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The Archive

Stories from below.

Fragments recovered from the roots of the tree. Each one is complete in itself, and each one can be kept. Read to the end and mark what you have found.

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  1. I

    The First Root

    Before the branches, before the eclipse, a single root went down into the dark to find out what the dark was made of.

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  2. II

    The Veil Between Worlds

    A cartographer tries to map the boundary where the tree's shadow ends, and discovers that the boundary is mapping her in return.

    5 min readRead

  3. III

    The Unwritten Path

    At the edge of the Abyss a path begins and immediately ends. The tree explains why it was left that way.

    4 min readRead

  4. IV

    The Hollow Choir

    Below the eighth step of the unwritten path, the Abyss is not silent. A listener goes down to learn who is singing.

    5 min readRead

  5. V

    The Eclipse Keeper

    The eclipse above the tree never moves. Somebody makes sure of that, and she is very tired.

    4 min readRead

  6. VI

    The Thorn Gardener

    The thorns of the tree are not an accident. One patient gardener has been deciding where each one grows.

    4 min readRead

More pages are still buried. The Archive grows as the world does.