Round 14

The manor house’s spire completes its rotation with a groan of stone on stone, locking into place like a targeting reticle aimed straight at the creature below. The ground beneath them responds visibly now: ward stones buried at regular intervals lighting up along their path like stars in reverse, pulsing with fading energy as they fail.

Silra approaches the manor house foundation carefully—ward stones lighting up underfoot like a path of dying stars. The structure above groans as its mechanisms complete alignment. Sister Hale wants answers through confrontation, Jeane’s caught between ancestral horror and tactical assessment… She draws her rapier, eyes scanning the stonework for weak points or hidden mechanisms.

Jeane descends carefully toward the ward stones buried in the foundation—each one glowing faintly as her presence reactivates them. The manor house above completes its rotation with a groan of stone on stone, spire locking into place like a targeting r...