Too many knuckles.
Gaunt
Sometimes, at the bottom of a cistern puddle, instead of the Drowned
What it is
Something long lives in the water: tall, thin as a rake, with fingers too long and joints it should not have. Only one of the puddles holds it, and you will not know which until you are in it.
Henry once bought a finger off a man who said it came out of the water. It had a gold ring on it, and one joint too many.
How it fights
It gets hold and does not let go: a cold grip on your body and arms, a heavy lurch at your middle, and a howl that stays with it for the fight.
It can turn any part of itself to stone. When it hardens, hit later. Nothing gets through stone.
What you were told
Henry says
Too many knuckles.
Something long lives in the puddles in the cistern. I bought a finger off a man once, said it came out of the water. Gold ring on it, one joint too many. He didn't go back for the rest.
Kate says
Thin as a rake.
There's something in one of the puddles in the cistern. Tall, thin as a rake, and it grips - it gets hold and it doesn't let go. You won't know which puddle until you're in it, love. Look before you dive.
Named: Cold Grip
Hollis says
Grows in the wet.
Down in the cistern water something keeps growing - fingers too long, joints it shouldn't have. Only one of the lower puddles holds it; the rest hold the Drowned, or what the Drowned let go of. When it hardens all over, hit it later. Nothing gets through stone.
Named: Stone Skin
Once you have met it
Deadly It kills candidates. Be ready, or be somewhere else.
- Health
- 185
- Attack
- 68
- Defence
- 22
- Magic
- 10
- Magic defence
- 14
- Each turn
- 2 actions, 5 cards in hand
Make a card from its body
Heavy Lurch50%
Cold Grip30%
Howl20%
Tall. They get tall down here, where nothing tells them to stop.
What it carries

Heavy Lurch
1Attack
- TARGETS: Body
- DAMAGE ~24 (10 + 20% ATK)
×4 in its deck

Cold Grip
1Attack
- TARGETS: Body/Arm
- DAMAGE ~26 (10 + 23% ATK)
×3 in its deck

Stone Skin
1Guard
- TARGETS: Head/Body/Arm/Legs
- GUARD: blocks all ATTACKS on one PART
×3 in its deck

Howl
1Buff
- BUFF: +14 ATK for the fight
×2 in its deck