Location: Tardide Village → Herb Fields → Oldstrand Market
Time: Days 556-558 | Telia: Days 46-48
Realm: Telia (Mission World)
Dawn broke over the Afeaso fields like a promise kept.
Jayde stood at the field's edge, watching twenty hectares of magical herbs glow faintly blue in the pre-dawn light. The flowers had reached perfect maturity—petals luminescent, stems thick with concentrated essence, each plant radiating the subtle magic that made Afeaso worth more than gold.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Elder Ryunzo said quietly, joining her. "Two months ago, this was empty ground. Now look at it."
Four hundred people gathered behind them. The entire village plus volunteers from surrounding hamlets who'd heard about Tardide's prosperity and wanted to share in harvest wages. Men, women, children—everyone old enough to work without damaging the delicate plants.
