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Gatehouse
Duty Rosters, Visitors, and the Last Normal Day
The small gatehouse smells of cold lamp oil, damp wool, and old paper. Pegs beside the door still hold rain cloaks and signal horns. A narrow desk faces the gate, its open ledger weighted down by a chipped stone mug.
The gatehouse handled visitors, keys, wagon entries, and basic security. Its records are mundane, which makes them useful: the camp was still receiving supplies, logging crews, and ordinary freight shortly before the silence.
No check is required to establish that normal traffic declines sharply four days ago and then stops. The final entries are not written like the records of a closing camp.
A character who spends several minutes cross-checking the duty roster and wagon ledger can attempt Society or Perception DC 15.
Success: Several workers who should have been off-site are still listed as present, while no corresponding departure is recorded.
Critical Success: The last guard on duty began a note about a second ground tremor and an order to restrict nonessential traffic, but the sentence ends halfway across the page.