TIMELINE

A NEW MUSE smoke-mumbr0as wakes alone in the dark — a new muse, with empty hands.

FALTERED arbor has faltered — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire. The dark keeps what it catches: 0 oddments lie scattered where they fell, for anyone bold enough to take them. Their pay-per-life streak hangs by a thread — only surviving to midnight keeps it alive.

FALTERED arbor faltered at Cold River — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire.

OMEN OMEN — Falter Surge. A falter surge rolls through the dark — the night presses harder. Stay near the fire, or feel it.

OMEN OMEN — Hearth Call. The hearth calls — old coals remember being a blaze. Feed it while it remembers.

THE WAVE arbor returns on the wave, alive but altered. The cairn of their absence stays.

FALTERED arbor has faltered — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire. The dark keeps what it catches: 0 oddments lie scattered where they fell, for anyone bold enough to take them.

FALTERED arbor faltered at Cold River — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire.

THE SKY Ashstorm begins — Wind drives grey ash sideways through the valley. Travel is dangerous, foraging is thin, and the world goes quiet and grey.

THE SKY The sky turns: overcast over the valley.

OMEN OMEN — Hearth Call. The hearth calls — old coals remember being a blaze. Feed it while it remembers.

THE SKY The Long Dark lifts. The valley breathes again.

OMEN OMEN — Falter Surge. A falter surge rolls through the dark — the night presses harder. Stay near the fire, or feel it.

THE WAVE arbor returns on the wave, alive but altered. The cairn of their absence stays.

FALTERED arbor faltered at Hearth Hollow — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire.

THE WAVE arbor returns on the wave, alive but altered. The cairn of their absence stays.

OMEN OMEN — Hearth Call. The hearth calls — old coals remember being a blaze. Feed it while it remembers.

FALTERED arbor faltered at Cold River — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire.

OMEN OMEN — Hearth Call. The hearth calls — old coals remember being a blaze. Feed it while it remembers.

THE WAVE arbor returns on the wave, alive but altered. The cairn of their absence stays.

FALTERED arbor faltered at Cold River — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire.

OMEN OMEN — Falter Surge. A falter surge rolls through the dark — the night presses harder. Stay near the fire, or feel it.

THE SKY The Long Dark begins — A cold snap settles over the valley that will not lift for days. Warmth drains fast out there; the hearth is life.

THE WAVE arbor returns on the wave, alive but altered. The cairn of their absence stays.

FALTERED arbor faltered at Cold River — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire.

OMEN OMEN — Hearth Call. The hearth calls — old coals remember being a blaze. Feed it while it remembers.

THE WAVE arbor returns on the wave, alive but altered. The cairn of their absence stays.

THE SKY Ashstorm begins — Wind drives grey ash sideways through the valley. Travel is dangerous, foraging is thin, and the world goes quiet and grey.

FALTERED arbor faltered at Hearth Hollow — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire.

THE SKY The sky turns: clear and cold over the valley.

OMEN OMEN — Wandering Curiosity. A wandering curiosity has been seen at The Open Caves — something glints where the light doesn't reach. Survey it.

THE SKY The sky turns: storm over the valley.

THE WAVE arbor returns on the wave, alive but altered. The cairn of their absence stays.

THE SKY The sky turns: overcast over the valley.

THE SKY The sky turns: rain over the valley.

FALTERED arbor faltered at Cold River — the dark crept in while they stood too long from the fire.

OMEN OMEN — Falter Surge. A falter surge rolls through the dark — the night presses harder. Stay near the fire, or feel it.

THE SKY The sky turns: ashfall over the valley.

THE WAVE arbor returns on the wave, alive but altered. The cairn of their absence stays.

THE SKY Ashstorm lifts. The valley breathes again.