IGNORE ME OR ELSE I WILL KILL YOU ( yes noodles i am talking to you )
| the ice inside your soul |
| Anselm. Small, isolated and surrounded by miles upon miles of seemingly endless sea, the island is a often treated as an inaccessible and mythical place, somewhere that keeps itself separate from the rest of the world without falling behind, always a close step behind the ever constant shifts and changes that humanity faces. The inhabitants rarely leave; those who do either flee home or never return. It is not forbidden for the people of Anselm to leave their home island, as many rumours would assume. Private and secretive by nature, even amongst themselves, those who do choose to travel away from Anselm rarely share knowledge of their history or folklore, which is said to be rich, though no one on the "mainland", as the Anselm people refer to the rest of the world, despite its mixture of separate landmasses and islands, can be entirely sure. The history of Anselm is not documented in any book or archive readily available beyond the island. As it is located in some of the furthest northern reaches, just within the boundaries of land considered safe for human life, Anselm is a place that breeds sturdy and resilient individuals who spend at least three quarters of their year facing snowfall and bitter cold, though the summer months - fleeting and short - are said to be wonderfully warm. |