Braids - Angel's Field First edition

Angel is the caretaker of a way station to heaven. The guardians that prepare the girls for their final journey live in the trees of the nearby peach orchard. Everything is peaceful until a girl named Hope is found stranded at Angel?s Field because her guardian has been abducted. It is up to Angel and Cyrus a woodsmen and keeper of the orchard to recover her. Joined by Carpenter from a way station for young boys called ?The Swing Zone?, the three leave their peaceful valley and set off towards the river. Captain Castel whose daughter is very ill, is the caretaker of another way station for people going in the opposite direction across the river. Once the toll is paid there is no return. A thief named Messr. See de Arogänt, called Seede who operates a peddler?s wagon is hired by Captain Castel to bring him a guardian. Angel, Cyrus, and Carpenter find themselves on a mission to sustain Hope.