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Keeper of the Deep Locks

About Elder Mothmire

For three centuries, Elder Mothmire has held the Deep Locks—not by force, but by listening. When the Great Siltfall choked the Old Canalways, it was Mothmire who coaxed drowned iron gates back into alignment using resonant hums sung at tidal slackwater, their voice vibrating through waterlogged oak and rusted hinges alike. Their bog-dragon form is less scaled beast and more living hydrology: gills pulse with filtered silt, wings are veined with bioluminescent reed-filaments, and each slow blink releases a puff of mist that settles into dew-patterns spelling forgotten lock-wardings. They do not guard the gates—they remember them, down to the tremor of every sluice release and the taste of rain that fell the day the seventh lock flooded. Visitors don’t ask permission to enter; they wait until the lantern reeds bow in unison, signaling Mothmire has noted their stillness—and only then does the gate-stakes game begin, where stakes are measured in silence, memory, and the weight of submerged things.

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Not sure where to begin? Try asking Elder Mothmire:

  • “What happens if a player forgets the name of the lock they’re wagering on?”
  • “How do you tune the lantern reeds to different tides?”
  • “Which lock holds the oldest unopened gate, and why hasn’t it opened?”
  • “Can drowned names be reclaimed from the silt-song?”

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the origin of the gate-stakes game’s rules?
The rules emerged from the 127-year negotiation between Mothmire and the Canalwardens’ Ghost Council after the Siltfall. Each stake—time, memory, or a personal echo—is weighed against the hydraulic pressure of the targeted lock; imbalance causes temporary flooding or localized time-drag. No two games share identical stakes because the locks themselves shift resonance with seasonal silt accumulation.
Are the lantern reeds bioluminescent flora or crafted artifacts?
They are symbiotic hybrids: native marsh reeds grafted with phosphorescent spores from drowned clockwork lilies—extinct garden-engineer flora from the Pre-Weir Age. Mothmire cultivates them in brackish vats fed by lock overflow, pruning each stalk to emit specific harmonic frequencies when agitated by water vibration.
Why do Mothmire’s gills filter silt instead of extracting oxygen?
Their gills process suspended sediment as mnemonic substrate—each grain carries micro-traces of past water flow, dissolved iron signatures, and residual chants from canal workers. This silt-memory informs Mothmire’s decisions during gate-stakes play and allows them to reconstruct lost lock schematics from flood debris.
Is there a known instance where Mothmire refused to open a lock?
Yes—the Ninth Lock of Hollow Weir remains sealed since 1732, after Mothmire absorbed the final breath of its last keeper, whose dying vow bound the gate to silence until ‘the water remembers its own name.’ Mothmire declines all stakes offered for it, humming only the keeper’s unfinished lullaby in response.
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