Netherese

Citadel of New Horizons

Builders raise a citadel at the edge of the known world and leave gates for worlds not yet imagined.

Green auroras rise from the chasm and cast shadows on the stars.

Blue obelisks breathe at dawn, and the city measures time by their shadows.

Glass towers grow from ash fields and remember every fire that made them.

Rain rises from the earth and waters cloud orchards above the mountains.

Empty stars are moored like ships, waiting to be filled with myths.

Copper giants sleep upright while cities are built in the shade of their shoulders.

Mages gather storms in glass reservoirs and sell weather to desert towns.

A broken sun hangs over the world in three pieces, casting shadows in three directions.

Glowing fungi form constellations that never appear in the actual sky.

Astronomers hear constellations being born and record their names in silver books.

A stone titan froze above the abyss, and cartographers built their monastery on its wing.

Whales rise from the sea as translucent arches, and the ocean floor is visible through their backs.