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Twiggy at 14:41, 19 March 2026

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	* '''Any Marcher with a farm personal resource may vote in a special Tally of the Votes on Saturday'''		* '''Any Marcher with a farm personal resource may vote in a special Tally of the Votes on Saturday'''
	* '''The outcome of the vote will determine which opportunity the yeofolk embrace'''		* '''The outcome of the vote will determine which opportunity the yeofolk embrace'''
	During the Summer Solstice, '''Edward Greenfriar''' urged the farmers of the Marches to help the people of Zenith, once the territory was recaptured. Zenith is now fully part of Urizen again, and facing [[Write_your_own_ending\|some significant problems]]. Yet the Marches have problems of their own in Bregasland so perhaps now isn't the best time for them to be looking to the far east of the Empire? Or maybe.. it's the perfect time. Nothing in the statement says the Marches have to give things away for free, and it specifically mentions vigilance. More recently, Bryce Tanner urged folk to look closer to home - to protect the bounds of the Marches against the threat of invasion. Finally, Sister Meredith reminded everyone that "the expression of discontent is not unvirtuous'', and that's also got people thinking about whether it might be time to think about tradition.		During the Summer Solstice, '''Edward Greenfriar''' urged the farmers of the Marches to help the people of Zenith, once the territory was recaptured. Zenith is now fully part of Urizen again, and facing [[Write_your_own_ending\|some significant problems]]. Yet the Marches have problems of their own in Bregasland so perhaps now isn't the best time for them to be looking to the far east of the Empire? Or maybe... it's the perfect time. Nothing in the statement says the Marches have to give things away for free, and it specifically mentions vigilance. More recently, Bryce Tanner urged folk to look closer to home - to protect the bounds of the Marches against the threat of invasion. Finally, Sister Meredith reminded everyone that "the expression of discontent is not unvirtuous'', and that's also got people thinking about whether it might be time to think about tradition.

	Rather than generate a [[mandate]] as might be expected, these statements of principle have stirred a certain stubborn garrulousness among the yeofolk of the Marches. Sister Meredith mentioned hatred and vengeance in her statement, but there's a stubborn streak of independence in the Marchers that outsiders might see as ploughing a little close to another of the [[malign spiritual presences#Anarchy\|darker spiritual forces]]. They are stubbornly independent, and they are never ''ruled''. The yeomen also have a lot of sway - the farm is the source of most political power in the Marches.		Rather than generate a [[mandate]] as might be expected, these statements of principle have stirred a certain stubborn garrulousness among the yeofolk of the Marches. Sister Meredith mentioned hatred and vengeance in her statement, but there's a stubborn streak of independence in the Marchers that outsiders might see as ploughing a little close to another of the [[malign spiritual presences#Anarchy\|darker spiritual forces]]. They are stubbornly independent, and they are never ''ruled''. The yeomen also have a lot of sway - the farm is the source of most political power in the Marches.

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	If this is the decision of the yeofolk, then for the next year every farm in the Marches will support the people of Zenith as they rebuild their ruined territory. This is not simply a matter of food, the Marchers farms could supply seed for planting, livestock to establish new herds and cuttings from the best fruit trees. Each [[farm]] will receive an additional mana crystal during this time - representing payment from the grateful Urizeni in recognition of their aid.		If this is the decision of the yeofolk, then for the next year every farm in the Marches will support the people of Zenith as they rebuild their ruined territory. This is not simply a matter of food, the Marchers farms could supply seed for planting, livestock to establish new herds and cuttings from the best fruit trees. Each [[farm]] will receive an additional mana crystal during this time - representing payment from the grateful Urizeni in recognition of their aid.

	After a year, whatever else is happening in Zenith there will be sufficient new farms and farmers established with the support of the Marches that the Urizen will be able to support the Citadel Guard indefinitely without needing to rebuild the Golden Cascade. Perhaps more importantly, the largesse of the Marches will mean that Urizen will become sufficiently prosperous to support a [[~~Imperial~~ navy\|navy]] if they wished to build one at the newly expanded docks of Elos.		After a year, whatever else is happening in Zenith there will be sufficient new farms and farmers established with the support of the Marches that the Urizen will be able to support the Citadel Guard indefinitely without needing to rebuild the Golden Cascade. Perhaps more importantly, the largesse of the Marches will mean that Urizen will become sufficiently prosperous to support a [[navy\|navy]] if they wished to build one at the newly expanded docks of Elos.

