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The Sevenfold Ward

The tale CaRdPG tells, in the words of the game. Spoilers for every chapter below.

Prologue

  1. The Chronicle

    “Three hundred years ago, a king who feared the grave made a bargain with a fire older than the mountains.”

  2. The Chronicle

    “Seven wardens answered. They raised seven waystones in a ring around his kingdom, and bound the fire beneath it. They called their work the Sevenfold Ward.”

  3. The Chronicle

    “The ward has held ever since... long enough for everyone to forget what it is for.”

  4. The Chronicle

    “Now the stones are dimming, one by one. And you have just walked into Havenbrook, the last town inside the ring.”

The chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    The Dimming

    Havenbrook's own waystone is flickering, and the rats under the west fields have grown strange. Thin them out and end whatever rules the Rat Warrens.

  2. Chapter 2

    What the Wood Remembers

    The Whisperwood stone has gone dark under a shroud of web. Reach the Glade, cut back the spiders and kill the Broodmother in Webwood Hollow.

  3. Chapter 3

    The Foreman's Bell

    The Old Copper Mine never stopped working. Brannoc needs iron to recast the Ironhold ward-bell, and someone must go down and relieve the Overseer of his post.

  4. Chapter 4

    The Drowned Court

    A drowned king holds court beneath Mirefen. Sister Ysolde needs moonpetal to bless the Mirewatch stone before anyone faces him.

  5. Chapter 5

    The Cold Vault

    Something vast is asleep on the Frosthold stone. Magister Quill wants frost essence to learn what it is, and then it has to be woken.

  6. Chapter 6

    The Hollow Crown

    King Aldric, who made the bargain, still wears his crown in the Crypt of Kings. Break his guard and face him.

  7. Chapter 7

    Ember's End

    Six stones burn. The seventh stands over the Molten Deep, where Ignaroth waits. Arm the descent with mithril, and finish the wardens' work.

The seven lands

  • Havenbrook Meadows

    “Havenbrook Meadows. Gentle country... though the rats have grown bold of late, and nobody will say why.”

  • Whisperwood

    “The Whisperwood. The trees here are old enough to remember the wardens, and they do not sleep as soundly as they used to.”

  • Stonehollow Hills

    “The Stonehollow Hills. Copper country, once. The miners left in a hurry, and something kept working after they were gone.”

  • Mirefen Swamp

    “Mirefen. A court ruled here before the water came. On still nights, the bells of its chapel ring from under the swamp.”

  • Frostspire Peaks

    “The Frostspire Peaks. The cold up here is not weather. It is something breathing.”

  • Shadowmarch

    “The Shadowmarch. Here lie the kings of Cindral, every one of them... and the last of them does not lie still.”

  • The Emberlands

    “The Emberlands. This was a kingdom, before the bargain. Walk softly. The ground remembers being a throne room.”

The bosses’ last words

The Rat King in Rat Warrens

  1. The Rat King

    “Ooh, a big one! Fresh from town, and still so warm. We were hungry... and then the warm stone fed us. Now we are MANY.”

  2. The Rat King

    “The little light... it was ours... there are more of us in the dark than you can count...”

The Broodmother in Webwood Hollow

  1. The Broodmother

    “Hush, little morsel. My children are sleeping. The stone sings them such sweet songs... come closer, and hear.”

  2. The Broodmother

    “My web... it held the light so gently... who will hold it now?”

The Mine Overseer in Old Copper Mine

  1. The Mine Overseer

    “You're LATE for the shift! Nobody leaves this mine. Not the crew, not me, and not you. The seam goes all the way down... and it wants digging!”

  2. The Mine Overseer

    “Shift's over... lads... put down your picks... we can go home...”

The Drowned King in Sunken Crypt

  1. The Drowned King

    “Kneel. My court kneels. My court has knelt for three hundred years, under the water, waiting for a tide that does not turn.”

  2. The Drowned King

    “At last... the tide. Tell my cousin in his crypt... the fire lied to all of us.”

The Rime Wyrm in Glacier Vault

  1. The Rime Wyrm

    “Warm thing. Small thing. I have slept on this light since before your town had a name. You will not take my bed.”

  2. The Rime Wyrm

    “So cold... without it. Is this... what you felt... all along?”

The Hollow King in Crypt of Kings

  1. The Hollow King

    “I am Aldric, last king of Cindral. I asked only that my crown never tarnish. Look at it. LOOK at it! Three hundred years, and not one day of rust.”

  2. The Hollow King

    “It promised me forever. It did not say... forever would be so empty. Go down. End it. I could not.”

Ignaroth the Ancient in Molten Deep

  1. Ignaroth the Ancient

    “Seven stones. Seven little candles... and you carried every one of them down here to ME. I have been so patient. Come, then. Let us finish the bargain.”

  2. Ignaroth the Ancient

    “You cannot end a fire... you can only... bank it. Someone... will always be cold enough... to ask...”