The Axe

1. 1. A cowherd sleeps on a branch. Then, a rumble in the ground followed by their cattle stampeding this way.
2. 2. A maze of stony crags. A message carved in the rock: “All Knights will feel the Axe”.
3. 3. A ruined hexagonal temple, seven stone seats the only furnishings left within. Each has a skull placed on it, the crest of a Knight roughly scratched into each seat. A flame weasel gnaws on one of the skulls.
4. 4. A secluded orchard, pained groans amongst the birdsong. A Knight lies bleeding, arm severed by the Axebearer. She doesn’t know why she was spared.
5. 5. Echos of conversation from a winding tunnel. The militia within are discussing whether the Knights should lay down their lives to appease the Axebearer.
6. 6. The Axebearer stands atop a crag, proclaiming that the Axe will break the very land in two. Their first strike to the ground causes rumblings, the second tears a chasm across the Hex, the third a mighty canyon across the whole Realm.

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