A handmade country

Fourteen grounds. Fourteen different memories.

The country changes material, weather, layout, work and voice—not just colour. The first eight permanent grounds form the free journey; two later grounds preview a future chapter, and four seasonal grounds return freely each year.

Start at Hollyhock Rest
Map of Dearly's fourteen cemetery grounds
Every destination has its own plate, cast, keeper and family chapters.

Permanent grounds

The road beyond the first gate.

Eight complete grounds can be restored in the free journey. Alderwake and Starling are honest previews of the later Twilight Paths chapter—not missing launch content.

Hollyhock Rest's sheltered meadow
01 · Free

Hollyhock Rest

A warm brick chapel, meadow lawns and the quick opening restoration journey.

Seaglass Churchyard above the coast
02 · Free

Seaglass Churchyard

Salt-worn stone, coastal grass and twice the coins hidden in swept patches.

Thornwick Abbey's roofless cloister
03 · Free

Thornwick Abbey

A cool, symmetrical cloister whose sheltered offerings last longer.

Willowmere's water meadow
04 · Free

Willowmere

Silver mist, reed paths and extra friendly ghosts rising from the mere.

Foxglove Fold's flowered chalk hills
05 · Free

Foxglove Fold

Folded chalk hills, foxglove banks and slow bumblebees at mauve dusk.

Larkspur Hill's wide morning sky
06 · Free

Larkspur Hill

Blue slopes, pale stone stairs and a precise hilltop layout beneath circling larks.

Bramblecross at woodland twilight
07 · Free

Bramblecross

Woodland clearings, berry-dark paths and carved wrens marking the safe turns.

Moonfen Hollow beneath mist and moonlight
08 · Free

Moonfen Hollow

Reed islands, silvered pools and a crescent footbridge over black water.

Alderwake Grove around a woodland spring
Later chapter · Preview

Alderwake Grove

A ring of alder trunks, moss terraces and green-gold light on a clear spring.

Starling Vale beneath a murmuration
Later chapter · Preview

Starling Vale

Long valley grass and lavender evening beneath a turning flock.

Returning free grounds

The year changes the country.

Seasonal progress rests safely when a ground sleeps and is waiting when it returns. There is no pass, deadline purchase or lost work.

Vernalglass Garden in springSpring

Vernalglass Garden

Pearl rain on an old bud-shaped glasshouse.

Sunmere Meadow in summerSummer

Sunmere Meadow

Buttercups, a reflecting pool and long light.

Emberleaf Orchard in autumnAutumn

Emberleaf Orchard

Copper leaves, apples and an old cider press.

Frostbell Sanctuary in winterWinter

Frostbell Sanctuary

Blue bells and snow-soft terraces.

Your first ground

Hollyhock is waiting.

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