Brackenwake
Concept illustration of The Wisp Lanterns
Concept art

Wild country · The Saltmarch and the Thousand Isles

The Wisp Lanterns

The deep fen at night, lit by will-o'-wisps that move as you move.

A closer look

At the threshold

In the deep fen, distance is measured in small lights. They shift as the watcher shifts, drawing the eye past the next stand of sedge. The landscape gives no obvious sign that distinguishes a promising direction from a hungry one.

Concept notes for the illustrated atlas. The setting and its details may change as the world develops.

People and discoveries

Wisps that lead to drowned treasure or to a bog crawler, and no way to tell which

A planned rule of this place

Follow a wisp and it leads true one time in three; the eel family sell a lantern that shows which colour lies.

Keep wandering

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