Prologue: Field Assessment

FIELD ASSESSMENT – PRELIMINARY REPORT

Filed by: Elias Vale, Field Assessor, Third Rank

Filed to: Aldric Voss, Senior Assessor, Regional Office – Thornwall

Re: New dungeon manifestation – crossroads site, Harren’s Field, southeast of Carden

Classification: Preliminary – Trap-type probable

Priority: Elevated (confirmed casualties)

Date of filing: Fourteenth of Greenmonth

I arrived at the site three days after initial reports reached the regional office. The manifestation is located in open farmland adjacent to the Carden crossroads, approximately forty yards from the trade road. The entrance is a stone archway standing unsupported in plowed ground. No associated ruins, foundation remnants, or geological features. The field’s owner confirms the ground was unbroken as recently as the previous harvest week.

The archway is roughly eight feet in height and five across. The stone is smooth, pale grey, and does not match any local quarry material I was able to identify. Interior visibility terminates approximately six feet past the threshold. Air movement from the opening is steady, warm, and carries no detectable odor. Ambient temperature at the threshold measures eleven degrees above the surrounding field. I have not encountered a differential this pronounced in a manifestation this young.

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