The Leywoven Atlas: Vol. I–III

Excerpt from the Preface to Volume I: The Foundations of Flow

"Magic does not sleep beneath our feet—it hums, coils, pulses. The land sings to itself in a tongue older than stars, and it is through the leylines that this song moves. To chart a leyline is not to capture it, but to momentarily walk in rhythm with its will. As birds know wind and rivers know stone, so too must we learn to listen."

Volume I: The Foundations of Flow

This foundational volume charts the early discoveries of consistent ley currents through Mythralune’s surface layers. Through scrywork, resonance stone mapping, and direct attunement by druids and mages alike, the first named leylines were verified:

• Thistlecradle Leyline:
  Discovered beneath the Lilted Vale, this leyline was the first to be named following the Tri-Principle of Manifestation—location, resonance, recurrence. Known for its deep emerald glow and subtle floral aura, Thistlecradle is tied to cycles of renewal and the proliferation of life. The druids of Honeyknell Hollow were the first to note that saplings near its flowline exhibited sentience within a year of growth.
• Emberthroat Leyline:
  The Emberthroat Leyline was identified beneath the molten crusts of Embergarde’s western calderas. It thrums with volcanic breath and passion, altering the behavior of local fauna and forging phenomena in unnatural patterns. Weapons quenched along Emberthroat's path have retained enchantments without runic etching—implying the leyline itself may shape will into permanence.

Volume II: The Tangled Heart

This installment shifts focus to the complexity of overlapping leylines and the instability they may produce. Notably, it introduces speculation of leyline sentience and begins to hint at deeper mysteries.

• Hollowstar Leyline:
  First felt rather than seen, Hollowstar is the only documented leyline that induces disassociation in those who walk near its deep nodes. Found within the Underdark reaches below central Mythralune, its presence manifests through unnatural silence and flickers of lost memory. Attempts to fully trace its path have failed; it seems to collapse scrying circles after prolonged exposure. One passage notes, "We did not leave the Hollowstar. It let us go."
• A fragmentary report suggests the existence of an unmapped convergence—a place where Hollowstar briefly brushes against an unnamed ley-thread believed to carry celestial residue. Its validity remains contested, but the scars left in the psyche of the surveyor, one Arillian Vos, are well-documented in the appendices.

Volume III: The Edges of Knowing

This controversial final volume explores partially mapped leylines, ephemeral strands, and their theoretical interaction with extraplanar currents.

• Seasinge Leyline:
  Running beneath the coastal cliffs of Virellia, the Seasinge Leyline is named for the faint silver foam that appears when moonlight reflects off waves in its proximity. Said to heighten prophetic dreaming and emotion-based casting, this leyline is viewed with both reverence and caution by the Deep Canticle. Their hymn-keepers warn that overexposure causes dream bleeding—where one’s waking self becomes displaced in the dreams of another.
• Auracle Leyline:
  Barely accessible without airwalking or griffon-back traversal, this leyline winds above the Skyvault Peaks. It hums audibly to those attuned to bardic frequencies and seems to echo back thoughts spoken aloud. Bards and oracles who’ve camped near it report spontaneous breakthroughs, visions of forgotten languages, and insight into the minds of distant kin.

The final chapter alludes to a mythic leyline referred to only as “The Vein Beyond Silence,” a theoretical thread that vanishes upon contact with speech or writing. No map exists. It is said that to truly know its shape is to forget it.