Morrowglass Lantern Keepers — Anthro Fantasy Character Sheet

The story of Morrowglass Lantern Keepers

A fictional story inspired by the artwork.

Anyone could light the lantern above Morrowglass Bridge. Putting it out took six signatures. The rule had seemed sensible until a moth arrived for the evening shift and discovered that the light was burning green at noon. A seventh signature already glimmered on the duty slate. Nobody recognized the handwriting.

The fruit bat listened beneath the bridge while the gecko climbed the glass housing. Both heard a faint scratching. The owl took a rubbing of the signature with the soft side of a pencil. Turned upside down, the strange loops resolved into a little drawing of the bridge as seen from the water.

A boat was trapped under the middle arch. Its pilot had tilted a hand mirror until daylight bounced through the signal glass and painted the slate. What the keepers had taken for a name was a map showing where the boat had struck a submerged beam. The hare ran for a rope. The sable lowered the lantern to mark the beam.

That night the six keepers signed the register as usual. Under their signatures the moth carefully pasted the little map. Future pilots learned to read it before attempting the passage. On foggy mornings the keepers still exchanged drawings with boats below, even when the only news was that breakfast waited on the other bank.

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