Branch passage 1
The Map That Screamed
While removing another imaginary kingdom from Veyr’s living map, Ilyra hears thousands of voices crying out beneath her knife.
Branch passage 2
The Harbour Facing Nothing
The harbour at Veyr’s western edge has always faced the sea. This morning, it faces a black absence where the horizon should be.
Branch passage 3
A Compass Made from Moonbone
A stranger offers Ilyra a compass carved from moonbone, but its needle points towards whatever the world has forgotten.
Branch passage 4
The Ship Beneath the City
Following the compass below Veyr, Ilyra discovers a ship buried beneath the city — and hears someone knocking from inside its sealed hull.
Branch passage 5
Her Name Upon the Hull
The voice inside the buried ship belongs to someone who knows Ilyra’s name — and claims Veyr was built to hide her.
Branch passage 6
The Last Drop
The ship gives Ilyra one drop of water from the vanished first world, and every map in Veyr begins drawing the same door.
Branch passage 7
When the First World Returned
The first world returns through the black door, carrying a familiar face and a warning that Veyr is already beginning to vanish.
Branch passage 8
The City Chooses Its Tide
The black ship did not rise cleanly; it climbed through Veyr’s foundations in a groan of tearing saltwood, and the harbour water poured uphill…