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Open the Winter Road

Keep one prepared stretch of paving above freezing

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A working of Hearthbinding

Open the Winter Road

Difficulty
Master
Range
A maintained pass
Lasts
One shift before recalibration
Discipline
Infrastructure

KKeep one prepared stretch of paving above freezing

The casting. Synchronize buried root channels with the pass furnace

Origin. Maintained by the Passwardens

What it takes

Fuel and sustained crew labor; dangerous bodily overdraw if supply fails

Undone by

Sever a buried channel or overwhelm it with meltwater

Road crews test the far end first. Testing only the furnace can leave travelers on warm paving that ends abruptly at an invisible wall of ice.

Practitioners must record both the intended effect and its cost. The limits above are part of the working, not obstacles that a stronger will can simply ignore.

See also
Hearthbinding
magic system

A measurable craft that moves existing heat through prepared vessels and living roots.

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Ask the Standing Witness
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Hear one recent impression from a living tree

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Borrow a Hearth
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Warm one room from a measured source

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Graft a Lost Name
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Reconnect a displaced impression to a consenting living grove

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Carry the Ember
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Store a bounded quantity of warmth in a sealed ceramic jar

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A Light at the Last Door
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Ensure a named traveler encounters a possible refuge

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