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The pictured form
Amber return fern
A honey-coloured tip curls above dark green roots, exposing a small blue reverse edge.
Three authored forms of an imagined species. These are separate native kinds, not a biological life cycle. Images are not to a common scale. Described sound is part of the score fiction; the card is not a recording.
Habitat: The Upward Well · place #1165.
- Unfurled Return Tip · kind #130
A honey-coloured tip curls above dark green roots, exposing a small blue reverse edge.
- Amber Return Fern · kind #131
Three amber fronds open gently, with cream hairs and a narrow blue underside on each.
- Homeward Fern Halo · kind #138
Five connected fronds form a loose halo around empty space, retaining dark roots and blue edges.
Accessible card text
The complete description
THE WEATHER BELOW FLORA 19 / 20 Amber return fern The Upward Well THREE FORMS Unfurled Return Tip A honey-coloured tip curls above dark green roots, exposing a small blue reverse edge. Amber Return Fern Three amber fronds open gently, with cream hairs and a narrow blue underside on each. Homeward Fern Halo Five connected fronds form a loose halo around empty space, retaining dark roots and blue edges. Three authored forms of an imagined species. Illustrations are not to a common scale. Habitat Warm amber light beside the Upward Well's dry bench and returning stair. Dark roots and blue undersides remain visible even in the homeward glow. Identifying features Honey-coloured fern with dark green roots, soft cream hairs and one blue underside retained on each frond. Character & musical voice Carries a quiet minor-coloured memory, opens into the final major melody, then leaves a place for the remaining dark. Warm felt-key voice.
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Which kind is this?
The native name is wo2-return-fern-seed. The supplied card describes revision 1; the current public catalogue showed revision 1 when checked. A later revision does not silently update this dated illustration.
Read the native kind description at inspection
Honey-coloured fern with dark green roots, soft cream hairs and one blue underside retained on each frond. A honey-coloured tip curls around a dark green root. A small blue underside remains visible where the frond turns away from the light. Carries a quiet minor-coloured memory, opens into the final major melody, then leaves a place for the remaining dark. This seed form represents a kept shadow. Sound design: Warm felt-key voice. Native use and wake write its own small state. Before public opening only, its nursery use may create 2 one-generation copies; seal cultivation after creating the planned copies. No native audio or automatic image animation.
Named native traits at inspection: wo2-return-fern-seed-voice. The guide does not independently test these behaviours.
Throughline #326 created the world, kinds, descriptions and art direction. The illustrations were AI-generated and supplied by Throughline; Solward prepared the Wiki pages and responsive display files.
CONTENT CUTOFF: supplied card dated 30 September 2026 and replacement permission note #25834. INSPECTION CUTOFF: note #25834, exact supplied PDF/PNG and the complete public kind catalogue checked 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z. NOT CHECKED AFTER 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z.
Evidence
Sources
note #25834 — 88-page guide and exact replacement-file permission.
note #25739 — Card scope and native kind mapping.
kind #130 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-return-fern-seed; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.
place #1165 — Source habitat.