	You can find further details about the situation in Zenith in the [[Write your own ending]] wind of fortune.		You can find further details about the situation in Zenith in the [[Write your own ending]] wind of fortune.

Twiggy at 22:11, 10 July 2025

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	So there's a few pursed lips when word comes from the [[monk\|monks]] and [[friar\|friars]] that the [[National Assembly]] is calling on Marchers to dig a bit deeper and do what they can to help the folk of Zenith get themselves back on their feet. It's a fine show of [[Prosperity]] to help your neighbour, but it's still asking a lot. And while that's being digested there's a call to the [[beater\|beaters]] to take to the hills and woods and watch the borders. Sound advice, given the [[Jotun]] are out in force in [[Bregasland]] and massing in [[Liathaven]]. Last time they did that... the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]] fell. There's more than a few folk saying that if the beaters are all that is holding the Jotun back, then maybe it's time Marchers did something for Marchers for a change.		So there's a few pursed lips when word comes from the [[monk\|monks]] and [[friar\|friars]] that the [[National Assembly]] is calling on Marchers to dig a bit deeper and do what they can to help the folk of Zenith get themselves back on their feet. It's a fine show of [[Prosperity]] to help your neighbour, but it's still asking a lot. And while that's being digested there's a call to the [[beater\|beaters]] to take to the hills and woods and watch the borders. Sound advice, given the [[Jotun]] are out in force in [[Bregasland]] and massing in [[Liathaven]]. Last time they did that... the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]] fell. There's more than a few folk saying that if the beaters are all that is holding the Jotun back, then maybe it's time Marchers did something for Marchers for a change.

	Whatever's done, though, everyone agrees, it's best it's done together. No field gets ploughed if everyone's pulling in a different direction. This is [[Yeoman of the Marches\|yeoman]] business, so it'll be down to the yeoman to decide what to do. They'd best make a decision quick, because something proper odd is happening with the thralls in the Mournwold. Someone, something, has stirred them up like a bear in a bees nest. It might be owt or it might be nowt, ~~but~~ but getting the question of what to do with the coming year out of the way before whatever's going on there becomes a problem... that's only common sense.		Whatever's done, though, everyone agrees, it's best it's done together. No field gets ploughed if everyone's pulling in a different direction. This is [[Yeoman of the Marches\|yeoman]] business, so it'll be down to the yeoman to decide what to do. They'd best make a decision quick, because something proper odd is happening with the thralls in the Mournwold. Someone, something, has stirred them up like a bear in a bees nest. It might be owt or it might be nowt, but getting the question of what to do with the coming year out of the way before whatever's going on there becomes a problem... that's only common sense.
	{{SOP\|statement= In the interests of Prosperity, the Marcher national assembly encourages those Marcher farmers who are able to assist in re-establishing agriculture in Zenith once it is recaptured. The Marchers know a thing or two about farming cursed land, and that hard won knowledge should be Prosperously shared.\|by=Edward Greenfriar\|vote=Greater Majority 120-0\|when=Summer Solstice 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement= In the interests of Prosperity, the Marcher national assembly encourages those Marcher farmers who are able to assist in re-establishing agriculture in Zenith once it is recaptured. The Marchers know a thing or two about farming cursed land, and that hard won knowledge should be Prosperously shared.\|by=Edward Greenfriar\|vote=Greater Majority 120-0\|when=Summer Solstice 384YE}}
	{{SOP\|statement=Beaters of the Marches! This season the protection of our lands falls to you, as has been the way for as long as beaters have beaten! Our armies defend the lands of our neighbours and do for Zenith as they did for Mournwold. Vigilance will be your greatest ally, to keep you safe as you keep our borders safe - keen eyes, sharp wits, and sharper blades: eyes out, knives out, look twice, shoot once!\|by=Bryce Tanner\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement=Beaters of the Marches! This season the protection of our lands falls to you, as has been the way for as long as beaters have beaten! Our armies defend the lands of our neighbours and do for Zenith as they did for Mournwold. Vigilance will be your greatest ally, to keep you safe as you keep our borders safe - keen eyes, sharp wits, and sharper blades: eyes out, knives out, look twice, shoot once!\|by=Bryce Tanner\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}

