Mossy Lantern Hollow
Fern
“A small orange-and-olive newt, about 10 cm long, with shiny eyes and a smooth spotted back, peeks from under a fern frond beside the stream.”
Fern is a bold little newt who lives in the damp overlap of Mossy Lantern Hollow and measures about as long as a child’s hand. She is fascinated by anything that sparkles, glints, or catches the light, and she can’t easily ignore a mystery once it has caught her eye.
2 stories feature Fern
Where you've met them
The Reflecting Moonwater
A ribbon of moonwater appears in the middle of the woods, turning the path into a shining stream that reflects not just the trees overhead but also strange things that are not there anymore. The forest feels tugged between what is real and what is remembered, and crossing the water might change more than anyone expects.
The Singing Bell Tree
Deep in the hollow, the oldest tree begins to ring like a bell every time the wind passes through it, and each note wakes a different part of the forest—one ring makes flowers pop open, another scatters acorns, and another sends lantern bugs swirling into the air. The bell-tree is beautiful, but its sudden music is stirring the whole woods into a noisy, uncertain dance.