THRONE WATCH — we watch so you don't have to.
Shortly after midnight, Throne Watch observers at the east post report a hooded figure at the treeline. It was there. Then it was not. The whole thing took four seconds.
"It didn't move toward us or away," said one watcher. "It was simply present, and then it wasn't. I've never filed a report with so little in it."
The Watch has logged the sighting and reminds readers of the standing guidance: notice it, don't follow it. Whatever the figure is — and the Watch declines to speculate — it has never once approached anyone who stayed put.
Nox, when informed, said nothing for a long moment, then said, "Noted." The Watch considers the matter in good hands.
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