Brighten Up

Deep underground in the ruins of Telurea, life marches on for the Delvans. As weeks turn to months, the unrelenting darkness of the caverns begins to take its toll: unnatural anxiety and exhaustion creeps into many elves, along with slowly-spreading dark spots on their skin, and those with blossoming find their glow dulled or even extinguished entirely.

The culprit is anaelios, an illness long known but rarely seen in sun-blessed Delverne. As the cases grow and worsen, Delvan authorities cobble together a rough solution: the construction of a 'sun bath', where a spell of concentrated lumether can act as a miniature sun for ailing elves. The 'bath' is quickly built in the remains of a wine cellar, where the intact walls can hold the light in. Explorers are tasked with scavenging as many reflective items as possible to help amplify the light, while mages fill old crystals with lumether. 

When it is finally ready, the sun bath looks like a glittering magpie's nest - walls covered in polished metals and glass, and shining crystals in the middle refracting brilliant light all around. It's crude work and nowhere near to real sunlight, but it is thankfully effective at staving off the worst effects of anaelios. Soon, people are lining up - chairs and mats in hand - to get their doctor-prescribed dose of brightness for the day.

Features: Light elves with anaelios symptoms, helping with construction, sun-bathing in Victorian Swimwear