The Seventh Tide

Cautious, obsessive, driven by the need to prove the New Land is real; trusts her prosthetic readings more than people

Determined to follow the fragment’s map beneath the eastern gyre, despite realizing the signal is a countdown.

Charismatic but sleep-deprived, increasingly unsure whether his visions are prophecy or madness

Shaken after recognizing the submerged structures from his visions and being told by the fragment that he saw them before.

Garrulous, superstitious, greedy enough to take risks but loyal to anyone who saves his crew

Terrified and reluctant, but trapped aboard his vessel as the gyre opens around the submerged ruins.

The Seven-Pulse Signal

Eira discovers the signal is a countdown connected to a spiral structure beneath the eastern gyre, and her prosthetic warns that the seventh tide has not yet begun.

The Speaking Lunar Fragment

The fragment projects a map, reveals the word OPEN, speaks directly into Eira’s mind, and claims Klain encountered the submerged site before his dreams.

Klain’s Impossible Visions

Klain recognizes the black shoreline and submerged bells from his visions, but the fragment’s accusation that he saw the place “before” casts doubt on the nature and origin of his dreams.