Timmy’s journal · thread I

Where the road led: new places, flights and firesides.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking Cold in Deathknell

I came to myself at Shadow Grave in the pale light of dawn, and I paused a while to take in the view of the place. A little later I reached Deathknell, still under that same dawn sky, and the village and its crypt became my first bearings in Tirisfal Glades.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking Cold in Deathknell

Dawn light lay over Tirisfal Glades when I first took in the view of Shadow Grave. I paused there a moment, the air cold and still around me. Not long after, I came down into Deathknell, the little village still gray with morning.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking Among the Dead at Deathknell

The dawn light found me at Shadow Grave, and I paused there a while to take in the view. It was a cold, strange place to begin again. Not long after, I came down to Deathknell, still under the pale dawn, and the little village became my first footing in Tirisfal Glades.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking Dead in Deathknell

Dawn light, thin and grey, met me at Shadow Grave, and I stopped a moment to take in the sight of it before moving on. Not long after I came down into Deathknell, where the air was cold and the crypt-keepers went about their work. It was all new to me, and I walked it with the careful steps of someone still learning her own bones.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking in the Crypt at Deathknell

The dawn light over Tirisfal Glades was thin and cold when I first took in Shadow Grave. I stood a moment and simply looked at it before moving on. Not long after, I reached Deathknell, the little village with its crypt and chapel at the base of the hill.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking in the Crypt at Deathknell

Dawn was thin over Tirisfal Glades when I first took in the view at Shadow Grave, and I paused a moment to let it settle on me. A little later I came to Deathknell, the village whose crypt had been my waking place. The light was pale, the air cold, and I felt no warmer for it.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking in the Crypt at Deathknell

I came to myself at Shadow Grave in the pale light of dawn, and I stood a moment just to take in the sight of it. Then I made my way to Deathknell, where the dawn was still thin over Tirisfal Glades. The air was cold and the place was quiet.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking in the Crypt at Deathknell

Dawn light was thin over Tirisfal Glades when I first took in the view of Shadow Grave. I paused there a moment, simply to look. Soon after I came down to Deathknell, still under the same pale dawn, and the little village became my first footing in this new, cold existence.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking Cold in Deathknell

I came to myself at Shadow Grave in the pale light of dawn, and I stood a while just taking in the view of Tirisfal Glades. Then I made my way to Deathknell, where the dawn was still thin over the crypt and the village.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking Among the Dead at Deathknell

The day began at dawn in Shadow Grave, in the Tirisfal Glades. I stopped a moment to take in the view, the cold light thin over a place I had no memory of arriving at. Then I made my way to Deathknell, a village I had never seen, and found it waiting for me.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking in the Crypt at Deathknell

The dawn found me at Shadow Grave, and I stopped there a while just to take in the view. The light was thin and pale, and I am still learning what it means to stand in it as one of the dead. A little later I came down to Deathknell, a village of the Forsaken in Tirisfal Glades, still under the same early light.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking Among the Dead at Deathknell

The day began at Shadow Grave in Tirisfal Glades, the light of dawn thin and grey over everything. I stopped a moment to take in the view, and the place settled into my memory. Not long after, I came to Deathknell, still under the same pale dawn, and learned its name as I walked in.

Day 1 · September 28, 2026

Waking Cold in Deathknell

The first thing I knew was Shadow Grave, and the dawn light lying pale over Tirisfal Glades. I stopped a while to take in the view. There was little else I could do but look; everything was new, and I was cold, and I did not yet know why.

From there I made my way to Deathknell, where the dawn was still thin over the hill and the chapel waited at its base.