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@WhiteDwarf,@Itami
Jasir:
Knowledge (History) — Halvardsen’s Vigil
- The ruined tower was part of a Dorn watch‑line raised two centuries ago to warn the Dorn of orc warbands crossing the Giant’s Teeth.
- Contemporary battle reports note that
Captain Rurik Halvardsen and twenty‑odd militia held this post through a three‑night blizzard during the Third Orc Incursion, buying refugees time to flee east.
- Sources add that no relief ever came; the garrison’s last signal‑fire was seen the same night the watch‑line fell silent, a fact that later spawned campfire tales of oath‑bound spirits.
- Since the area was never retaken, unrested dead are common hazards in nearby ruins; Locals avoid "Halvardsen’s Vigil," claiming a lost sentinel still walks the walls.
Knowledge (Nobility) — House Halvard
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House Halvard is a minor Dorn line from northern Erenland; its badge is a black wolf courant on a white field. The family earned renown for winter watch‑duties and stubborn oath‑keeping during the old border wars.
- Halvard burial custom dictates that a fallen captain’s
oath‑ring be slid over the hilt of his service blade while the creed is recited:
"Guard until dawn, that others may live."
- Recognising the wolf crest on the splintered shield and matching the ring to the rusted sword marks the bones as
Captain Rurik Halvardsen’s, and performing the rite should let any loyal Halvard spirit stand down with honour.
- Although most of the house bent knee after Izrador’s triumph, a few exiled scions still aid the northern resistance; showing the crest (or correctly quoting the creed) can win cautious trust from them.
Seelah:
Profession (Soldier) — Honor‑Watch Rite
- By the Old Dorn watch regulations, a sentry who falls at his post is owed a final
honor‑watch: comrades stand vigil through the night so the fallen may "see the dawn" one last time.
- The correct form is to plant the
watch‑captain’s blade point‑down before the body, symbolising that the guard now rests but the duty remains. A single soldier keeps silent watch while others rotate at set bells.
- You also recall that a
salute at first light, palm over heart then up to the brow, formally releases the dead from duty.
- Applying this rite here, sword inverted, shield propped beside the bones, silent guard until sunrise, should let any Oathbound spirits stand down with honor.
