Went to the front gate. Bronze plaque: “The Lion or Hart wear [the] crown.”
Pavilion with voices. Large bears. Two guests — motionless and silent. String quartet of badgers playing music. They debate whether cream should be applied before or after participating. All eventually came to ask for Zybilna’s assistance.
Badgers are awakened — told us their awakened states will cease if they leave the grounds.
A present left for us, label bearing our names. From Sir Talavar: standing armor.
Myster lost his shadow walking through moss-covered stones bearing a Dercane sigil.
Went to the pond. Motionless firefly.
Myster went back out and planted [something]. A campfire appeared.
Myster called us back — he had made a deal with the hag. We argued.
Went to the tower. Hulking lion made of iron on a pedestal — says to call it “Envy.” Says it protects the garden from intruders. Says Zybilna created a crown as a key for guests in two forms: Thorns and Roses of Gold. Put the correct crown on the correct guardian or it will be banished and the crown lost.
Went to an abandoned stump. A woodcutter’s axe. Alex/Sebastian pulled it out.
Went to the Rose Garden. Bronze fence. Spiderwebs in the rose bushes, various colors. Ettercaps inside — they fled when we threw fire. Roses: Red, White, Black, Blue, Green.
Sebastian asked Myster to play a song. The sounds of a pan flute picked up when he did.
Went to the rose [experiment]. Cupped the green rose — emitted green gas. Blue rose gave off lightning. Azrael picked the red rose, wreathed in red flames. They all correspond to dragon colors and damage types. Left behind the green rose.
Went to the fountain. Interacted with it and a rainbow.
A hand reached up from the water holding a crown.
“The Beginning of Whenever / The End of Wrath” — Iron Hart is Wrath.
