Eleventh Candlemark of Dianara
Brightening 2, First Cycle of Immanis
Winter of Era I of the Celestine Mandate
Era XV Post Fractum
Paradigm: Winter
Fainne woke from her first sleep in Demios with a pleasant sigh. Far from disturbing her sleep, the wind rattling the windows of her cozy little cottage had been comforting ambient noise. Her bed was quite comfortable, more so than her little cot above the restaurant in Portshire, and the stove in the living area was able to provide heat to most of the petite abode. Fainne still needed slippers to walk across the chilly stone floors, but perhaps that was something she would pick up from a store later.
Now that she was done traveling, it was time to relax. She realized yesterbrightening that in all her hurry to leave Portshire and start life anew in Demios, she had forgotten to celebrate her own birthbrightening! The 50th of Kalendryas had passed without Fainne batting an eye, and now here she was, 20 Ordinations old and without any cake or presents to show for it. What kind of celebration was that?
To make up for it, Fainne decided to take a walk around her new hometown. Exploring was one of her greatest loves, after all, perhaps second only to cooking. There was no greater treat for Fainne than to get acquainted with rows of shops, to find hidden alleys and back doors, to happen upon a long-ago lost location. So she set out from White Lily Cottage, which was in the northern part of the residential district, and made her way towards the mercantile district. Shops selling jewelry, clothing, pets, and--was she reading that right?--spiders lay in wait.