Varnach’s Sable Vigil
Where Shadows Coil and Secrets Find Shelter
“It does not need to move to make you hesitate.”
Carved into the wind-battered cliffs of Braeheven Valley, Varnach’s Sable Vigil now rises like a shadow given form, a black-stone monument poised between reverence and warning. Standing fifteen feet in height yet commanding the horizon through its placement, the effigy takes the shape of a coiled serpent, its body knotted into rings of tension, its white fangs bared, and its eyes gleaming with blood-red stone. Dedicated to Vamach the Viper—protector, hero, and whispered terror of House Varnach—the Vigil is both a tribute and a proclamation.
The cliffs themselves lend the statue its majesty, casting its serpentine shadow far across the valley floor as the sun drifts westward. Travelers, poachers, and schemers alike cannot miss its form: an unblinking viper set to strike, its stone coils whispering a silent threat that the blood of Varnach never sleeps. Even when mist veils the valley, the faint glint of its carved eyes pierces through, unnerving all who pass below.
At the monument’s base, within the sculpted curve of the serpent’s body, an alcove has been hollowed to serve as a shrine to The Shadow. Here, the smallfolk and wanderers may kneel in seclusion, their words and confessions absorbed into the stone without judgment. Some say that secrets spoken in the alcove linger like a breath in the dark, carried to unseen ears, though none dare confirm what truly listens. It is a place of comfort and unease in equal measure.
The Vigil now stands as both spiritual landmark and sigil of protection. For the valley’s folk, it is reassurance—that the Vipers of Varnach remain vigilant, their watch eternal, their guardianship unyielding. For those with darker intent, it is a warning—sharp fangs may strike before the sun notices, and shadow may move before a single step is heard. More than a monument, Varnach’s Sable Vigil is a promise etched into stone: that secrets have keepers, shadows have guardians, and the blood of Varnach coils ever around its people.
Cost of Construction: 13 Myths
LOCATION: VALDRAETH – Edge of Braeheven Valley bordering The Wilds
Unique Build Code: BG.RB.37
Contributions:
Aredan Varnach – Valdraeth – 5 Sagas
Aredan Varnach – Valdraeth – 6 Myths, 15 Sagas
Gareth Varnach – Valdraeth – 6 Myths
Remaining Balance: PAID IN FULL
