Once Upon a Year Chapter 3: Into Greywood Forest | July–September 2026 Readathon Prompts

🌿 The road has led us into Greywood Forest, Traveler. 🌿 I’m Catie, also known as The Marginalia Writer, and today we’re stepping into Chapter 3 of Once Upon a Year: Into Greywood Forest, covering July through September 2026. The spring festivals are behind us. The open road has disappeared beneath an ancient canopy, and the next part of our journey asks us to slow down, pay attention, and follow paths that may not lead where we expect. Whether you have been walking this road from the beginning or are discovering the Realm for the first time, this video covers everything you need for the third chapter of our year-long fantasy reading adventure. In This Video, You’ll Find The story of Chapter 3: Into Greywood Forest Five Chapter 3 Core Quests Four Companion Quests July Side Stories: Deep Roots An introduction to Greywood Forest New locations, including Ashcroft and Fernlight An introduction to Sable Sedge, the Thornkin of Greywood Forest A first look at August’s Midsummer Revel A glimpse of Calla Starwhisper Hints of what awaits travelers in September and beyond --- Join the Realm ✨ Discord Community:   / discord   ✨ Once Upon a Year Introduction:    • Once Upon a Year Readathon 2026 | Volume I...   ✨ Readathon Instagram:   / ouayreadathon   ✨ Catie’s Instagram:   / themarginaliawriter   ✨ StoryGraph Challenge: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading... --- Volume I, Chapter 3 Core Quests A book with a creature, animal, or beast on the cover A book set in or featuring a forest, jungle, or wilderness A book where a character discovers a secret A book with magic or magical elements A book outside your usual genre --- Volume I, Chapter 3 Companion Quests A book with a one-word title A book featuring a journey on foot A book chosen based on its first line alone A book with green, black, or brown on the cover --- July Side Stories: Heatwave: Share a previously read “hot” book—a thriller, a spicy romance, or anything fast-paced that kept the pages turning. Listening Hour: Spend fifteen minutes outside without your phone and simply listen. Share what you heard or reflect privately in your journal. Gather and Release: Declutter one small space—a shelf, nightstand, reading nook, basket, or bag—and share what you chose to let go. --- New Places Within Greywood Forest Greywood Forest: An ancient forest where light arrives in pieces, paths shift without warning, and travelers are rewarded for moving slowly enough to notice what is actually there. Ashcroft: A small structure hidden deep within the forest, built from fallen branches, packed moss, and stones so old they have become part of the ground. Fernlight: A luminous mushroom ring in the heart of Greywood’s oldest quarter—and the site of August’s Midsummer Revel. --- New Faces in the Realm Sable Sedge: The Thornkin of Greywood Forest. Small, ancient, bark-skinned, and moss-shouldered, with amber eyes often glimpsed between the trees. Calla Starwhisper: A mysterious musician who will arrive during the Midsummer Revel. The Realm has been waiting for her. --- Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 01:23 Spring to Summer 02:34 Chapter 3: Into Greywood Forest 05:36 Core Quests 08:03 Companion Quests 08:35 New Locations & Characters 10:48 July Side Stories 12:55 What's Coming 16:13 Closing