Stronghaven

False Alarm, True Lesson

Raise an alarm in bad faith and a chorus of bronze bells follows you all day, attracting only kindly onlookers and a scolding child.  

The Unseen Footfall

When sentries grow complacent, the cobbles forgetto echo your own steps, making you feel alone, until you change your route and eyes.  

Wink in the Wall

Hairline seams open to reveal training threats, foam arrows, paint-powder mines, illusory kobolds, then close with a note: You missed this one, friend.  

Gaerdal’s Last Echo

Once per month, at Great Clang’s end, a single hammer-blow resounds from the Hall of Tenhammers with no hand on the haft. Wards refresh; tempers cool.  

Wardkeeper’s Edge

Abjurations that protect doors, stores, wells, and beds ring truer; alarms tuned to “mercy first” travel farther.  

Drill-Blessing

Casting while marching cadence or reciting procedure steadies concentration; bystanders read benign magic as part of the drill.  

Refuge’s Claim

Sanctuary, shield other, communal protection, and lifesaving healing lean with the stones; intimidation-for-cruelty strains and often fizzles.  

Appointment Muster

Way-walks keyed to bringing help arrive with uncanny precision; casual flits wander the Bellway until you name a purpose.  

Jester’s Mercy

Illusions that teach without harm last longer; figments meant to humiliate sputter.