The temperatures around Vertiline are cooling off a bit, bringing some relief from summer heat. But don't get too excited. This kind of cooling off usually heralds coming rains, and it's no different hear. Over the course of the evening, a steady rain begins to fall, covering the ground from Eider to Sabatier. The rain will continue through the ( Read more... )

Vertiline's weather is absolutely beautiful now that the storm has passed. Spring storms bring flowers, and this one is no exception! Wildflowers cover the countryside and children scamper up and down the hills surrounding Ardel, picking flowers to make daisy chains. In Eider, people make elaborate decorations with moss and delicate saplings. ( Read more... )

Welcome, Vertigoers! As some of you have suspected, the now clear road does indeed lead to more places to explore! It is a long journey, but never fear, there are shelters on the way, as some characters have already discovered! Let’s hear about these places, shall we?

Hande is our first location ( point 4 on our handy map!). Hande is a trading ( Read more... )

The storm raged hard for days. The wind blew through Eider, Ardel, and the Temple grounds, leaving leaves and branches of debris everywhere. Two days after it started, it seemed to die down, before starting up once more and knocking down some of the trees which weren't as strongly rooted in the ground ( Read more... )

Dark clouds lay scattered low in the sky as the sun began to rise. Slowly, it lit up the clouds from below. Navy and violet clouds gave way to pinks and oranges, but nothing was so striking as the way the sun seemed to set fire to the rest of the sky. It was a beautiful, but uncommon sight in Vertiline, and it made many of the villagers of Eider ( Read more... )

The fog comes on little cat feet.

It sits looking over harbor and cityAs the sun began to set in Vertiline, a hush seemed to fall over the land. The birds in the trees went silent, and some even cocked their heads to the side as if listening to something. The wind slowed to a gentle breeze, no longer rattling the leaves of the trees. Even the ( Read more... )

What’s this? The locked door near the Temple’s audience hall is now open! It seems someone quite forgot to open up the library. How terribly stupid ( Read more... )

With the cockatrices dead, its victims return to normal ( Read more... )

More statues have appeared, scattered along the paths to Ardel and Eider. The locals are finally overtly showing their concern, careful only to walk in groups of three or more. They've become jumpy. There are no more children playing outside, and the windows and doors of all the houses are shut tightly, bits of smoke from the chimneys the only ( Read more... )

Life continues as normal for another day. A few new statues have appeared on the road to Eider, and there is even one in the jungle that surrounds the temple, though there are none inside the temple complex. On the road to Ardel, a woman and her young child weep near the shattered remains of a statue. The woman, tears in her eyes, scatters ( Read more... )