Dre at 17:00, 29 December 2023

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	They were asking a lot of questions she just didn't know the answer to. Technical questions about dirt, water, rainfall, and the like. At least when they asked about roads she was on firmer ground, so to speak. One group, all with pewter badger badges on their shapeless felt caps, were especially interested in the roads. How fit for purpose were they? Would it be quicker to go through Highguard or Therunin if, say, you had a cargo that needed to get to its destination before it went off.		They were asking a lot of questions she just didn't know the answer to. Technical questions about dirt, water, rainfall, and the like. At least when they asked about roads she was on firmer ground, so to speak. One group, all with pewter badger badges on their shapeless felt caps, were especially interested in the roads. How fit for purpose were they? Would it be quicker to go through Highguard or Therunin if, say, you had a cargo that needed to get to its destination before it went off.

	The most peculiar questions were coming from a pair of fellow travellers. Still Marchers, but clearly not local. Also clearly related - a stout merrow woman and her whip-thin son. The young man showed no signs of lineage, but his questions were just as probing and carefully phrased as those of his mother. A casual comment ~~lead~~ her to believe they were Bregas - refugees from the Jotun-conquered fens to the west. They were ''very'' interested in the little Druj beasties she'd mentioned were now infesting the marshes and lakes of Zenith.		The most peculiar questions were coming from a pair of fellow travellers. Still Marchers, but clearly not local. Also clearly related - a stout merrow woman and her whip-thin son. The young man showed no signs of lineage, but his questions were just as probing and carefully phrased as those of his mother. A casual comment led her to believe they were Bregas - refugees from the Jotun-conquered fens to the west. They were ''very'' interested in the little Druj beasties she'd mentioned were now infesting the marshes and lakes of Zenith.

	"I don't know what more I can tell you," she said a little helplessly. "They're poisonous critters with hateful, beady little eyes. They're like the octopuses of the Bay of Catazar only they can survive out of water for a while and I think I heard someone say they drank blood. Enough of them mob you and you end up paralysed or dead."		"I don't know what more I can tell you," she said a little helplessly. "They're poisonous critters with hateful, beady little eyes. They're like the octopuses of the Bay of Catazar only they can survive out of water for a while and I think I heard someone say they drank blood. Enough of them mob you and you end up paralysed or dead."

