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Mr. Sampson is about to make a third attempt at naming the Shining Prince, when he suddenly cries out in pain – one of the Keeper's hounds has seized Sita's fence post and buried its pointed tip in the spectre's back. Even though he remains translucent, the elderly Lost has suddenly become quite corporeal, as is evidenced by how a trio of hounds begin to savage him with their fangs and claws.
“Sapphire!” You blurt out the word as soon as you have dispatched a second dog-man. Your arm aches from where it managed to sink its fang in, but you rewarded the beast with the bite of cold iron. “Your true name is Sapphire!”
Nothing happens. The Shining Prince looks ever so smug as he sits on the back of his horse, watching the carnage from afar. The Keeper does not even deign to join the fray, as though he sees himself as above the chaos. Yet that doesn't stop his face from being split in two by a foul grin, revealing his mouth full of shining daggers for teeth. There is no denying that he is getting a sadistic kick out of this, despite his best efforts at appearing noble and aloof. He's playing with you, like a cat with mice.
If you don't do something, more of you are going to die.
>Reveal your true strength and save Mr. Sampson from the hounds that swarm over him. He is the one leading the naming, he knows what he is doing better than any other changeling. If he dies, this might not work. (You will spend three points of glamour.)
>Unleash the Crone's might and slay the beasts that assail Lady Welby, before they kill her. She is your mentor and the most pragmatic of the Antiquarians. She is too useful to die here, at the hands of these beastmen. (You will spend three points of glamour.)
>No matter how desperate the situation is getting, you can't afford to waste your power. You will need to bring it to bear if the Shining Prince joins the fight, or to mend a comrade's wounds once this is over. Do what you can to help, without expending your glamour.
>This is over. You refuse to die here with the rest of the Antiquarians. Run for the Dubglas and dive into its depth before the Shining Prince kills you along with everyone else. This was doomed from the start. The only sensible thing to do is to flee.
