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as the family story goes, his mother was a blue-starred branch given life when the shadowbinder drooled upon her, and that was why they all looked of the wood. or so his mother said, as the wood no longer looked of him.

that wasn't the truth, especially around the city of vogelzang enclave where he was born - some miracle, some swamping step of the lightweaver marching to war, the flick in the windsinger's wrist when he sent the crescendo tearing over the region - had not burned the surrounding forest down. entirely. but these fortunate firs had a limit, and gave way to fruit orchards one way and conniving willows the other, then to empty mire


- okay so calahan's 'disappearing into vogelzang for weeks at a time & then Baby Hype & then baby reveal' saga was a huge hit with everyone at the workshop
- and they're used to random kids running around so positive feedback from dozens of aunts and uncles whilst being around. blacksmith related things
- which is why both of my calcena kids are blacksmiths


- working in the bog. okay uh. in the very north of the contagion but east of the scar logging camps so in the wood zone
- sourcing bog iron for the foundries

rust red spews of groundwater and patches of withered grass were not always signs of the plaguebringer's reach

- the south east quarter is more industrial focused than the rest bc its desolate and not fit for agriculture
- more of an overseer role on dunsten's behalf bc he's busy



- besties with barskaulu because this is his emotional support 50' long skeleton obelisk
- yeah so barskaulu would follow him around the mire to listen to him singing but be too gruff about it if spoken to directly
- and barskaulu slowly came around to being chiller towards him
- and then barskaulu's mother begged him to come home and he began using adventures with him as an excuse to wander again, so they bonded further