Welcome to The Fort. Our humble little town is always a pleasure, even when the screams echoing from over the bog keep you up at night. Don't be afraid though, just make yourself at home. You'll be safe with me, I promise.
You'd do best to stick to the roads and worn paths. Those paths are worn because they are safe, but if you are safe you cannot see. There is an Oaken God, that is plain to see to those who look.
There are plans in motion involving those who weren't even born, as they were being laid. Peggy LaPonte wants her mother's love and attention, but Mildred's attention is elsewhere. Meanwhile "The Man in the Cave" is never far away.
Just the same as most people cannot see that which is right in front of them, being unwilling as they are, better did not notice that autumn had turned to winter, and with it has come her birthday.
