The World of Halidom

The towers control the rain. The ground keeps the stories. And somewhere between them, a secret waits—one that could reunite a divided world, or destroy it.

Above the Cloudline – The Ten Towers

• Tower of Halvex (Central Spire): Once the beating heart of the sky system, now named by its usurper. The seat of the Council and the story’s central lie.
  “Not the oldest. Just the loudest.”

• Thessa’s Crown: A spiraled tower near the cliffs. Known for air-coded signals and shell chimes.
  “When the wind sings, the sea listens.”

• The Ember Spire: Copper-skinned, fireproof. Built over ruin.
  “They say it can’t burn again. We don’t test it.”

• Valeheart: Fortified, cold, authoritarian. Hidden exits, strict silence.
  “If a storm comes, this will be its mouth.”

• The Needle of Sarin: The quietest tower. A blade of steel and signal. Listens to the stars.
  “It hears what others won’t admit.”

• Glassmere: Blazing white and furnace-fed. Birthplace of glass, panels, and mirrored power.
  “Where sunlight is melted into memory.”

• Tarnspire: Mirrors the sky, never speaks truth.
  “A reflection with no memory.”

• Wellsend: Short, pulsing, alive with blue geothermal power.
  “Where the steam heals and children float.”

• The Archive Pillar: The Council’s info fortress. All records locked.
  “The truth isn’t lost. It’s shelved.”

• The Ascendant Fang: First tower built. Cracked, patched, enduring.
  “Obsolete only to the forgetful.”

• The Lost Spire: Not officially on any map. Flickers in the mist.
  “If you see it, it’s remembering you.”

Beneath the Cloudline – Rooted Villages & Landmarks

• Ashgrove: Beneath Ember Spire. Home to riggers, rope-singers, and Jax.
  “Where soot and story share the same air.”

• Stillmere: Floating village under Tarnspire. Rafts, stars, and puddle-readers.
  “You don’t trust the mirror. You watch the ripples.”

• Mossmere & Underfern: Beneath the Needle. Mist and bio-glow.
  “Where fog remembers and roots hum.”

• Stoneveil: Below the Ascendant Fang. Central hub of the Rooted.
  “If the towers are ribs, this is the heart.”

• Canopy Reach: Hidden in the trees below Valeheart.
  “We hear before they march.”

• Echo Vault: (below Archive Pillar) Analog memory archive. Rhythmic storytelling.
  “We don’t write truth. We dance it.”

• Wellsend Baths: Healing spring pools warmed by geothermal veins.
  “No one floats alone.”

• Singing Ledge: Carved cliffside homes under Thessa’s Crown.