The Chronicle

Chapter VII — The Founder's Shadow

The old house, older than the walls. Here the Founder wrote the rule that binds her, kept a lamp for everyone still out, and named the hand that comes after — in daylight.

A prototype — not the Towne itself

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The Founder's Covenant

Read the Covenant written along the long wall (✶), article by article.

The lamps are being trimmed…

Where you stand

The old house. The Covenant (✶) along the long wall, the hearth (O) never let go cold, the writing desk west, the Succession Trials east, lamps in every window.

The keepers

The Steward, the Archivist, the Letter-Keeper, the First-Sworn, the Next Hand, and one man who left once and was let back in.

Codex:

The one rule

The Founder rules by the Charter, not above it. Every letter is answered. The next hand is named in daylight. Whoever leaves may return.

The door south (▼) carries you back to the Forge Fires.

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