You chose this ground. Not because it is defensible — it is not — but because something here is worth defending. Your Foe knows you have stopped moving. They are coming.
Setup
Place terrain to fill the board. At the board’s centre place a prominent Vigil Marker — a shrine, a body, a collapsed archway, whatever the road warrants. This is the position the Oathband must hold.
Place Waymarks using standard placement rules. All Waymarks must be placed outside the 6” perimeter of the Vigil Marker.
Roll for Initiative; the winner is the Defender and deploys within 6” of the Vigil Marker. The Attacker deploys D12+6” away from the Defender, but otherwise anywhere else on the board they wish.
Major Trial
Whoever has the greatest amount of Endurance within 6” of the Vigil Marker at the end of Turn 6 fulfils the Major Trial.
Minor Trial
A side needs to interact with at least 3 Waymarks — or all Waymarks, if fewer than 3 were placed — before the Major Trial is completed.
Special Rules
Roll on the Sight, Shroud, and Light tables as normal for Season, Time, Light, and Weather.
Events
The Defender rolls at the start of each Turn.
| D12 | Event |
| 1 | The Attacker nominates one of their Pilgrims not yet Tired. That Pilgrim makes one free Move Deed. |
| 2–3 | Each Defender Pilgrim within the Perimeter makes a Panic check. |
| 4 | The Attacker nominates one unspent Waymark. The Defender must either send a Pilgrim to interact with it this Turn, or it is removed from play. |
| 5–6 | No effect. The dark holds its breath. |
| 7–8 | The Defender removes one Effect of their choice from each Pilgrim currently within the Perimeter. |
| 9–10 | Something catches the eye. One Waymark of your choice, if investigated this Turn, adds +2 to the Waymark table roll. |
| 11–12 | Attacker Pilgrims who enter the Perimeter for the first time this Turn suffer −1 Might on any Assault Deed made this Turn. |
Outcomes
In the Aftermath, if the Major Trial is completed, roll for Battlefield Finds at Advantage; if not, at Disadvantage. Add +1 for each Waymark interacted with beyond the first. If the Minor Trial was completed, add +2.