You Can't Go Home Again

The Children of the Wild have done something to Dora's mind. It's not working right, and she can barely remember who she is, let alone why she's away from home.But the rich, complacent town of Nursim needs her: a powerful Wilder has strayed into town, and her motives are unclear. Worse, Rel, Dora's only friend in town, has a vision of the future that threatens to reignite the Realmwar...Any scientific expedition to the Arctic expects plenty of risk. However, Dr. Welham of Miskatonic University's survey uncovers far more than the usual geologic and ethnographic samples. In the severe, rock-scouring blizzards of the far north, the team comes across a hideous object from an elder age. A relic that brings earth shattering terror in its wake...  This story is loosely inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's short story, Polaris, which was written in 1918. In that story, a modern man is troubled by recurring dreams, gaining in intensity. During these visions, he assumes the role of a sentry guarding the pass against the invading Inutos people from the west. However, under the malign influence of the pole star, the watcher falls asleep. This time, when he awakes, screaming, the sentry wakes as a modern man and realises that he has failed the marble city of Olathoe in the lost land of Lomar.