The Well Read Avatar
Those of us that enjoy decorating and styling homes likely have -- well let's call them "patterns". I certainly find myself going through the same checklists and steps on each new plot.
Oddly I work on the landscape first. This might be a holdover from when paintings were a part of my real life and I always filled in the background before adding the main players. I typically work on a room at a time with no particular order there. Along the way there are the details, the small items that make a living or working space feel like -- reality.
Books and magazines have almost always been a part of those final touches.
The newly released Dirty Rat - The Hidden Shelf is perfect for historical period and fantasy builds. Checking in at 3 land impact it comes in both PBR and legacy (this is legacy using PBR viewer).
In the quiet back corner of Sam Blackwood's office stands a worn, unassuming bookshelf. It's easily overlooked, intentionally perhaps, as though meant to fade into the background. Yet once noticed, its presence is impossible to ignore.
Old, faded books line its shelves, their titles barely legible, whispering of long-forgotten stories and unsolved mysteries. Beside them lies a heavy antique key—its purpose unknown, its lock undiscovered. Sam never mentions it, but such keys rarely find their way into a detective’s collection by accident.
At the center sits a deep crimson porcelain vase. Untouched by time, pristine, yet strangely unsettling. It feels like a silent witness, an observer of secrets Sam has deliberately omitted from his reports.
These items might appear insignificant to some, but in Halcyon City, every small detail matters. Every object holds meaning, every clue brings weight—especially to a detective who never truly lets go of any case.
What stories hide within these silent relics? What truths await discovery?
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