when hope and peace begin to fray
Know that daybreak is not far away
Evie had first noticed them on her morning run. Given the darkness of pre-dawn, the glow had been particularly easy to spot - and once she’d quickly identified the plant and realized it was not a new species, Evie had spent the rest of her jog frowning to herself. Know that daybreak is not far away
Reports came in quickly after that, the phenomena noticed by hunters and farmers alike. She’d had to wait until after the workday was done to investigate, but now she and Deimos have plenty of time to try and decipher the mystery of the flower before them.
Kneeling in the cold early foliage of the Greenwing, Evie uses one gloved finger to caress the glowing petal of the Frostbloom. “Nothing ever changes around here without being a concern,” she mutters mostly to herself. If it were simply a new species she would be less suspicious, but clearly it’s not. “It’s too widely spread a phenomena to be something related to one patch of soil or some kind of local magical interference.” She shivers at the cold surrounding the bloom, frowning harder.
Evergreen
