PERSONAE · THE VALE

Ossym the Gray

aka The Barrow Keeper

An elderly Asheni warden who has watched the barrow entrance for forty years and speaks to it as if it answers.

Ossym was posted to the barrow's eastern approach before Kavesh was born. He no longer sleeps inside the camp; he sleeps at the threshold, wrapped in an ancestor-skin cloak. He says the barrow tells him when someone unworthy comes near.

KIND

mortal

SPECIES

Asheni

ROLE

barrow warden

LOCATION

Vallen's Barrow

Connected

The Bonesung-of-the-ValeFACTION · Posted by the Ash-Father before Kavesh; still posted…Vallen's BarrowPLACE · He has kept the threshold for forty years and shows …Vallen's BarrowPLACE · He sleeps at the threshold, not in the camp.Ossym's Tally StickITEM · He carries the tally stick and adds a notch each win…Barrow WightCREATURE · The wights do not attack him. He does not explain wh…Ossym's Tally StickITEM · The tally is his accounting of time; each notch is a…

Type Fields

kindmortal

speciesAsheni

rolebarrow warden

locationplace.echo-of-vallen

affiliationsfaction.ashari-vale

disposition25

secretsHe has been inside the barrow — once, years ago. He will not say how deep he went or what he brought back.

voice_notesSlow, rhythmic, as if dictating to the earth. Occasional long silences.

All Relationships (8)

member_of

→The Bonesung-of-the-Vale — Posted by the Ash-Father before Kavesh; still posted.

guards

→Vallen's Barrow — He has kept the threshold for forty years and shows no sign of stopping.
→The Ash-Sealed Barrow — Ossym walks the barrow approaches and sleeps at the threshold; the dead, he says, tell him when someone unworthy comes.

located_in

→Vallen's Barrow — He sleeps at the threshold, not in the camp.

owns

→Ossym's Tally Stick — He carries the tally stick and adds a notch each winter.

ally_of

→Barrow Wight — The wights do not attack him. He does not explain why.
→The Bonesung-of-the-Vale — Ossym keeps the barrow threshold as an independent warden — affiliated by purpose with the tribe, not by blood.

references

←Ossym's Tally Stick — The tally is his accounting of time; each notch is a winter kept.

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