At Haltcross Hamlet's corner shrine, halfling caretaker Poppy Windle tends icons of Thraia, Verda, and a wayward tide-goddess alike -- treating every traveler's faith with exactly the same quiet respect.
Haltcross Hamlet's safety rests on a patchwork volunteer watch -- and Aldren Vaile, a former Brightcrown soldier turned guard captain, is the steady hand that actually holds it together.
Every morning at Haltcross Hamlet begins with Bram Hollowdrum's handbell -- the dwarf town crier who turns dry grain prices and bandit warnings into the one performance the whole crossroads shows up for.
Haltcross Hamlet's five peoples keep an uneasy, functioning peace -- and Reeve Ottoline Quicktally, tallying every grievance as carefully as every coin, is the patient gnome who makes sure it holds.
At Haltcross Hamlet's crossroads inn, Marta Stonewell enforces the one rule that keeps a cosmopolitan trade hub from boiling over: leave your grudge at the door.
The knights caught the whole ghoul pack that slunk toward Edgewood decades ago -- or so the songs say. One got away. Patience is a ghoul's only virtue.
It's still small enough to fit inside a hollow oak. That's exactly why nobody's found it yet.
The prettiest flowers in the Weald don't need water -- just someone close enough to grab.
Four arms, one purpose: hold you still until the third claw finds its mark.
The birdsong stops first. Then the wind goes still. By the time you notice the silk, you're already caught in it.
A shipwreck, a haunted lighthouse, an abandoned farmstead, and a Bullywug warlord guarding the shore. Beacon of the Brine gets a full revision with updated maps, characters, and monsters plus a full PDF download!
Small, fast, and stubbornly reliable, Nella Lightfoot carries Edgewood Garrison's dispatches to Greenbranch and Brightcrown and back -- and knows shortcuts through the Weald she's never told the garrison about.