter the thorn transept / meet the kneeling knight

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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