The The Starlight Grove

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Twilight’s Grove is the southern-most of the three commonly known portals between Tyrwingha and Twilight’s Grace. It is located in the northern slopes of the Tyrwinghan Hills near the source of the Llanfen.

In Tyrwingha

On the Material Plane, the Grove is a small clearing hidden within woodland. Wild grapevines sprawl untidily across fallen branches, old stones, and the lower trunks of trees.

It is always dusk within the Grove.

The light inside does not match the hour outside. The treetops remain murky and difficult to see, and the clearing is filled with muted shades of silver, violet, and dusky orange. Small lights drift slowly downward from the canopy like fireflies or falling stars.

The grapevines often grow leaves of silver or dark orange, and some bear both upon the same stem. Their fruit ripens at no predictable season.

The place feels both neglected and protected. Local travelers know it as somewhere easy to become lost and unexpectedly fortunate to find.

In Twilight’s Grace

On the Feywild side, the Starlight Grove opens into a larger and carefully maintained vineyard garden.

The same silver and orange vines grow there, but they are trained along elegant trellises and arranged in deliberate rows. Low walls, shallow channels of water, and narrow paths divide the vineyard into graceful patterns beneath the permanent dusk.

The drifting lights are brighter here, moving among the vines and gathering beneath the treetops. Distant pavilions and garden walks can sometimes be glimpsed through the rows.

The contrast between the two sides is striking. In Tyrwingha, the vines have escaped cultivation and become a wild tangle. In Twilight’s Grace, they remain part of an ordered and intentional landscape.

Crossing

Those who pluck and eat a ripe grape may cross between the worlds.

The transition is usually gentle. The fruit tastes first sweet, then cool, and for a moment the traveler seems to stand within two twilights at once. The air shifts, the distant sounds change, and the other side of the Grove settles into place.

Tradition warns that only grapes which seem ready to be taken should be plucked. Unripe grapes, or those hidden beneath thorns, may lead nowhere at all.

Silver grapes are said to make the crossing feel cool, quiet, and clear. Orange grapes are said to taste warm and bittersweet. Both lead to the same place, although travelers frequently insist that the journey feels entirely different.

On emerging in Tyrwingha, travelers first notice the smell of damp earth, leaves, wild grapes, and distant woodsmoke. Depending on the wind, they may hear a sheep bell, a village bell, or someone singing far beyond the trees.