# Wendell Spectral Apparition ## Category Ancient Undead Apparition / Bound Guardian or Avenger / Unresolved Old-God Phenomenon ## Known Facts - The apparition manifested deeper within the [[Wendell Ruins]] during [[Session 57 - The Price of Silence]]. - It appeared beside a glowing black circle divided by a single vertical line. - The figure resembled an ancient masked priest or cleric carrying a long staff, with purple-black flame around it. - Everyone could see the apparition, but only [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] heard its initial accusation. - Its words referred to **blooded butchers**, **wardens of the dread sun**, a past purge, a Lady, and suffering inflicted upon its people. - It threatened that Raphius and those he loved would share that suffering. - The exact subject of the titles in its accusation is uncertain; they should not be treated as confirmed names for the apparition itself. - The apparition created a visible spectral tether to one party member at a time. - Damage dealt to the apparition while the tether was active was also inflicted upon the tethered person. - Its magic could reduce a victim’s maximum vitality as well as inflict ordinary damage. - It could teleport and move the tether to another target. - Attempts to cut the tether directly failed. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] noticed that the glowing ground-symbol mattered to the apparition after **Compel Duel** failed; he deliberately attacked the symbol to provoke and test it. - Damage to the symbol angered the apparition. - When the symbol was finally shattered, its light died and the shared-pain tether ceased to function. - [[Elena]] then helped destroy the apparition, calling upon [[Nyxthys]] as purple chains dragged it into the ground. ## Connected To - [[Wendell Ruins]] - [[Old God Symbols]] - [[Raphius Sunward]] - [[Elena]] - [[Nyxthys]] - [[Sir Dain Sunward]] - [[The Crusades Against the Fallen Old Gods]] ## Open Questions - Who or what was the apparition in life? - Who were the “blooded butchers” and “wardens of the dread sun” it referred to? - Was it speaking about Raphius personally, the Sunward line, servants of [[Serapha]], Solland soldiers, or another group entirely? - Who was “Our Lady”? - What purge did the apparition remember? - Was the glowing symbol an anchor, prison, shrine, summoning point, or something else? - Why did breaking the symbol end the tether? - Is the apparition connected to the preserved tongues and cult of silence at the ruins? - Are more apparitions or bound entities present deeper within Wendell? ## Session 58 Clarification - After the battle, Raphius recalled a more precise phrase from the apparition: **“you who bear the blood.”** - The shattered symbol concealed a shrine complex dedicated to [[Whune|Whune]], making Whune the strongest identification for the apparition's **Lady** and for the faith it was defending. - [[The Final Days of Whune]] show that Whune's faithful believed the **Lands of Sol** later came seeking her divine self in the name of justice. - This strongly connects the apparition's grievance to the persecution preserved by the tablets, although its exact identity in life and the meaning of **“Wardens of the Dread Sun”** remain unresolved. - The apparition's maximum-vitality reductions ended after it was destroyed. ### Questions narrowed - **Who was “Our Lady”?** Very likely [[Whune|Whune]], based on the hidden shrine and tablets beneath the symbol. - **What purge did it remember?** Strongly connected to the Lands of Sol persecution described in the tablets and potentially [[The Great Purge]], but those should not yet be treated as perfectly identical without further evidence. - **Why Raphius?** The wording “you who bear the blood” suggests ancestry, lineage or inherited association, but does not identify which bloodline or group it meant.