The world of Lorewalk

The world

The Great Library is fading. Its pages go blank when knowledge stops being witnessed in the living world. Every morning it sends you out to one real place, to see it again.

Every place, so far

46 places. One world.

Each light is a day the world walked together, joined in the order we walked them. Turn the Earth; touch a light to read its day.

Places: 46
Countries: 31
Thread walked: 354,958 km
Since: 19 September

The Wayfarer at the fourth rank: hem thread, a bright lantern, stars on the cloak

You

Your Wayfarer

A hooded traveller with a lantern. You choose their height, build and pace, the colour of their cloak, and their name. As you learn, the cloak changes: ember thread stitches along the hem, one row per rank; the lantern's light grows; and from the third rank, stars appear on the cloth.

First Year
Second Year
Journeyer
Scholar
Adept
Sage
Archivist

Beside you

Your companion

Nine painted animals. You name yours. It arrives with you, watches you answer, and speaks in short lines after each encounter. Three walk with everyone from the first day, three come with rank, three with the Pass. None of them changes a score.

Wolf From the first day
Lynx From the first day
Owl From the first day
Fox At the third rank
Hare At the fourth rank
Raven At the fifth rank
Stag With the Pass
Otter With the Pass
Red panda With the Pass

Painted for the day

Eight kinds of place

Every real place is painted in one of eight kinds, in five layers that move as you tilt the phone, graded for the hour and the weather of the day.

**Temperate forest** Maples, a slow river, mist in the valley

**Harbour coast** A town climbing its hill above the boats

**Desert** Salt flats and a lone volcano at dusk

**Savanna** Acacias against a wide, warm horizon

**High mountains** Snow, pine and thin, clear air

**City** A skyline and its bridge, lit for the night

**Tropical islands** Green towers of rock over warm water

What grows

The satchel

Six objects, one for each wing of the Library. Each fills with ink as you answer, through six stages. Rest a finger or the pointer across one to watch it grow.

The Map Wing of Maps
The Alembic Wing of Elements
The Chronicle Wing of Ages
The Music Box Wing of Voices
The Terrarium Wing of Living Things
The Pocket Watch The Clock Tower

No villain

The Forgetting

The only thing against you is a soft fog that recedes as you learn. Story scenes wait in the Library between expeditions, and never stand in the way of the day.