- In the bark is a runic message, as if scraped in with some charcoal.
The decoded message:
Traitor, my aid weakens.
His long eyes glimpse you.
More and more.
Listen to the words.
As the dead loose (lose?) their grip
The cracks widen.
I watch the best I can
Drinking from
The well.
“Traitor” - referring to B?
“His long eyes glimpse you” - The Sun King?
“Listen to the words,” - read the stories? Follow the directive of following the water?
“As the dead loose their grip” - direct reference to the dead we encountered in the circle and how they were waning
The party discusses, they should turn back to the black stream and investigate more.
Storr enters the mound and it stinks (Mannix is still in there).
We manage to not fight some wolves.