The Shrouded Fens

Category: Story

  • Ink, Dust and Memory

    Main:Gwynviène Avenloré, Lord Thamior Avenloré (through letters), Serenne Illistar Other:Lord Elovain Avenloré, Lord Caladien Avenloré, Naerira Aelestine Celeste, Lady Velarienne Avenloré Where:The Library, Astravayne When:Present-day Evergild Era, Theme:Legacy, secrecy, family, love, betrayal, identity, unearthing the past Summary:When Gwynviène Avenloré is tasked with sorting an old box of misfiled documents, she uncovers a hidden thread of…

  • A Glance, a Trade, a Beginning

    The ducks wove like thread through the market at Kiln Green, trailing laughter behind them as children shrieked and scattered, chasing one another with willow sticks wound in red and yellow cloth. One duck hopped up onto the stool beside Lowen’s stall, peering at the cloth lining their display basket as if it too might…

  • The Colour of Dawn

    Main:Gwynviène Avenloré Other:Aurenne “Ren” Avenloré, Lady Syraëlle Avenloré, Lord Caladien Avenloré, Panvier, Éliane, Tharanne, Nicéon, Sylvérian Avenloré, Aestrelle Avenloré, Lord Theridian Avenloré, Lady Virella Avenloré, Lady Celarienne Avenloré, Lady Lineia Avenloré, Lord Tavian Avenloré, unnamed staff and townspeople Where:The Palace of Vaevessaire and its surrounding town and forest When:Present-day Evergild Era; early summer Theme:Illusion and awakening, privilege,…

  • Elowen’s First Morning in Gilden Reach

    Gilden Reach had the smell of heated brass and morning bread. The stone under Elowen‘s boots was warm already — not from sun but from use, paths worn smooth by handcarts and apprentices in thick aprons. It wasn’t bustling exactly, but it breathed. A quiet, working rhythm. She breathed with it, or tried to. The…

  • The Scholar and the Spire

    Main:Lady Syraëlle Avenloré, Lord Caladien Avenloré Other:Lady Velarienne Avenloré, Lord Thamior Avenloré, Caladien’s brother, unnamed cousin from House of Steel, Sylvérian Avenloré, Gwynviène Avenloré, Aurenne “Ren” Avenloré Where:The Library, Astravayne, various diplomatic summits and gardens When:Several decades before the present day; the early adulthood of Syraëlle and Caladien Theme:Love vs duty, inter-House conflict, legacy, intellectual…

  • The Unwritten Line

    Main: Lord Elovain Avenloré, Thessaly Thessairen Other:Lady Selvarithe Avenloré, Thane Thessairen, Marin, Talin & Branwynn Thessairen, Eran, Tressa, Lenna, Thess Where:The Library, Kellack Wheal When:~70–90 years before the present day; spans generations Theme:Love and loss, family manipulation, forbidden relationships, erasure, legacy, rewriting, reclamation Summary:Before he became The Living Manuscript, Lord Elovain Avenloré was simply a scholar…

  • The Arlens

    The Arlens of Tellerwick are a long-established human family within the upper administrative tiers of the Realm, most closely associated with the House of Coin. Though not of noble blood, the Arlens have long been respected for their precision, reliability, and subtle social influence — a family whose strength lies not in charisma or power,…

  • A Glimpse Into the Foss Household

    A Typical Evening Elowen and Old Foss spent their evenings in the home, the quiet ‘tink’ of metallic hammering, Elowen used their fireplace to heat the metal, her workbench to the side with shelves on the walls for ring mandrel, small jars of stones, coils of silver wire, a wall rack for various hammers, pliers,…

  • The Unveiling of Lady Velarienne

    Main:Gwynviène Avenloré, Lady Velarienne Avenloré (in memoriam) Other:Lady Syraëlle Avenloré, Lord Theridian Avenloré, Lord Riven Cormarn, Lord Commander Darrek Volric, Master Cyrion Belleran, Siran Dravenor, Warden Juniper Bryrehart, Magister Syvran Illistar Where:The gardens of The Library When:Present-day Evergild Era, Theme:Legacy, remembrance, power, restraint, matriarchal influence, quiet rebellion, generational change Summary:As the noble Houses gather at…

  • The Weight of a Name

    Main:Gwynviène Avenloré, Lowen Foss Other:PanvierPanvier, unnamed lesser fae Where:Outskirts of Lindral Citadel, on the road to the outer wilds of Gildraen When:Present-day Evergild Era, shortly after Gwyn and Lowen begin traveling together Theme:Privilege, names and identity, perception, inherited legacy, quiet reckoning, humility Summary:Far from the Library’s familiar corridors, Gwynviène Avenloré finds that her name—once a…