The World of Avlis

In the early dawn, a pair of young bright-eyed Nanshi twins scramble down the ladder to the Summerleaf Farms, where the sunny break in the vast canopy of T'Nanshi is broken to streams of pink sunlight over the fields.

"I've got the berries today!" The younger (by 30 minutes) shouts as she scrambles to beat her elder to the edge of the forest.

"Li, LI [

Derwin is in a sour mood. His younger cousin has come visiting from Elysia.

"Why do her parents lavish hers with all the cool toys? Ugh, she came here bragging about her brand new dress and her armored reindeer plush and her chocolates which she REFUSES to share. Ugh! And she lives in some lavish out of town manor with their little flower gardens an [

It's early in the morning, the pink in the sky reflecting off the fluffy clouds as a young halfling scurries on bare feet about the farm. He has a big basket of already-picked berries and tsks at a stray chicken that's wandered too far from the comfort of its pen and peers.

"Tat tat, Rex! Old girl, you know the forest's not safe!"

The young hin chase [