Willowmere
Chapter 8

The Long Dusk

6 creatures, from the smallest up.

Dusk Moth.

Dusk MothWings

Level
39
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Ember Light
Resists
Dark Gale
Drops
Dusk Dust, Grand Tonic, Silk Fiber, Vivid Essence, Steel Leather Trousers, Steel Headband and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
The Unspent Isles

Dusk Moths gather on lanterns that were never lit and wait, very patiently, to be disappointed. Dob Ambry says they are the evenings people wished would last. Dob is nine.

Tide Clock.

Tide ClockShells and carapaces

Level
41
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Frost
Resists
Gale Ember
Drops
Tide Spring, Grand Tonic, Steel Ore, Vivid Essence, Steel Greaves, Steel Sabatons and more
Made for
Two together
Where
The Unspent Isles

A Tide Clock keeps the tide's time and nobody else's. Wind one the wrong way and the sea goes out a little further, the ferry folk say, and they say it as if they had tried.

Hour-Eater.

Hour-EaterTooth, tusk and hoof

Level
43
Element
Dark
Weak to
Light
Resists
Dark Frost
Drops
Spent Minute, Grand Tonic, Vivid Essence, Steel Beret, Steel Gloves, Steel Ember Pendant
Made for
Two together
Where
The Lighthouse Reach

Hour-Eaters swallow minutes the way a dog swallows a dropped crust, without chewing and without remorse. They are afraid of mornings. So, if you ask them, is everyone sensible.

Drowned Bell-Golem.

Drowned Bell-GolemStone, iron and clockwork

Level
44
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Frost Stone
Resists
Ember Gale
Drops
Drowned Bronze, Grand Tonic, Steel Ore, Vivid Essence, Steel Plate Helm, Steel Gauntlets and more
Made for
Two together
Where
The Lighthouse Reach

The Drowned Bell-Golems were bells on a ship that sank with its bells still ringing. They walked out of the water still ringing them, and they have not stopped.

Notorious and bosses

Tap one to read its box. You have been warned.

Spoiler: tap to peek A boss, level 44
The Last Light.

The Last LightGiants and great beasts

Level
44
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Stone Gale
Resists
Frost Ember
Drops
Last Light's Lure, Spent Minute, Dusk Dust, Grand Tonic
Made for
A party of four
Where
The Lighthouse Reach

The Last Light has kept its lure lit out here since before anyone counted. Old Sennet says it is waiting for someone who used to row out to it with bread. Old Sennet says a great many things.

Spoiler: tap to peek A boss, level 45
The Collector.

The CollectorOddities

Level
45
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Light Ember
Resists
Frost Dark
Drops
A Mask from the Play, Spent Minute, Drowned Bronze, Grand Tonic
Made for
A party of four
Where
The Lighthouse Reach

The Collector came out of a play, the ferry folk say, and then out of a dream, and then out of the dark over the Patient's deck. It never takes more than it is owed. It has simply never stopped counting what is owed.