Date: 14 Mistfall 983 (end of S03 - Frenemies)
Location: Aboard Starlight, en route to Highwater
Setting
A dusty chapel of the Radiant Mandate, empty and in disrepair, sits beneath a dark sky of fading stars.
Stone pews stretch toward the altar, where a single cold candle burns with no flame, only light.
The silence is dense — as though the walls are holding breath.
Set upon the altar is a mirror of polished onyx.
As you approach, you see yourself reflected, but the eyes are not your own.
They glow silver, ringed in black. They do not blink.Symbols
Surrounding the altar are a series of stone carvings, several of which you recognize:There are two others, but the stone is so worn that they are hard to discern:
- a blazing sun crossed by a sword;
- a lantern ringed by stars;
- an eye in the darkness before a closed door.
- a single star beneath a shrouded veil
- a scale, balanced, with flames of pale stone on one side, and something unclear, formed from darker stone, on the other.
Emotion
You feel the stillness of this place deep in your bones. A sense of loss, burden… but your reflection still watches you, unblinking.The reflection speaks:
“It is rare for anyone to come this way…”
Its gaze intensifies. Not judging… measuring.
“You turn toward the dark and do not flinch. That is rarer still. But…”
The reflected image looks past you, to vague figures gathered behind.
“…you are not alone — and that… may change everything.”