Sunlit Meadows
Green meadows, waystones and old ruins around Bellwether, where every journey starts.
Foes here
Lands
The world is seeded and streamed: rivers, roads and bridges carry across every border, and a world code lets a friend walk the same landscape.
The Violet Vale
Giant pink mushrooms on violet moss, and Asterfall’s lavender streets beneath its observatory.
Foes here
Cinder Canyon
Terracotta terraces and fire arenas around the inn and forge of Emberveil.
Foes here
The Rose Shore
Rose walls, koi lakes and blue water around Sunmere, where a flower is not always a flower.
Foes here
The Lantern Fen
Stilt houses, willow tea and lamplit water around Reedwake, with an archive sunk under the lake.
Foes here
Amber Afterlight
Orange woods at an endless sunset, where wandering spirits drift and the Unfinished Tower stands.
Foes here
The Pale North
Snowfields and frozen standing stones, and the den of the White Howl.
Foes here
The Last Crossing
Dark floating islands past the Long Bridge, on the road to the Winter Gate.
Foes here
Villages and residents
Every resident walks their own street, has a story to tell under Chat and often a quest of their own.
Bellwether
Quiet houses around a square, and an inn that has waited seven years for guests. The bell has hung silent since the roads closed.
OrinSouth Bridge keeper
MallowUmbrella seller
PipHost of the Lantern House
GustavPost office manager
KapaStreet sweeper
Reedwake
Houses on stilts above a dark lake, with the Drowned Archive at the bottom. The road lamps were extinguished by royal order seven years ago. Tarn still fishes from his dock.
IoneKeeper of the town records
TarnFen provisioner
NeriFen ferrywoman
LumaMaster Lamplighter
MiriWillow tea brewer
MossRoadside gardener
Asterfall
A lavender town under an observatory, its sky hidden by smoke from the Ashglass Mine. Sable, the royal astronomer, watches two lights over the Empty Castle.
SableThe king’s astronomer
OsierAsterfall’s herbalist
MarcusOwner of the Sand Arena
StepashkaChampion of the Sand Arena
Sunmere
Rose walls, blue water and garden ponds that dried up after the roads closed. Sunmere is still known for its equipment makers.
BrassSunmere outfitter
BimOrin’s apprentice
SumiPond poet
TsuruHarpist and Lamplighter
AkaiPaper-boat courier
HanaVisiting her sister
Emberveil
Ochre terraces surround an inn and forge. Seven years ago the Kiln Keeper took the town’s coal to the foundry, leaving Cinder without fuel for her work.
CinderInnkeeper and smith of Emberveil
MiraStreet musician
TopaBaker
SaffronTraveller, passing through
BanoBanana merchant
RepikVegetable gardener
Wandering spirits of Amber Afterlight
They drift through the amber woods instead of keeping a street, and stop to talk when you come near.
Spirit of LeavesWandering spirit
Spirit of DewWandering spirit
Spirit of Quiet WindWandering spirit
Dungeons and caves
Each one ends with its own guardian, and each guards something the road needs.
Dungeon · First ring
The White Stair
One ivory floor above the clouds. A Keeper guards the South Bridge key here; side rooms hold supplies and secrets.
Cave · First ring
Echo Cave
A branching limestone cave where the Keepers dropped the South Bridge’s chain. Sound the three numbered chimes in order, then follow the light out; side chambers hide supplies.
Dungeon · Second ring
The Drowned Archive
Reedwake’s old Archive, now at the bottom of the lake. Two flooded floors lead down to the Archive Keeper, who guards the Road Book and half of the Long Bridge key.
Dungeon · Second ring
The Unfinished Tower
Two floors of bare scaffolding, with a pair of daggers at the top. The Keeper of the Twin Winds guards them and blows a gale down the south road “until further orders”; his crossing cuts leave little room to stand still.
Dungeon · Second ring
The Empty Castle
A silent courtyard, a flooded garden and an empty throne.
Dungeon · Second ring
Emberwell Foundry
Two furnace halls beneath Emberveil. The Kiln Keeper burns the town’s coal here, casting locks for every bridge “until further orders”.
Dungeon · Second ring
The White Howl’s Den
A snowfield beneath frozen standing stones. The White Howl dragged the northern mailbags here; frost hares and rime rams guard the way to his den. In battle, the beast fights through three phases.
Cave · Second ring
Prism Hollow
A long amethyst cavern with five answering chimes. Past the last chamber, the Geode Warden, who covered every signal mirror “until further orders”, guards a returning crystal disc.
Cave · Second ring
Mushroom Chapel
Deep mushroom halls. Five lanterns mark the way to the Mushroom Queen. Spores from these halls have reached Emberveil’s square at dusk and cut Mira’s songs short.
Cave · Second ring
The Glowroot Grotto
A long underground watercourse near Sunmere. Its dam controls the stream that feeds the small ponds. Five lanterns mark a route through flooded chambers and root tunnels to the Rootkeeper and his bow.
Dungeon · Second ring
Rookshade House
The Count’s shuttered house above Reedwake. For seven years, bills bearing the king’s name went out from here. Three floors lead to the Count’s chamber.
Dungeon · Second ring
Ashglass Mine
The mine above Asterfall. Under the old order, its furnaces burned for seven years, hiding the sky in smoke. Cooling pipes lead through two levels to the Ashglass Stoker’s chamber.
Dungeon · Beyond the Long Bridge
The Winter Gate
A narrow road crosses dark floating islands beyond the Long Bridge. At the Winter Gate, a guard holds the chains that can lower both bridges again. He still follows the old order to close the roads.
Trials and landmarks
Trial · First ring
The Bell Run
An old trail near Bellwether that nobody has run in seven years. Touch five golden echoes in order before the last note fades; no entry fee, retry freely.
Landmark · First ring
The Open Stair
A shallow grassy bowl where the guards still drill “until further orders”. Walk down the gentle slope, step into the blue ring and defeat both waves.
Landmark · First ring
The Listening Arcade
A long curve of ivory arches. Dash through each seal while it glows; a small reward waits beneath the last arch.
Trial · Second ring
Mothlight Circuit
Fire-moths circle this clearing in the fen. Follow the five drifting lights in order; patience and a well-timed dash will help.
Landmark · Second ring
The Blue Circle
A ring of blue pillars high above the smoke. Light its signs by dashing through each as it glows. Its beam points towards the castle.
Landmark · Second ring
The Amber Causeway
Oversize steps and doors built for giants, in the amber woods where travellers caught on the roads that winter still wander. Dash through each seal while it glows.
Landmark · Second ring
The Patient Orchard
The Lamplighters hung the road lanterns in these trees for the winter and never took them down. Catch five lights before they fade; each one gives back time and breath.
The bridges
First ring
The South Bridge
The ivory bridge on the southern road, down in the clouds for seven years. Take its key and chain to the bridgehead to raise it and cross into the south of the outer ring.
Second ring
The Long Bridge
A violet span pulled down into the cloud sea, on the road to the far north. Its key is in two halves, in the Drowned Archive and the Empty Castle; bring both back and the bridge will rise.
