Book One
A world worth walking through.
Book One begins at the edge of a wide, changing world shaped by balance, memory, and the choices people make for one another.
Every road changes the people who walk it.
Meet the characters, explore the old places beyond the settled roads, and discover the questions that shape the world without giving away where any journey leads.
What the world holds.
A few places and people at the heart of the setting.
Village lifeCraft, food, trade, and the small duties that give a journey its reason to begin.
The old roadsForests, marshes, and forgotten routes where travelers still exchange news and help.
The GrowersUnderground farmers whose meals, customs, and patience are part of an older way of living.
Elven memoryLong-lived guardians who carry histories that most human towns have forgotten.
The WayfarersWitnesses who preserve what happened, even when the truth is difficult to keep.
The WastelandAn ancient, unsettled region whose ruins remain a source of wonder and unease.