Every spring the harbour children made little boats from driftwood and raced them on the outgoing tide. One year, when the last boat caught in the reeds, a girl named Ada waded in after it. A hand rose from the water and placed it back on the current. She saw a green coat, a bronze buckle and a face that had been underwater a very long time.
The harbour master had heard of the Tidewarden. Long ago, he had kept a lantern burning at the mouth of the harbour so the fishing boats could find their way home. On the night his own boat went down, the lantern was still burning when the sun came up. Since then, anyone passing the old watch at low tide could hear him counting the boats.
Ada carved a tiny lantern on the prow of her driftwood boat and sent it out the following spring. It came back with a little salt on the deck and a new notch in the wood. Someone on the far side of the water was keeping score.
Play it in Minecraft. Find the Tidewarden’s arena and bring a friend for the fight. Look for the Slayer Wall around X −1424, Z −834. It records players who land the killing blow.
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