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+type: npc
+role: "Gate Guardian"
+location: "[[Ashpeak Caldera]]"
+alignment: True Neutral
+race: Earth Elemental Myrmidon (enhanced)
+---
+
+# Stonewarden
+
+## Overview
+
+An ancient earth elemental bound by the First Sages to guard the [[Gate of Stone]]. It does not sleep, eat, or tire. It has tested every being that has sought passage through the gate for 3,200 years. It speaks in slow, grinding Common — each word like rocks tumbling down a slope.
+
+## The Three Trials
+
+| Trial | Type | DC | Description |
+|-------|------|-----|-------------|
+| Strength | Athletics | 18 | Hold open a collapsing stone passage for your companions to pass |
+| Wisdom | Perception / Insight | 16 | Navigate a maze of shifting stone illusions; see the true path |
+| Sacrifice | Roleplay | — | Give up something of genuine personal value (gold doesn't count). The Stonewarden knows a lie. |
+
+If all three are passed, the gate opens peacefully. If any are failed by violence (attacking the Stonewarden, destroying the trial mechanisms), the Stonewarden fights:
+
+- **HP:** 200 | **AC:** 20 | **CR:** 14
+- Use **earth elemental myrmidon** (MToF p. 202) with max HP and lair actions (stone spikes, cave-ins, grasping stone hands)
+
+## Aftermath
+
+The gate opens regardless of method — but if the Stonewarden is killed, the [[The Hand of Ruin|Hand of Ruin]] is alerted by the magical backlash. The party loses the element of surprise for Arc 3.