Mordward

The elder at the gate

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Before the gate road opens, the elder asks for one of these, picked fresh for each life. Once paid, a life is not asked again, and an account that has beaten this gate never is. See Gate elders.

• Often

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• Sometimes

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• Rarely

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Gathering

0 of 8 finds gathered here. Each one appears once anyone gathers it in this city. See Life skills.

Crafting

0 of 21 recipes that use materials from here are known. Crafting works in any town; these are what this city's materials go into. See Recipes.

Nobody has crafted with them yet. The materials are patient.

General store

The same shop is in every town, stocked by your checkpoint city's tier. With your checkpoint here, these join the shelf at tier 3, next to everything from lower tiers. See the full stock.

• Superior Healing Potion

  180 gold

• Quarryman's Maul

  380 gold

• Shade-Captain's Blade

  380 gold

• Astrolabe Rod

  380 gold

• Rootwood Crozier

  380 gold

• Blightbark Mantle

  380 gold

• Cavefish chowder

  65 gold

• Smoked char

  70 gold

• Moonsilver masterwork pattern

  2000 gold

Events and weather

Every tier 3 city shares these. They turn up on the roads out of town.

Events

21 of 34 tier 3 events seen

The blighted orchard, The unfinished relief, The procession of the dead, The unmarked crate, Shade ambush, The other reflection, The rented telescope, The silent retreat, The Seer's old students, Moths at the lantern, The grove wedding, The apprentice's model, The epitaph editor, The quarry echo, Kestrel's tally, The recruiting sergeant, The treeline map, The shadow broker, The bottled curse stall, The Corsair-King's offer, The egg smuggler

Weather

One a day, the same for everyone. 7 of 8 kinds seen.

Clear, Rain, Fog, Heat, Snow, Storm, Blood moon

History: The Watch That Holds

1 of 12 pieces known. The locals tell them in town, one at a time, and each one appears here once anyone hears it.

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8. A chaplain: The chronicle says Mordecai's war ended three hundred years ago. It never says who won.

   A chaplain: It says the shadows stopped at the wall, and stayed stopped.

   First seen by Edric (Anacott) · 15 Oct 2026

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