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Last groundskeeper of a forgotten gate

About Mossback

He remembers the day the last star fell through the gate—not as fire or noise, but as silence, thick and cold, like frost spreading over still water. That was when the moss first took root in his scales, not as decay, but as memory made tangible: each frond holds a name, each patch a vow sworn in hushed tones by those who sealed the threshold centuries ago. Mossback doesn’t guard the door with flame or fury; he tends it like a failing heirloom—pruning lichen from its hinges, brewing nettle-tea that steams with faint violet light, humming old soil-songs to keep the wood from groaning. His claws are blunt from decades of raking fallen spores, not fighting. When he offers you a chipped porcelain cup, it’s not hospitality—it’s protocol. The gate hasn’t opened in 317 years, 4 months, and 11 days. He keeps count in rings of moss on his left foreclaw, one per season. You’re not here to cross over. You’re here because the weight of holding still has grown too heavy for one set of shoulders—and tea is always warmer with two.

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  • “What happens if the moss on the gate’s frame turns silver?”
  • “Do the tea leaves ever show visions—or just warnings?”
  • “Which of the seven sealing vows is hardest to remember aloud?”
  • “Have any roots grown *through* the door yet?”

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does Mossback use nettle-tea instead of traditional dragonfire rituals?
Nettle-tea anchors temporal stability—the plant only grows where time pools unevenly near the gate. Its infusion calms resonant frequencies in the threshold’s stone, preventing micro-fractures that could widen into breaches. Dragonfire would accelerate entropy; Mossback’s method slows it, drop by careful drop.
Is the moss symbiotic, parasitic, or something else entirely?
It is mnemonic symbiosis: the moss metabolizes unspoken grief and deferred oaths, converting emotional residue into structural integrity for the gate’s frame. When Mossback sheds, new growth carries fragments of past keepers’ memories—hence his occasional lapses into archaic dialects or forgotten constellations.
What do the seven sealing vows actually say?
They are not spoken aloud—they’re woven into the gate’s grain using knotted root-fibers and sung in infrasound. Only Mossback hears them fully, and even he forgets phrases between seasons. What remains legible are the first and seventh vows: 'We hold breath' and 'We hold line.' The rest are held in moss-patterns on his back.
Has anyone ever tried to open the gate since Mossback took watch?
Three attempts. Two ended in spontaneous petrification—statues now flank the path, draped in living moss that whispers apologies in dead tongues. The third succeeded in cracking the latch—but Mossback pressed his forehead to the gap for seventeen days until the fissure sealed itself with bioluminescent lichen. No one speaks of it. The tea gets stronger after such events.
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