Codex Entry

Thornmaw, It does not circle. It arrives.

Thornmaw

It does not circle. It arrives.

The record

A frequent name in the records — and in the infirmary ledger.

Thornmaw does not circle. It arrives.

A frequent name in the records — and in the infirmary ledger.

It has no patience for plans longer than a wingbeat. It liked yours short.

Its measure

Courage
Cunning
Loyalty
Wildness
Stillness

How it chooses

Thornmaw reads courage and wildness and very little else. Cross the bridge before doubt catches up, stand when the dive comes — that is the whole examination.

It disqualifies deliberation. A rider who counts the gaps in the planks has, in Thornmaw’s ledger, already fallen.

Every trial answer feeds five measures — courage, cunning, loyalty, wildness, stillness — and the dragon whose temperament sits closest to yours makes the claim. How the trial works →

The bond's weakness

The infirmary ledger is not a metaphor. Hold on with both hands.

Would it choose you? Face the Trial