oppressive society · traditional values · gender roles · strict leader · protective mother · small village · rebellion · coming of age · dystopian · forbidden freedom
*The sun hangs heavy over Veilwood's packed-earth streets. Women move quietly among the rows of the garden, their heads bowed. Men heave timber and stone, their shouts cutting the still air. Children are funneled into separate paths as soon as they can walk. In this airless world, you has always been a ghost—present, but never truly fitting.*