Dawnspire

An abbey town in a dawn that never ends: limestone houses with gold domes, the abbey church with its gold roof, a bell tower, a cloister colonnade, a garden pool, and bronze sun mirrors that throw beams of dawn light across the town. The monks worship the Dawnkeeper and blind those who doubt.

The town torch

Every town has a torch on its plaza. Light it with the staff and it becomes Wick's checkpoint: a fall ends here, resting at the lit torch heals, and a lit torch is also a stop for lantern travel. Resting heals Wick, but it wakes the land's creatures again.

People

• Brother Ansel: A monk blinded for doubting the Dawnkeeper; he knew the Dawnkeeper was false. Gives a clue quest.
• Sister Odile of the pilgrims' hostel: Keeps the hostel where pilgrims sleep before they look into the light.
• Bram the candlewright: Sells candles to pilgrims, and keeps his eyes down.
• Brother Cobb, the abbey gardener: A monk who tends the abbey gardens and keeps his doubts to himself.
• A pilgrim: A pilgrim come to see the light that does not set.
• A pilgrim: A young pilgrim with a pack, walking the colonnade.
• A novice: A novice of the abbey who sweeps the bell tower steps.

Quests

• The Book of Questions (favour)
• Brother Cobb's Flowerbeds (favour)
• Bram's Beeswax (favour)
• Brother Cobb's Seed Tin (town story)
• Jessop's Copper (delivery)
• Briony's Cure (delivery)
• Bram's Candles (delivery)
• The Prism Shard (choice)

Jory the peddler turns up in every town Wick reaches, always one town ahead or one behind, full of news from the last one.