Parkinson Wing · After the Last Launch

Noir Rooms

Keith Parkinson · 1980s tabletop fantasy covers — polished enamel in silver and teal

Ten midnight plates from the Silver Gate. Each scene is lit by what is still alive: one glyph, a guttering signal fire, mirror candlelight, comet light through shutters.

The Terminal

Lone knight in dulled silver armor standing before an unlit rune gate under a moonless sky, one glyph faintly alive — № 18 The Dark Gate The Gate

Queen in a silver gown descending alone through a banner-hung hall with the hearth burnt down to coals — № 19 The Empty Hall The Hall

Smith-priestess in an open robe sitting on the anvil step in the dark, an unlit runeblade across her knees — № 20 The Cold Forge The Forge

Figure in loose silver robes standing ankle-deep where a flooded stair descends into black water and glyph light — № 21 The Drowned Stair The Gate

Archer in a fur-hooded cloak feeding a small signal fire on the night wall, the far ridge dark — № 22 The Last Signal The Wall

The Station

Scholar in a fallen-open robe asleep among scattered grimoires, one book's glyphs still faintly glowing — № 23 The Sealed Shelf The City

Ferrywoman in an unlaced silver tunic poling a flat boat across black water under a split moon — № 24 The Night Ferry The Roads

Dancer in silver veils alone in a vault of tall mirrors, candlelight multiplying down the reflections — № 25 The Mirror Vault The City

Watcher in shirtsleeves asleep at a table of stopped astrolabes, comet light through the shutters — № 26 The Broken Astrolabe The City

Paladin in a travel cloak standing on the gate tower at first light, helmet under her arm, banners wet with rain — № 27 The Dawn Garrison The Gate

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