A grim peat mound
Minor arcanum #8
Not far from Marshedge, a ways into Ferrier’s Fen, lies a peat mound where no birds nest and flowers will not bloom. Since the town’s founding, the people of Marshedge have buried certain criminals here, alive.
Over the years, the land has birthed a spirit that hungers for the dying breaths of the condemned (Book II, page 85). It is young and eager, and can be set to work upon criminals, but only if you...
Requirements
- ☐ …find a way to communicate with it.
- ☐ …convince it that you will use its mark only to condemn the guilty.
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