The wall failed at the third bell of Crestmark's second Forgeday, and the calculation took less time than the falling stone.
Northern practice yard. The successor (Torven, named at Harvestide, announced to a garrison that had applauded while Gorrah walked back to her quarters without turning) ran the advanced rune-stability drill against the reinforced western partition. Standard exercise. The partition was Year 441 construction: rune-stabilised stone, structural rating 7, load tolerance verified quarterly by the garrison engineering corps. Last inspection: eighteen days ago. Rating: compliant.
The rune failed at the fourth junction seam.
