Aethelgard: Rootbound
Book 1 · The Dying Roots
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Page 1 · The Dying Roots
Title illustration. The immense World Center Tree towers beyond mountains and a bright, forested valley, with waterfalls and small settlements below. Aethelgard: Rootbound. Book 1. The Dying Roots.
AETHELGARD: ROOTBOUND. BOOK 1. THE DYING ROOTS.
Page 2 · Sylva’s Reach
Ancient woodland in Sylva’s Reach. Mountains and small settlements lie among the trees. A waterfall feeds a clear river, and wildlife rests in the peaceful forest.
Sylva’s Reach. For ages, life in Aethelgard has flourished beneath the World Center Tree.
Page 3 · Beneath the forest
The view descends beneath forests, rivers, mountains and settlements into the vast underground root network. Deep below, one enormous root has an unhealthy dark patch spreading inside it.
Silent page.
Page 4 · The first fracture
A natural Root Vent connects a deep root cavern to the surface. Something below cracks. Strange grey mist creeps upward through the vent. In the final small panel, a woodland bird suddenly takes flight.
KRRK. A bird takes flight.