From the travelling collection of
The Mystical Caravan
The Reliquary · Cabinet Catalogue
Danger level
Item R–1781–186The Bell of the Hidden Road
A curious black bell whose chime calls an impossible road shaped by the deepest desire of whoever rings it.
- Classification
- Path-calling ritual bell
- Origin
- A coven beyond a village surrounded by ancient woods
- Estimated date
- Unknown
- Collection status
- On display
- Materials
- Black metal; ritual enchantment
- Condition
- Intact; occasionally answers a distant chime
The Curator’s record
The bell is not to be sounded. If a road appears near its case, visitors must disregard every object, door, whisper, or familiar voice found along it.
Provenance
Elowen removed the bell from her coven and rang it without the required candles, circle, or completed song. The road it called offered forbidden knowledge until the way home disappeared. The coven found only the bell at the forest edge; it later passed from hand to hand before reaching the Caravan.
Observed activity
Three chimes can reveal a silent, moonless road that offers whatever will keep its traveler walking. After the bell rings, a distant answering chime and a woman repeating the final verse of a song may be heard.
The Tale of this object
The Bell of the Hidden Road
Season 3 · Episode 07In tonight’s story, we follow a coven that knows of a road hidden from ordinary eyes, a road said to lead toward whatever the traveler desires most. But when one young witch grows impatient with ritual and warning, a single bell may open a path she cannot close.
Enter the Tale