Fall has arrived, and with it the changing of the leaves, and a drizzle of rain. It is a dreary day, but it's Hollow Blackwell's favorite kind of weather. He stares out the window of his bookstore, 'The Words of a Raven', and admires the dark skies and the colorful leaves on the line of trees outside his shop. He then turns his attention to a new shipment of books, so focused on this task that he doesn't hear the jingling of the bell on his shop door.