[accordion id="9cd22de7f9159ae355761a4cfe6b978e" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Lottie has been in Winsome Woods for the past ten years, assuming ten double cycles of two seasons equals a year. She‹³›s learned many spells but has reached the limit of what the Winsome tree can teach her. Nothing she‹³›s learned so far offers an escape. Surely, someone beyond the arrival stone is looking for her.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Lottie: a witch who‹³›s been trapped in Winsome Wood since she was ten years old.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Jag: the most recent arrival in Winsome Wood. He didn‹³›t know the spell that would let him out of the arrival stone enclosure in time to avoid the automated spell his arrival triggered. Now he is stuck there as well.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Winsome Woods supplies everything its inhabitants need. That‹³›s fine if you like to be alone, are comfortable with one hectare of space, land limited to a few animals and one human, and don‹³›t mind the memories from before your arrival being a blank.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="5f708cae4807a8bda33a274ff70783ab" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

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[accordion id="9cd22de7f9159ae355761a4cfe6b978e" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Milla returns from hunting for anything that would add to the limited supplies needed to cross the desert. What she finds is her family‹³›s overturned, looted wagon and scattered blood. The desert stretches between her and the land grant her family was to claim. One piece of paper is all she has to keep her moving forward.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Milla: seventeen-year-old girl with a land grant to claim and the death of her parents to avenge.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Varm: dragon. Driven into the desert half dead, he‹³›s not making friends anytime soon.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Hope glimmers beyond the dunes. The journey from here to there demands stamina, determination, and the enemy of one‹³›s enemy.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="5f708cae4807a8bda33a274ff70783ab" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

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[accordion id="07ca88d2e4e73441bb1efd6ad3d607a5" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Moekaff learns the teamster trade. The routes are dangerous and the vehicles need constant maintenance. As a result, teamsters don‹³›t always return, and after a year are presumed dead. There are rules for scavenging abandoned rigs.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Moekaff and Uzzon face the hazards of the routes together, returning as often as they can to Moekaff‹³›s family farm.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Moekaff: child apprenticed to a teamster.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Uzzon: Teamster who was available to take Moekaff as an apprentice when the father did not return from the long trail.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Castoe is a desert planet. It suffered a world-wide epidemic which reduced its population to such a point that it could no longer meet its export contracts.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The administration of the planet put extreme measures in place. All the men became teamsters to move goods to transport sites. All women handled the desert farms and production. Three-year-old male children were apprenticed when they reached the age of three. They are known as scrappers.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹¯›nbsp;‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="ed0e8bf55c7dff3c5e2beccf44b06bbb" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

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