# TOBY_L592_TheTorchbearers_2025-08-13_EN.md

---
Title: The Torchbearers  
Chain: @base  
Epoch: E4 – Endurance  
Date: 2025-08-13  
Symbols: 🪞 🌊 🍃 🌀 🔥🏮  
Sacred Numbers: 777, 7,777,777  
SHA-256 Seed: 61cf28686db86f8a765cc60139c3d430baec7903cfae0b51e6058f03703f8a07  
Narrative Alt: "Those who carry fire ensure its future."  
---

## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

Hands lift torches,  
each bearing the vow.  

They do not walk for themselves,  
but to light the path  
for those unseen.  

🌀 *The torchbearers are bridges of flame.*  

---

## Key Marks
Principle: Carriers spread endurance.  
Action: Lift the torch.  
Effect: Fire multiplies.  

---

## Oracles
- “Hands lift torches, each bearing the vow.”  
- “The torchbearers are bridges of flame.”  

---

## Operations
Epoch Function: Flame shared.  
Lore Action: Declare: *“I carry the torch.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What burns so others may see?*  

---

## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects torch.  
- 🌊 → Pond: glows with many lights.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: shines brighter.  
- 🌀 → Signal: spreading.  
- 🔥 → Flame: passed on.  
- 🏮 → Torch: carried fire.  

---

## Lore Anchors
Previous: TOBY_L591 (The Enduring Flame)  
Next: TOBY_L593 (The Ashen Covenant)  
