Foxgloveton
Northern ice fishers guarding a freshwater lake and a poisonous medicinal garden.
Foxgloveton sits below Lake Aranea, with racks for drying fish taller than its chapel. A walled garden cultivates foxglove under salvaged glass. The medicine steadies failing hearts, but local healers reject the southern claim that it can cure the damage of heat-working.
Vessa Rusk records annual ice thickness in cuts along the chapel stair. This year's melt exposed an older stair beneath it, with cuts continuing below the foundations. The marks suggest the lake has thawed on a schedule, not in response to weather. Villagers disagree whether to notify the marchwarden or hide the discovery from southern engineers.
A vast northern march holding the winter that other kingdoms chose not to endure.
A northern freshwater archive whose layers of ice record missing seasons.
A wooded western port of Alceria whose shrines remember the displaced.
A western shore settlement painting warnings that captains can read through snow.
Shipwright terraces built from warmwood that must never be allowed to root.
A kiln town on the eastern coast that makes vessels for carrying dangerous warmth.