II — The Subjects
Thirteen names.
Twelve will answer.
The register is open but the faces are not. Pass your hand over a line and it will tell you who it holds. One of them will not be moved.
- I VesperaThe First Wound Sealed
- II MorwennaKeeper of the Ninth Name Sealed
- III SeraphineBuried Smiling Sealed
- IV LilivetThe Debt Collector Sealed
- V OrabelMother of Small Deaths Sealed
- VI NoctuaThe Owl-Handed Sealed
- VII IsoldeThe Drowned Bride Sealed
- VIII SableWidow of the Long Hall Sealed
- IX VerityThe Honest Knife Sealed
- X MalvinaShe Keeps the Teeth Sealed
- XI ElowenThe Root That Waits Sealed
- XII DamarisThe Last Confessor Sealed
- XIII Do not askShe is not for you Bound
Entry XIII is withheld from the register. She ships in the deck regardless.
Interlude — The Seal
She is bound.
Entry XIII was sealed for a reason nobody wrote down. The binding holds only while nobody insists.
You were told not to.
The seal is broken. Entry XIII is in the register.
III — The Terms
One hundred exist.
Then the plate is broken.
- Edition
- Series I — The First Hex
- Figures
- Thirteen, original
- Decks
- One hundred, worldwide
- Numbering
- By hand, on the reverse
- Stock
- Heavy black, foil edge, matte seal
- Reprints
- None. Ever.
There is no second pressing, no restock, no digital consolation prize. When the hundredth deck leaves, these faces are gone from the world and the only proof they existed is in someone else's hands.
IV — The Ledger
The gate opens once.
Access is granted in the order it was asked for. Leave a name and it will be waiting in the dark.