Lanterns, Wards & Rites

Surviving the night is not about fighting - it is about light, order and ritual. These are the levers you pull when the sun goes down.

Your first defence. Light turns the drifting dead away before they ever reach a door.

Ring it to call the dawn and drive the risen back. Your loudest move on a bad night.

Afterglow is the light-stuff your defences run on. Wards spend it to hold the dark at bay.

How you tend your dead decides how they rise - and whether they ever settle for good.

A rite to commune with what you have buried - and sometimes to learn what it wants.

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