Yarth

Congratulations! what you have found here is your one stop shop for all your survival needs now that youve gone topside!

My name is Frank. I do a lot of travelling and my companion Edhi says I should start writing what we see down. I thought "why not do one better and make an encyclopedia for people fresh out the tunnels!" and so, I created this!

You, like I, were probably some sad sap working away their years at some desk job deep in the network, but you wanted more. You yearned for a wider world even if it meant sacrificing comfort and safety. It's never easy leaving behind everything you have ever known on a hunch for freedom, but if you're reading this you managed to pack up and claw your way to the surface. Cheers to you! Welcome topside!

Most of the rumors you heard are true, monsters, vicious beasts, broken laws of physics, dueling celestial bodies overhead that threaten all surface life. But its also a place of love, of freedom, of hope, flying vessels, floating cities, brass clouds, sol light shining in every color you can imagine over rolling fields of opalescent grasses.

How did it get this way? as with most things topside it begins with Amans the shattered one, whose corpus has seeped into the very biosphere of the world. And Venari a being residing in the shattered remains of the moon using its broken pieces like a shell around her. Two beings of unimaginable power. Their very forms are abstract like a shadow cast from another plane. Their presence alone breaking down our laws of reality and marrying them to their own. It is said that these beings have not always existed here, that Amans once nearly destroyed all of reality but was shattered into his current mindless state. Whatever the case may be these two beings, their forces, and the unravelling effect on reality they exert are known as "The Weeping" and represent the greatest threat not only to you but to all reality.

Life on the surface is only made possible by SOL a celestial body which occasionally orbits the world emitting rays of multicolored light that are lethal to the weeping, forcing them to hide for as long as Sol remains in the sky. be wary though, as with everything else on the surface Sol is unpredictable. Eventually he will "wander" away fading in the sky until the weeping can return again. if you brought any timekeeping devices discard them, day and night are random here.

This is a world torn between forces we can barely begin to understand, and your best bet is to cover yourself well to avoid being exposed to their light, and to never look up! You have so much to look forward to! its a hard life, but at least here you can say its yours. I would suggest brewing a cup of your preferred drink and pausing to read through this encyclopedia, as there are far too many things here that can kill the uninformed. welcome to the 4th age of exploration! welcome topside!

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A HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to Kris Straub for making Local 58 weather service announcement and inspiring this entire world!