As the golden rays of the sun spread across the sky, casting warmth over the bright blue heavens where white clouds drifted like lazy sails, the bustling life within Redwood Town stirred to motion.
Both the inner and outer walls teemed with activity. It had been just a month since Kaelor arrived in this strange new world, and already the scars of wilderness were giving way to the first breath of civilization.
Within the inner wall, timber frames rose like skeletal monuments to progress.
Those with even the faintest grasp of architecture guided the construction of key buildings, a sturdy workspace for the Leather Armourers, a place for the Armour Tailor, and rows of humble dwellings to house the growing number of settlers.
Beyond the walls, in the open expanse of the outer fields, over fifteen women worked diligently in the rice paddies, their dresses soaked at the hem, arms moving rhythmically as they nurtured the tender stalks.
