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, Twin Peaks, Arrival, and Inspector Gamache, our story takes place in an isolated but cozy forest village in an arcanepunk world…...