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[[Amilar Agathon]] found himself in a familiar setting – surrounded by the warriors and elders of a [[The Marukan Alliance|Marukani]] range-town, listening to them vent their grievances. The town was White Bluff, and it stood perched high on a chalky outcropping, with a commanding view of the blighted lands surrounding. On a clear day, you could see all the way to the next town north, abandoned and eerily silent. | [[Amilar Agathon]] found himself in a familiar setting – surrounded by the warriors and elders of a [[The Marukan Alliance|Marukani]] range-town, listening to them vent their grievances. The town was White Bluff, and it stood perched high on a chalky outcropping, with a commanding view of the blighted lands surrounding. On a clear day, you could see all the way to the next town north, abandoned and eerily silent. | ||
− | White Bluff struggled on as one of the few range-towns south of the Rift of [[Othoclase]] that had elected to stay put, even as their neighbors crumbled under the [[ | + | White Bluff struggled on as one of the few range-towns south of the Rift of [[Othoclase]] that had elected to stay put, even as their neighbors crumbled under the [[Mastk of Winters|Mask’s]] attacks or simply packed up their belongings onto [[Rivers Between Us]]’ airships and resettled north of the gorge. The villagers spoke of raids by horrible necrotic monsters, and curses whispered in the night. Mostly, they spoke of anger and despair. One wizened shaman wailed: “Where is the [[Storm of Amber]] and his armies? Why has he not driven the Mask back to the walls of [[Thorns]]?” |
This was all very complicated for Agathon. Not because of the tense diplomatic issues at stake, but because the villagers’ every words were utter fabrications. The stories sounded reasonable enough, but the Falsehood Detecting Attitude was infallible, and every time the villagers spoke it was as if a gong rang in his head, proclaiming deceit. | This was all very complicated for Agathon. Not because of the tense diplomatic issues at stake, but because the villagers’ every words were utter fabrications. The stories sounded reasonable enough, but the Falsehood Detecting Attitude was infallible, and every time the villagers spoke it was as if a gong rang in his head, proclaiming deceit. |