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The Grand Performance

Perform the full anthem at Shiverhaven's amphitheatre, the piece was written to wake something.

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Walkthrough

  1. Meet the bard at Shiverhaven Bank
    She has the full slate now, six verses across two pages. 'The amphitheatre's been booked and I traded a month of court work for the slot. If it goes the way the old book says, nobody in the front rows leaves the same.'
  2. Buy throat tonic at the apothecary
    The brewer hands you a corked bottle of something that smells like pine and honey. 'Two swallows before the second verse, one before the fifth. You'll thank me when you hit the high line.'
  3. Pick up the green room rider
    The baker has a basket ready: bread, three jars of soft butter, a wheel of cheese, no fish. 'She said no fish before a performance. Something about the throat.'
  4. Rehearse the first three verses
    The acoustics are old and honest. Every word lands somewhere even when you don't push it. The amphitheatre takes the Highroot, Peakwatch, and Icecap verses and gives them back.
  5. Have the chimes tuned at the anvil
    The smith files a hair off the third chime and tests it against a tuning fork. 'There. The old book has them tuned a quarter flat from modern pitch.'
  6. Rehearse the last three verses
    Verses four through six are denser. The fifth has a passage where the lute and chimes trade the melody for eight bars. You and the bard land it on the second try.
  7. Check the back exits before the show
    Two doors, one stairwell, a load-in ramp behind the stage. You wedge a chock under the alley door so it'll open from inside. She told you to. She didn't say why.
  8. Walk to the amphitheatre with the bard
    She locks her case and hands you the slate. 'You've got the lyric. I've got the line. If the back row hears it, the front row feels it. If the stage feels it, the piece does its work.'
  9. Perform the full anthem
    Six verses, end to end, the way the old book set them. At the third chorus a draft moves through with no door open. At the fifth, the chimes ring without being struck. On the last line, the stage stops feeling like stone.
  10. Face what woke
    It comes up through the stage in a column of cold air. It's been waiting for the anthem since the anthem was written. You put it down before it reaches the second row.
  11. Return to the bard
    She pours two drinks and slides one across. 'My grandmother knew. She wrote the sixth verse short on purpose. Said the piece was a key, and a key only fits one lock.'

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Reroll Credits: 70