Introduction: When a murder happens, the Reeve is called. When a natural death occurs, the Dedicated is summoned. And when the weird makes a man a corpse, a Warden of the weird comes to town. Weirdens are charged with maintaining the harmony between the mundanes and the creatures of the weird. In the case of a mortality, it is the duty of the weirden to seek justice if it is required and prevent vengeance if it is not. But when a young weirden arrives in a town with a bloodied past and a fresh body, such a duty may not be welcome. A cozy-adjacent, dark folkloric mystery novella with a deaf hero, LGBTQ+ representation, and a love for navigating cultural interfaces. Inspired in part by Fullmetal Alchemist, Mushi-shi, Twin Peaks, Arrival, and Inspector Gamache, our story takes place in an isolated but cozy forest village in an arcanepunk world鈥?pdates on the second Thursday of the month....