Timeline: Story Arcs
Three arcs of fan-made story. All dates are given in the fan timeline's own terms — this is fiction, not history.
Arc 1 — First Foam
The Awakening
Foam gathers at the foot of the Great Falls and refuses to lie still. The mist sprites name it White Water Power. Full story in Lore.
The First Run
Whit runs the Rushing Tine end to end: outruns a heron (barely), surfs Split Rock's standing wave on the first try, loses a fight to a boulder. The dent in the foam crest becomes a medal.
The Quiet Reach Lesson
Old Eddy teaches Whit to sit still for one full minute in the glassy pool. It takes four attempts. Whit calls it "the hardest rapid I ever ran."
Arc 2 — The Damming of the Tine
Damstone Rises
Damstone, a silt-and-stone spirit, begins stacking boulders and silt across the Tine above Split Rock Canyon, slowing the current to a crawl. Whit's foam starts to settle — the first time stillness has ever touched the spirit. See Rivals.
The Silt Imps
Damstone's silt imps clog the side-channels. Whit, Rill, and Pebble spend a whole flood season unclogging them, one spray burst at a time. The heron watches and offers "moral support," which means commentary.
The Confluence Call
At the Great Confluence, with five rivers' worth of friends behind it, Whit calls — and every current runs the same way. The dam bursts. The Tine runs free. Whit can't do it again and pretends not to care. See Abilities.
Arc 3 — The Great Confluence
The Flood Festival
The first spring flood after the dam's fall: every watershed sends its spirits to the Confluence. Whit is the guest of honor and, per tradition, makes the opening splash — a spray burst visible from the plateau.
Stillwater's Offer
Stillwater, the stagnant pond spirit, offers Whit a deal: rest, peace, a pool that never moves. Whit refuses — politely, for once — and the refusal becomes the arc's thesis: motion is identity.
Where the Story Pauses
The fan timeline rests here, at the Confluence, with Whit mid-splash and the rivers running. The next arc is unwritten — see Fan Theories for where readers think it goes.