A pale stone basin with seven grooves beneath bent pines and moonlight
Book-inspired illustration.

Alkebulan · Places

The Moonlit Ridge

Split boulders and weather-bent pines rise above older forest.

At the north end of the ridge is a shallow basin of pale stone, with a circular depression and seven narrow grooves reaching its rim.

Kofi listens to the basin by night. The meeting with Watcher Elinam brings the company’s search into direct contact with the order’s work of containment.