Lore

Gartua

Deep in the Maw, there is a place called Gartua that opens wide, exposing a tapestry of night sky. Here the ground becomes a bridging sprawl through an unfathomable void.

Where the Maw opens wide, exposing the night sky
Where the Maw opens wide, exposing the night sky

The Expanse

The expanse is magnificent in its display, but also an organism of hunger. There are many accounts of wanderers stepping off the walkway and plummeting into the abyss without a single word uttered. Without a trained mind and without the proper utilities, like that of the Hawthorn wreath, a traveller is slowly consumed by its beauty.

The ground becomes a bridging sprawl through the void
The ground becomes a bridging sprawl through the void

Mother, offer me your disguise. The wicked deep has many limbs, and many disks from which it sees.

The Hawthorn Wreath

Distance

Gartua has a peculiar aspect. The distance travelled within does not match the distance outside. The domain connects corners of the world in ways that should not be possible.

Order

Yet its impossibility is oddly logical. Its openings and closings are as predictable as the doors of one's own house. Under the proper conditions, and with a balanced draught of the flower, the thresholds always reveal themselves in the same positions.

Study

The continues to explore and map the system, using the tunnels to travel The Far Country and to study Gartua, in hope of uncovering its purpose and exact mechanisms.

See also

The Maw · The Hawthorn Wreath