From the travelling collection of
The Mystical Caravan
The Reliquary · Cabinet Catalogue
Danger level
Item R–8782–376The Watcher at the Edge
A burlap-headed scarecrow whose changing gaze warns whether danger approaches from the field, the forest, the farmhouse—or the observer.
- Classification
- Agrarian boundary guardian
- Origin
- An abandoned pumpkin farm
- Estimated date
- Unknown
- Collection status
- On display
- Materials
- Burlap; straw; old coat; worn trousers; faded shirt; broad hat
- Condition
- Standing; orientation changes without handling
The Curator’s record
Placed at the edge of the collection, where its orientation is checked before anyone investigates disturbances beyond the lantern light.
Provenance
The Watcher was raised after a farmer harvested the final pumpkin traditionally left at the edge of the field. It stopped the movement beneath the patch and watched the routes of unseen things crossing between field and woods.
Observed activity
Its head or entire body turns toward the location of a threat. Furrows appear near its feet, leading either toward or away from the Caravan. If it faces the observer, withdrawal is advised.
The Tale of this object
The Watcher at the Edge
Season 3 · Episode 02In tonight's story, we journey to a lonely farm where an old harvest custom is broken, and something beneath the pumpkin patch begins to stir. Before the next moonrise, a silent watcher must be raised among the vines, but whether he was made to keep something out of the field, or something far worse from getting out, has never been entirely clear.
Enter the Tale