Local tales say the hearth stones were quarried from a seasonal seam where four tiny ley currents meet; this is why embers are slow to die and pumpkins glow with faint runes in autumn. The Four Seasons Forest itself is rumored to be stitched by an ancient druidic covenant that keeps each patch of woods clinging to its own time of year. Lunga—farther along the passage—is a place where seasonal boundaries thin, and travelers claim that in certain clearings you can step from frost to bloom in a single stride. The 'Seasoned Knot' is whispered to be comprised of those who study and trade in these seasonal seams: weather-weavers, seed-sorcerers and those who would sell a false autumn to a lord for coin.