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Warrant044 / 099
At largeThe Anatomist
Hunt 44: Keeping Score
PeopleVael
LensHorror
LeadNym
RegionPheli
RunLate Run
Hunt 44 · Horror
Keeping Score
The Anatomist · Vael
The Anatomist keeps a little card, and on the Funeral World he is winning by four, because he composes Vael while the second pulse still burns and the nacre stays clear. Nym, the rival he admires and resents, is invited to outcompose him while the mourners hold the last-breath note.
On the boardNym's rival composer. Treats murder as a competition he's winning, and keeps score on a little card.
WhereThe Funeral World (street name: the Long Wake), Pheli. A Vael world of composed bodies and humming mourners.
How it feelsWhite stone, soft bells, a hum you feel in your chest.
House ruleMourners must hold the dead's last-breath note until the body is composed, and a broken note voids the composition.
Leads the huntNym Selum
PeopleVael, from Ilma
The people
Vael
Two-lobed brains run two minds side by side. Their pulse shows through pale translucent skin.
Elegant, unsettling, and very good company at a funeral.
ALSO ON THE BOARD: The Taxidermist (36), The Dollmaker (83)
