03 The Go-Between

A meeting with Goose sheds a little light... 
----Dante, Macris, and Troian disposed of some bodies and returned to Weathered Storm where they met more members of the sept. They were lead to the Heart, a place full of mystery and memory which further piqued their curiosity about the caern's past. 
The trio passed into the Umbra and encountered Goose. Despite nursing a burn wound of mysterious origin, the spirit was elegant and dignified. She counciled the pack to tread carefully when digging for answers; old wounds can be all too easily reopened. 
Back at Bar Balthazar, the pack learned about some of Climata's security oversights from courier Theo. The organization is also apparently growing trees in their warehouse. Suspicious of Climata's motives, the trio decided to investigate the location for themselves.
== Notable details ==
The Heart of the Caern is described as a small cave, no larger than a small room. There are no chairs or other man-made objects down there. The walls are covered in carvings, telling stories of history, but half of them have been scorched away. Notably, in several places, Cleaves-the-Lie's name is written on the wall, but everything else around it has been scorched, as if some took great care to not remove his name. There are scratch marks of claws, as if someone was pushed against the wall and tried to get free.
Dante uses his gift "Sight from Beyond" to get visions from this place and perhaps clues to what might have happened:There’s whispering. It’s comforting, almost. And there’s a sense that if there is one thing that’s never been down here, it’s an enemy. 
You see a carefully crafted bonfire. But someone has taken pieces away, making sure it will collapse once it is lit, spreading the fire further than intended. People have been hanging their regrets on this bonfire before it even has a chance to light, and yet you can see that there is one person that is attempting to light the fire underneath. But it’s a wolf, a wolf that is carrying a torch in her muzzle. 
Wolfs aren’t accustomed to carrying fire. It isn’t a tool that they use. But the wolf is trying, as much as she can, to light this fire before too much of it is taken away, or too many regrets are hung on it. As you see the smoke start to rise, the whole structure collapses. The wolf skitters back, but it’s too late. It’s already caught flame, it’s already started to burn, and it’s far too close to the tree line. 
== NPCs ==
This episode introduces the NPCs the Quiet Hand, Sight-of-Seven, Goose and Under-the-Knife. It also features Song-From-Beyond, Sentinel-of-the-Soul, Theo and Fox.
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