Editing Trussed (section)

=== Formation ===
Beings, voluntary or otherwise, who have been emplaced to keep some threat at bay, they can be Martyrs who give up their existence to keep threats away from the rest of humanity, civilization, and the world,<ref name=":2">Background: Trussed are either volunteers or forced guardians for a warding of extreme importance.  In times of crisis, the individual self-sacrifices to hold the literal door while a warding is set in place, they lure or force a threat into a hard to access area and burn the metaphorical bridges they used to get there, or trap themselves with a threat.  Others are condemned to the task, left behind by once-allies, or chosen from among their order or family.  May be Wardens themselves, disconnected from the rest of the world, and left to do their rounds, doing upkeep on a difficult warding to keep something bound.  Minor flaws in the wardings may cause leakage of influence or corruption.  Over time, the spirits of the immediate evironment will occupy the diminishing humanity.  The individual becomes a part of the warding and overstructure.  They can exist like this for hundreds of years.  Described appearance, behavior, strengths, and weaknesses are gradual things that get more pronounced as the Trussed remains in place; new Trussed are often little different from prisoners or those in solitary confinement.<br><br>Typically, if there is a Trussed, there is an enemy bound nearby.  Behind a great locked door, inside an object, at the bottom of a deep hole in the center of the room they guard.  This is often an Other, and a vile or especially dangerous one, but can be a practice run amok, something uncontrolled or capable of spreading.  In the rare case, the power or food that keeps that target Other bound has been spent, and that space is no longer occupied… but neither the Trussed nor those who keep record of them are liable to check or investigate. - [[PactDice]]: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wvukMJfW_Ci6_rsqrigpeDBhBsBqFajWmTEyL-b3XCU/edit Bestiary: Trussed]</ref> or selected by some family to keep a threat contained whether they want to or not.<ref name="Sb13.3">Brie went on, “There was another scenario, sort of related, it’s not a binding in a person, but sometimes when there’s something really awful, you get someone who drags the scary Other or the practice that’s gone out of control into an area and they lock themselves in with it.  Shut out Death itself, make themselves custodians and long-term wardens of this seal they need to keep shut.  They’ll stay there so long, cut off from the rest of humanity, so tied into the upkeep of the wards and stuff, that you get people who become one with the area.  A guy turned partially to stone, melded into the chair he’s sitting in and the floor, watching over the hole in the ground with some demon or something in it.  They’ll do it on purpose, because it’s that important, or the practitioner family will pick someone to handle it and shove them in there before locking the door.  [...] Sometimes you gotta plan for the worst case.  Sometimes you have to account for the fact you’re going to get consumed.  You aim to do one thing, like keep someone or something safe, or keep the thing that’s inevitably going to destroy you from escaping.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/08/10 Excerpt] from [[Summer Break 13.3]]</ref>

Become part of the landscape itself, taking one changes related to whom they have in their charge.<ref name=":1"/>

To take their position mortals lock out death itself.<ref name="Sb13.3"/><ref name=":4.1">'''Strengths:''' Trussed are repositories of old knowledge, including older forms of practice or older powers of Others, that they may be able to pass on.  More often, however, they are keenly aware of the threats of yesterday, that may still linger today, or be bound in the next room, a cage, or on the other side of a covered painting or mirror, that they work to keep locked up.  When people venture into the realm of these unfortunate souls and Others, it is often to get a clear record of key events, people, treasures, or Others that may have re-emerged or that are necessary to solve a puzzle. - [[PactDice]]: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wvukMJfW_Ci6_rsqrigpeDBhBsBqFajWmTEyL-b3XCU/edit Bestiary: Trussed]</ref><ref name=":4.2">Trussed are resilient, and keenly aware of specific details of their environment.  Responsibility and time have lent them great power, even as time may have eroded the finer knowledge of practice or their Other abilities.  As such, there is a chance (perhaps one in three) that they retain some powers, with supreme puissance.  This is often warding practice- a push back, an ability to have the walls creep in and absorb those nearby, or the ability to submerge the environment, plunging everything underwater.  When these powers aren’t evidenced, expect them to still be able to trample and override practice and bear monstrous strength.  They do all of this while barely moving or moving very slowly, and make up for it by being incredibly tough- not that many would want to kill the guardian that is keeping that dark door across the room shut. - [[PactDice]]: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wvukMJfW_Ci6_rsqrigpeDBhBsBqFajWmTEyL-b3XCU/eit Bestiary: Trussed]</ref>

They would be set up to keep a [[demon]] contained or practice run rampant, such as [[horror]]s.