MERCYREACH
A LIVING SETTLEMENT INSIDE THE FOREST
Rootmere’s larger neighboring settlement: retained trees, wet stone paths, workshops, homes and working routes woven into the old forest.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1, Part 5
LEARNING HOUSE
YASMIN’S MORNING WORLD
A working school of tables, shelves and old timber arches—where Yasmin’s private experience begins to outrun shared time. It remains the setting of Part 6.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1, Part 5
The route into Mercyreach opens the chapter’s wider social world: communal pickup, education and the places where ordinary life continues alongside new uncertainty.
MERCYREACH HUB
THE SOCIAL HEART OF MERCYREACH
LEARNING COMMONS PICKUP ROUTE
THE MORNING ROUTE INTO MERCYREACH
The communal route where home life meets the wider settlement and students begin their day together.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1, Part 5
ORUN HOUSE
WHERE THE EVIDENCE IS FIRST ASSESSED
A covered Mercyreach threshold where Old Marreth begins ordinary checks on evidence that will not behave as ordinary evidence.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1, Part 4
WHERE THE DAY GATHERS
LEARNING COMMONS
A shared educational center of practical rooms, gardens and covered walks, built into older Rootmere construction.
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First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1, Part 5
FOUNDATION HOUSE
LEYA’S FIRST SCHOOL ROUTINE
The smaller learning house for younger children, carrying ordinary routine forward while the family’s wider concern remains offscreen.
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First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1, Part 5
LEARNING ARRIVAL COURTYARD
THE RECEIVING EDGE
The broad courtyard where the communal route arrives and learning paths divide toward the houses beyond.
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First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1, Part 5
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