Combat — The Threefold Guardians – The Boarwood Covenant

Three guardians test whether the party understands restraint: a boar of leaf, a serpent of fog, and a star-armored sentinel. The encounter ends early if the heroes make a convincing argument for renewal instead of conquest.

Three level 10 guardians designed as a linked set. Each loses one reaction when the party invokes the correct covenant principle: restraint, witness, or repair.