Seasons

Seasons are the four stages of a repeating cycle that appears all over the Sea. There is four seasons that can easily be distinguished. As expected they are Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

Seasons affect many different things, including weather, the appearance and growth of plants and the flow of water currents as well as many other things.

## Spring

### Appearance

Spring can be easily distinguished by the color of the leaves on various foliage as it appears somewhat light ocean blue-ish at the beginning, a light green-blue near the middle and light greenish by the end of the season.

### Effects

During spring many deciduous trees start sprouting leaves and ground that may have had grass freeze in the winter will start regrowing now. In the start of spring many wild plants will start growing anew, thus acting as a new resupply of foragables for a region. Certain plants start sprouting later though and most cannot be harvested for a while. Very few common mushrooms outside of tunnels and closed off areas grow until mid spring starts. Late spring sees a mild water bloom around constructs

### Weather Modifications

The gales are the most frequent and fairly cold, winter ice deposits begin melting, so the constructs often have water running down their sides. The temperature exponentially rises.

## Summer

### Appearance

During early summer most plants have regrown and an almost lime green takes over the landscape. At Mid summer foliage takes on a much more clear light green look and that lasts all the way till late summer where the tone of the world turns back to a yellow green.

### Effects

A drastic temperature increase can be seen increasing all through early summer. Mid summer a somewhat hotter temperature and more sensitive spring plants die at this point. Lots of flowers grow during mid and late summer.

### Weather Modifications

This season is by far the hottest, most humid and unstable. The cloud layers are the highest and densest, the top if the 3rd cloud layer reaches above an average pillar construct. The gales are the deadliest, with the most rain falling compared to any other season, longer, and both the vaporization and rain start about 2 hours early. The increased height of the cloud layer mean that hails can happen in the highest strata during a gale. The humidity effect of the lower strata is further exaggerated and reaches higher. The noon updraft reaches higher speeds.

## Autumn

### Appearance

In early autumn foliage is yellow-green to yellow as it still transitions from late summer, mid autumn has foliage turn rapidly from yellow to deep red which takes up most of mid autumn. During the whole of late autumn the remaining deep red leaves fade to brown before falling or just turn to grey in case the plant is evergreen.

### Effects

Early summer has lots of new mushrooms pop up around leaves and many plants that have bloomed in summer and even spring now have their fruit mature. Animals also start going into the open a lot more to stock up on food for winter. During mid autumn everything feels more lively due to the increased amount of fauna that is now out of hiding. By late Autumn lots of animals return to hiding making them more rare then during spring and summer. by this time all trees have fallen and the weather already starts getting colder.

### Weather Modifications

Autumn sees the lowering of cloud layers. Gales last the longest and water is colder, but the severity of each storm is weaker. The fog sea effect is much more frequent and taller, with the 1st and 2nd strata being engulfed by mist.

## Winter

### Appearance

Winter begins with all remaining leaves taking on a greyish appearance. by mid winter foliage takes on a blueish grey color that loses some of the fadedness near the end as it appears slightly green. By the end of winter as most of the frozen things thaw deciduous trees start sprouting new leaf buds.

### Effects

During early winter the weather drastically gets colder and many autumn foragables rot away. During most of winter little to not food can be found out in the open, During winter occasional areas at occasional times can freeze over or have snow cover them. by the end of late winter most ice and snow already melts.

### Weather Modifications

Rains are less severe but the coldest, sometimes being replaced by a blizzard. Winds, however are a lot more frequent and intense, making getting wet deadly. The cloud layers are the thinnest, least defined and lowest in altitude. The 4th layer descends to the tips of the highest constructs. The highest strata are the driest this season since the cloud layers are lowered. The temperature is very low and the highest stratus is nearly uninhabitable, especially on its surface.