The Wildlands: Attria (Chapter 6: Virtue and Understanding)

Chapter 6: Virtue and Understanding Minetz stretches in the early hours before watchers light. Shivering in the dark attic of the workshop he takes quick account of his plans and springs to his feet. His paws thud upon the floor and cause Renno to...

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Chapter 20: Dani'h'

Chapter 20: Dani'h' Anoran customs permit that adults only eat meat hunted by their own hands on the day of the 'Dani'h'. Since the enactment of the hunting ban, the quarterly holiday has become a day of fasting. Now, long after watchers light near...

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Chapter 19: Customs of Miran

Chapter 19: Customs of Miran Over the course of the week little changed. Kyra continued to make her deliveries; Renno pounded away at the ice and shoveled snow, and Minetz balanced his time between fixing hammers and carving out various new test...

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Chapter 18: Labor

Chapter 18: Labor Exhausted and wet Renno lays his back against the rough stone smokestack in the market square. The fountain steams away in the cool winter air filling the air with a dampness that both warms and chills as the wind blows. He examines...

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Chapter 17: Spark of Imagination

Chapter 17: Spark of Imagination The next morning. Renno wakes up and rolls over. The mat where Minetz normally sleeps is empty. He sits up and stretches. Downstairs a cold but liquid bowl of vegetable soup sits on the workbench accompanied by a...

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Chapter 16: Understanding

Chapter 16: Understanding Renno departs the workshop into the alley for The Table. The breeze causes Renno only some discomfort shielded from the worst of it by the tall buildings close on either side. Once he reaches the main street the situation...

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Chapter 15: Anoran Literature

Chapter 15: Anoran Literature Back inside Minetz balances a tall stack of books on his paws. He fumbles to push them up onto the workbench dropping one of them. It hits the floor on its spine making for a dull thud. Renno carefully picks up the book...

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Chapter 14: Consequences

Chapter 14: Consequences For the next few days little changes around the shop. The front howls on occasion through the poor patchwork of boards now sealing the entryway shut. Snow drifts in through the cracks. A slow steady accumulation has continued...

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Chapter 13: Virtue

Chapter 13: Virtue Minetz stretches in the early hours before watchers light. Shivering in the dark attic of the workshop he takes quick account of his plans and springs to his feet. His paws thud upon the floor and cause Renno to stir. Minetz...

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Chapter 12: Return

Chapter 12: Return A familiar knock at the front door sends Minetz flying to his feet, Renno following as usual behind him to the balcony. This time Tharen chooses to let himself in ahead of Minetz arrival. Another four bowls of stew fill his arms....

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Chapter 11: Hardship Truth and Lies

Chapter 11: Hardship Truth and Lies. Minetz pokes vigorously at plans strewn out across the workbench. "See, like this. It means 'ply' like a ply of wood or paper." After a few moments of silence looks up at Renno to find I'm staring into the rafters...

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Chapter 10: Trade Routes of the South

Chapter 10: Trade Routes of the South The road east emerges from the forest into a vast sweeping rift valley between to mountain ranges. The river north of town meets the road her and cuts its way elegantly down the center of of the valley. The...

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