The West Gate

The Northern Pale Track

TRAIL · 9 days · brutal

Destination dragon: The Unnamed of Pale Wood

The central challenge

The Pale Wood bends light and names. The walker must keep a written name in their pocket and read it aloud at each leg, or risk forgetting their own.

The Unnamed of the Pale Wood does not have a name because no one has lived long enough to ask one. Carry your bell. Carry your names. — P

What the air will be
L1warm
L2warm
L3warm
L4warm
L5chill

Today\u2019s air, taken at noon. Tomorrow\u2019s air will be its own.

The Legs of the Walk

  1. LEG 1

    Out the West Gate

    warm

    road · 1 stop · civilization

  2. LEG 2

    Threadwall Road

    warm

    road · 1 stop · junction

  3. LEG 3

    The Pale Edge

    warm

    trail · 1 stop · woods-edge · unsettling

  4. LEG 4

    Into the Pale Wood

    warm

    trail · 3 stops · deep-wood · memory-bending

  5. LEG 5

    The Unnamed's seat

    chill

    threshold · 1 stop · threshold · the-unnamed

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