Bone Seekers

TLDR: Sprawling and charitable ossifiers, bone reclamation scavengers, and the revered devotees of the Ossiflower

Omens

1. A fresh Bone Seeker acolyte named Marna-lange struggles to reclaim an ivory-colored lamppost at a street corner in this little five points. It is their first assignment as a Bone Seeker and they are very anxious.
2. Three anointed Bone Seeker Inguinalistas are attempting to collect a debt of bones owed by a formerly prominent but now-disgraced noble of Bastion. The Inguinalistas have begun incantations of ossification, but the noble is attempting to awake the primal nature of their borrowed bones to resist.
3. An old, venerated Bone Seeker Claviclast is diagnosing the sudden ossification of a young innocent. The Claviclast relays that the bone sprouts came on quickly and without Bone Seeker involvement — that he knows of or admits. It will not be long now for the little one unless something is done soon.
4. Two brutish Bone Seeker Triquetral Quisitors wander aimlessly as their brain matter solidifies. They are tethered by a dense lattice of bone that creaks and snaps as they wander. Each ossified sinew quickly reforms after it breaks. One of you knows one of the Quisitors by name.
5. A prayer ad blasts from an overhead zeppelin, asking for donations from Bastion citizens of this particular borough. The sick and dying are promised a prominent spot in a soon-to-come holy place known only as the Bone Garden — if they donate half of their in-use bones.
6. A titanic structure — The Ossiflower — looms over the borough, erected out of the bones of Bastion-folk as a landing place for the vengeful skeletal form of an ancient, titanic, winged saurian beast. It has returned after years of exile in The Underground to wreak vengeance on the arrogant noble that rules this borough. The noble slew the great beast in mid-flight to the Seventh Moon during the height of a lavish New Year’s party, interrupting its millennial migratory pattern. The beast’s rage cascades over innocent and guilty alike.

Rumours

1. The Bone Seekers mean well and are capable healers, but an ancient curse causes their touch to bring corruption more often than not.
2. The only trustworthy member of the Bastion City Council is an ancient, solidified Bone Seeker woman who commands a cadre of sprite-spirits.
3. The Bone Seekers once had an island off the coast of Deep Country in the Iron Sea with a massive throne made of giant’s bones, but that was swallowed by a great whale and no one’s been there since.
4. The graves of Bone Seekers are always empty if you dig them up. Their bones sink into the Underground and reform into monstrous abominations.
5. The Bone Seekers are just a bunch of archaeologists that like to dress up and do silly voices and rituals.
6. The Ossiflower is a beacon for something in the sky. You can see the twinkling light orbiting the construction site at night.