Year of the Mer

· YEMI ·

Amber Lake was named for the way the sun sometimes reflected perfectly on its surface. It was known to glitter a blinding gold at a magic hour, and this cloak of brightness was said to shield the magic makers of their world from prying eyes.

The evening Yemi and Nova arrived, however, was deluged.

The steel-gray sky had opened up and unleashed a violent torrent of rain, slowing their last hour of travel to a crawl as they sought shelter in the abandoned and burned-out ruins of old structures dotting the countryside.