22 Darkness 1625: Cattle Raid
You arrive at Apple Lane in late afternoon, and are as usual greated by
Aileena, the Uleria Priestess, Hiording
Janeera and Manimat, her Assistants, Ernaldori and Red Fish citizen
Brightflower, the Inn Keeper, Varmandi
Gooseberry, her duck cook
Postal, her stable hand and carpenter, Hiording
Mineera, her gardener and animal tenderer, Tarshite
Jeena (pregnant) and Vareena, daughters of Postal and Mineera, her waitresses, Hiording
Pramble, the Poet, Boldhome
Kareena, the God-talker of Orlanth Thunderous, caretaker of the Temple to All the Deities, Hiording
Hendroste, the Horsemaster, married to Jeena, Pure Horse People
Jenestan, his young son
Squinch "the Greylord", Proprietor of the Storeroom, Hiording
You are served dinner at the Tin Inn.
Heortarl says he doesn't know much about the sakkar. The attack have occured at different times, but he doesn't think they've attacked at night. They roam the Varmandi pastures in the Gejay Hill, where he will take you. "I know all the herders' paths." he says proudly. "I will take you to the sacred herd."
Brightflower tells you about her clan, the Varmandi: "The Varmandi are a small clan of the Colymar tribe of around 450 members. Our lands are near Apple Lane. Our main settlement is Oakton, a small walled village surrounding the Oak of Vengeance (which is the clan’s cult sanctuary). Our clan has a long history of bloody feuds."
"We suffered terribly during the Lunar Occupation, and after the previous chieftain was killed in Starbrow’s Rebellion, the women of the clan chose Gentle Vastyr to lead us away from war. Vastyr died during the Great Winter, and in 1622, the Wind Lord Korol Serpent-Tongue became clan chief. Since then, the clan has taken increasingly violent actions to aggressively defend our interests."
Hendroste talks about the Narri clan, who he says he has heard are using Goldeneye stallions stolen from the Grazelanders to stud and selling the hybrid offspring at the Horse Town market.
((OOC: I will start the next thread, but feel free to continue your dinner conversations with the Apple Lane citizens or among yourselves in this thread.))