Of Mice and Mandrakes - Part One

Attained through pattern-walk, led by Rubes when beyond Amber's no-fun radius, the earth underfoot has been replaced by hard rock. Vegetation has shifted to scrub and hardy lichen. Gravity is stronger, the air is thinner. The uphill climb will become more challenging. At the top, it's a precarious vista to feast upon. It's calamitous. The scope might be difficult to take in all at once, but beyond is the world's tectonic plates shoved so dramatically that they tilt at 45 degree angles. They crisscross in half-shattered collections, between which occasionally fall boulders the size of villages and lakes of lava that could drown such. The earth groans and grumbles in torment.'.
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