It’s taken a lot of work, and a lot of time, but my first Age, Fahets, is finally open to the public.

Hopefully the pumps will continue working and keep the Age dry. Sophie is still fine tuning the pumps, so there will be some changes there over time.

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A forum topic has been set up so that explorers can report any issues that may arise, a specific topic has been set up for Fahets which can be found here: Fahets Topic.

It has always been a goal of mine to create worlds, it has been since I was but a child. I grew up and studied the arts, in a bid to have the means to create detailed environments in which people could visit an explore.

I was of course confined to traditional means, photography, painting, sculpture and the like. One of these paintings was the above “Tre’Merktee”, the place of poisoned waters. An experimental piece I did back in 2002 I believe, inspired by the works of Roger Dean and the DRC photos coming out of Teledahn. The painting takes its name from the place that Kerath was apparently banished to in D’ni.

My arrival in D’ni however renders a great deal of my previous work moot, no longer do I have to settle for paintings and drawings. With the Art I can craft the worlds that would take the person into the worlds that I imagine.
Not only that, but due to the very nature of the Art, the way that a concept evolves and progresses naturally, it means that whilst I can Write the worlds of my imagination, they can take on their own nature and surprise even myself.

And as I gaze over this old painting of mine, I realize what my pen will next Write…

Unfortunately the video lost some of the quality in the transition, I’m not one who usually uses the video gear and Sophie was busy with the water pump.

The following is about 5 minutes long and is a rather weighty 30mb in size.

She tells me we may have something to put in the Age tomorrow if we’re lucky (by lucky she means if she pulls an all nighter).

Currently work is hindered by a bout of thick fog, which has made it hard to see more than a meter in front of oneself, not to mention the dank musky smell and taste it leaves in your mouth.

My focus during my return has been to the wildlife that has grown remarkably quickly in the Age. The most curious of these plants are some strange pods (that I have named Norapods) that have grown, akin to cigars in shape. They have a mottled blue/yellow coloured skin which at first appears firm, but when touched you can feel that they are softer inside. We cut one of the ones near the Link in point open to investigate further, the inside was indeed a lot softer, juicy one might say, which a structure that reminds me of a tomato. We took the top half back to be tested to see if it contains anything dangerous.

As a result I’ve decided to head back up with Sophie and search some other areas of the city to see if we can find anything.

I’m worried there may not be anything left after being plundered by Gehn and other explorers. At this point I’m thinking we need to look to the lake and the private islands there, although I don’t think we’ll find any in K’veer.

I’m just waiting for Sophie to meet me here at the Ferry Terminal before we head up.

The constant rain had filled up the area surrounding the Link in point, it’s now several feet deep, as a result dormant wildlife has flourished, growing all over the place.
Unfortunately the Roseleaf tree we had implanted into the Age had not been so lucky, the ground it was planted in became so water logged it had nothing to cling to and toppled over and slowly died.

We spent the day looking over the basin, and constructing some wooden decking that we’re thinking of extending out into the rest of the Age, the problem being the rest of the Age is blocked at the moment thanks to the wildlife so we’ll have to look over that.

Seeming that there is technically not that much to sort out, we should be good to release the Book for the Age soon. We just need to run some tests on the wildlife, and we can always release the Age in stages and just allow for visits to the initial Link in point.

A lot of the ground has fallen away taking the well with it. Thankfully the the Link in point was still in fairly good shape.

I don’t think the Age is going to be safe to visit for a while.

The rumbles continued to increase both in frequency and volume as the afternoon went on. Cracks started to appear around the edge of the well and the fissures that riddled the ground were emitting an increasing amount of steam.

At about 7 o’clock there was a sharp ear splitting cracking sound and we witness part of the ground give way, a crack had made its way towards the camp. I risked approaching the area that had given away, getting as close as I could, the heat coming from the hole was immense. I didn’t have to look over the edge to know what was below, the tell tale orange glow told me it was lava.

We decided to gather everything up, and not a moment too soon, as we packed there was a violent shudder in the earth that threw us to our feet, the entire earth continues to shake nonstop and we witnessed the cracks in the ground expanding, snaking their way towards us.

Sophie was the last to leave, she said as she put her pack on and prepared to link the ground started to give way and lava started spewing up.

We were lucky.

Sul has been shelved for now, it’s to dangerous for the Age to be released. We’re going to see if we can observe the Age over the next few days or weeks to see if it settles down.

The question is, what caused this? Was it the construction of the well or was it something else? Until I can return, I’m not going to be able to answer that.