Vanderbriss

Two centuries ago, the Sun died. It was not spectacular, nor noticed immediately. One day, it set and never rose again. Since then, the world is plunged into neverending darkness. People see life in shades of black, hungry for the faintest speck of light. Farmers gave up their crops to grow mushrooms, candle makers went bankrupt as fire died and no spark ignited again.   Newborn children see in the dark better than their parents, developing keener senses, never knowing what light is. Only a cult of lunatics still believe in the Sun, that it is not dead but trapped somewhere and will return eventually. Glimmer clerks roam the land of Vanderbriss, telling to whoever listens to them that light will come back, eventually.