PERSONAE · THE NORTHERN REACH
Brother Cael of the Wandering Cups
A mendicant Stillwater monk who teaches the empty hand on the road and quietly fears he is drifting toward the Drowned's hunger.
Cael took the vow of wandering three years ago and has not found a reason to stop. He teaches anyone who shares a fire: the breathing, the setting-down, the single question that is the Stance's whole instruction. The trouble is that teaching it requires wanting to teach it, and Cael has noticed the want. He is beginning to wonder whether the road is keeping him empty or whether he is filling up again, slowly, with something the Drowned would recognize. He has not told Master Oén. He is not sure he will.
KIND
mortal
SPECIES
Human
ROLE
Wandering monk
LOCATION
Karth Bridge
Connected
Type Fields
All Relationships (5)
located_in
- →Karth Bridge — Brother Cael is currently camped near the ford, teaching the empty hand to travelers who share his fire.
member_of
- →The Stillwater Order — Cael took the Stillwater vow of wandering three years ago and has walked the roads since, teaching the empty hand and worrying about his own wanting.
- →The Wandering Cups — The Wandering Cups is the Order's mendicant wing; Cael is their road-monk, teaching at fires from the Vale to the Reach.
- →Master Oén of the Empty Cup — Cael has not reported to Master Oén in two months; his worry about his own creeping want is exactly the thing the master would need to hear about.
references
- →The Stillwater Stance — Cael teaches the Stillwater Stance on the road; the drift he fears is exactly the failure mode the Stance is designed to prevent.
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