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📅 Wintermiss Countdown: Day 4 (December 16th)

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🧭 Twelve Days of Wintermiss: Day 4 – The Navigation of Light

Charting the Defense (December 16th in Cryselle)

The sheer warmth of the Family Bhoj successfully drove back The Scrapper! Our spiritual light holds steady, even as the complex Four-Way Faction War continues around us. Tonight, we light the fourth ceremonial Aetherial Diya, dedicating this flame to guidance and clarity.

Night 4 Ritual: The Compass Lights

Tonight is dedicated to The Navigation. The darkness of the Void, pushed by the Shadowfrost Arch Demon, seeks to disorient and confuse, making travel and thought difficult across the Tygerian Isles. To combat this spiritual bewilderment, this night honors the work of the Royal Cartographer archetype.

Every household and settlement places Compass Lights—small, hooded lanterns—on their rooftops and seawalls. These lights are carefully positioned and perpetually aligned North using calculations derived from the Scope of the True Meridian. This ritual turns our community into a vast, synchronized beacon, symbolically guiding the souls of the Tygerian monsters out of the creeping existential darkness. It is an act of defiance against the confusion the Void imposes.

The Shadow's Fourth Strike: The Licker of Spoons

Tonight, the enemy turns to corruption. Grilla’s uneasy alliance sends The Licker of Spoons (one of the Winter Ghoulish Langley Ogre Lads). This menace targets the ceremonial wooden spoons and implements used in the preparation of our consecrating oils and communal worship (Puja) rituals. The Licker of Spoons does not seek to steal the items, but to defile them, spreading spiritual contamination with his touch and rendering the utensils unusable for sacred acts. This forces the Tygerian monsters to rush through cleansing rituals, weakening their spiritual focus.

We must cleanse our implements with speed and reverence, and keep our Compass Lights perfectly aligned, Tygerian monsters! Our direction is our salvation!

— The Hedge Wizard of the Shreveport Cabin

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The following items are designated Product Identity of Arthur Earl C. Hedges Jr. / The Adventures of Captain Hedges: The world of Zimrala, The Tygerian Isles, The Ether Dragons and their portal mechanics, The Tiger Force Shadow Saga, The specific "Hedge Wizard of the Shreveport Cabin" persona, The "Royal Cartographer" archetype and the character "Emperor Rajah," Unique Items: The Ink of Anticipation, The Compass of Lost Things, Parchment of Echoes, The Scope of the True Meridian, The Rod of Infinite Spanning, and The Plumb of Gravity’s Anchor. The Tygerian Ice Queen, Isdis, Cryselle Capital City, The Tygerian Monsters, The Ice Dragons (Lorea and Fylgja), Ice Wyrm Mountain, The Wild Card Faction, The Faction War, The Yule Tide Family (Grilla, Leppalúði, Jokelhime, and the Winter Ghoulish Langley Ogre Lads), and the concepts of the Aetherial Diya (Candle of Hope), The Tiger's Mark Rangoli, The Family Bhoj, The Licker of Spoons, The Compass Lights, and the Aetherial Corona are also designated Product Identity. Monsters! Monsters! and Humans, Humans (1st Edition) are trademarks of Ken St. Andre and Troll Godfather Press and are used with permission. The statistics and game mechanics provided herein are designated as unofficial playtest material for the Tygerian Isles campaign setting. © 2025 Arthur Earl C. Hedges Jr. All rights reserved.