Old Man of Whom No One Likes to Speak

Owner of The House of the Worm.
Nigh onto a hundred years ago, there was a young man who scoffed at the tales of a certain cursed circle of stones near Vornai, and he went forth to see what secrets the ring held. When he returned from his investigations, he was greatly changed, with his hair gone white, and he would not speak of that which he saw. Ten mornings after his return, there appeared within the ring a house. And the young man, now greatly changed, went to live in that house. Now, though no one remembers his name, all the folk of Vornai know of the Old Man of Whom No One Likes to Speak and his strange dwelling.
The Old Man is the guardian of the Elder Sign, and it is his duty to maintain the house and the pillars which surround it, lest that what lies beneath them should be freed. He is rumored to be over one hundred years old. The Old Man keeps to himself. His only dealings with the people of Vornai are for provisions which he pays for in ancient gold coins from no known kingdom.
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