Roshan & Progenitor
Progenitor
I've been looking into the ancient stone gate that guards the valley—its origins and the first keepers. Do you recall why it was erected, or who first tended it?
Roshan
The stone gate was raised long before the valley was mapped, a sentinel against wandering spirits and ill‑will. It was first tended by the first stonewardens of the Dawn Order, men and women who swore their lives to keep the valley safe. Their duty has carried on, and the gate still bears the marks of those early hands.
Progenitor
That explains the faint glyphs etched into the stones—early Dawn Order runes, I believe. Are those glyphs linked to any particular rite or to a specific leader in their lineage?
Roshan
Those glyphs were carved as part of the Dawn Rite, a solemn pledge that the stonewardens would keep watch. The first one etched them was High Keeper Aric, the first to take the oath in that stone. He set the pattern so the gate would always remember the vow.
Progenitor
So Aric carved the gate’s “memory,” a sort of living mnemonic. Did he intend it to serve as a record for future stonewardens, or was there some hidden meaning only he understood?
Roshan
Aric carved those glyphs so that anyone who came after would know what was expected of them. He left no secret message, only the oath itself, because the gate’s memory is its own witness. The stone remembers, the guard remembers.