Novemberalice at 09:33, 17 April 2023

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	"T'important thing is that poisonous vermin ain't worth nothing but nailin' up as a warning," he said as if explaining something simple to a child. "But if they're just venomous, then you can eat 'em. And if you can eat 'em, you can farm 'em, hateful beady eyes or no. And if you can farm 'em... then I'm willin' to bet Freedom's Price that what works on eels will work on octopuses. You 'ad me curiosity, but ''now'' you 'ave me attention!"</ic>		"T'important thing is that poisonous vermin ain't worth nothing but nailin' up as a warning," he said as if explaining something simple to a child. "But if they're just venomous, then you can eat 'em. And if you can eat 'em, you can farm 'em, hateful beady eyes or no. And if you can farm 'em... then I'm willin' to bet Freedom's Price that what works on eels will work on octopuses. You 'ad me curiosity, but ''now'' you 'ave me attention!"</ic>
	<div style="float:left; width: 600px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Breadbaskets.jpg\|align=left\|caption=Enjoy the fruits of your labour today; no one knows what the morrow holds.\|width=700}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 600px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Breadbaskets.jpg\|align=left\|caption=Enjoy the fruits of your labour today; no one knows what the morrow holds.\|width=700}}</div>
			{{audio\|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgQ0BRDgTN0}}
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	For the best part of two years the [[The_Marches_economic_interests#The_Imperial_Breadbasket\|Marcher Breadbasket]] has supported the [[Citadel Guard\|Urizen army]], providing the vital supplies they need to keep their [[sentinel\|sentinels]] equipped and fed. None have begrudged them, there's an abiding respect for folks willing to fight to defend their own, and besides... that is what the Basket is for. Now though, with [[Urizen]] mostly whole again, the pressing need is gone and so folks are hoping to start putting a few stores of their own down. Now's the time every [[farm]] in the Marchers ought to be planning for the year ahead.		For the best part of two years the [[The_Marches_economic_interests#The_Imperial_Breadbasket\|Marcher Breadbasket]] has supported the [[Citadel Guard\|Urizen army]], providing the vital supplies they need to keep their [[sentinel\|sentinels]] equipped and fed. None have begrudged them, there's an abiding respect for folks willing to fight to defend their own, and besides... that is what the Basket is for. Now though, with [[Urizen]] mostly whole again, the pressing need is gone and so folks are hoping to start putting a few stores of their own down. Now's the time every [[farm]] in the Marchers ought to be planning for the year ahead.

Noserenda at 01:25, 10 April 2023

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:384YE Winter]][[Category:Recent History]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:384YE Winter]][[Category:Recent History]]
	<ic>Lindir wasn't used to being the centre of attention. When she stopped at the ''Dog & Eel'' she'd expected a good meal, a comfortable bed, and maybe a relaxing evening of stories and songs around a welcoming hearth. Instead she found herself talking to an entire taproom full of interested Marchers about the distant peaks of Urizen. She still had no idea why they were so fascinated. The ~~inkeeper~~ had asked where she'd come from and when she'd mentioned Zenith there'd been a notable upsurge in interest. The taproom wasn't exactly full, but they were sending people out to get more farmers to come listen to her talk. She half regretted mentioning Zenith at all, but whenever her throat started to dry up someone would press a mug of sweet water into her hands and ask another question.		<ic>Lindir wasn't used to being the centre of attention. When she stopped at the ''Dog & Eel'' she'd expected a good meal, a comfortable bed, and maybe a relaxing evening of stories and songs around a welcoming hearth. Instead she found herself talking to an entire taproom full of interested Marchers about the distant peaks of Urizen. She still had no idea why they were so fascinated. The innkeeper had asked where she'd come from and when she'd mentioned Zenith there'd been a notable upsurge in interest. The taproom wasn't exactly full, but they were sending people out to get more farmers to come listen to her talk. She half regretted mentioning Zenith at all, but whenever her throat started to dry up someone would press a mug of sweet water into her hands and ask another question.

	They were asking a lot of questions she just didn't know the answer to. Technical questions about dirt, water, rainfall, and the like. At least when they asked about roads she was on firmer ground, so to speak. One group, all with pewter badger badges on their shapeless felt caps, were especially interested in the roads. How fit for purpose were they? Would it be quicker to go through Highguard or Therunin if, say, you had a cargo that needed to get to its destination before it went off.		They were asking a lot of questions she just didn't know the answer to. Technical questions about dirt, water, rainfall, and the like. At least when they asked about roads she was on firmer ground, so to speak. One group, all with pewter badger badges on their shapeless felt caps, were especially interested in the roads. How fit for purpose were they? Would it be quicker to go through Highguard or Therunin if, say, you had a cargo that needed to get to its destination before it went off.

Harry: /* Overview */

2023-04-09T23:22:06Z

Overview

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	So there's a few pursed lips when word comes from the [[monk\|monks]] and [[friar\|friars]] that the [[National Assembly]] is calling on Marchers to dig a bit deeper and do what they can to help the folk of Zenith get themselves back on their feet. It's a fine show of [[Prosperity]] to help your neighbour, but it's still asking a lot. And while that's being digested there's a call to the [[beater\|beaters]] to take to the hills and woods and watch the borders. Sound advice, given the [[Jotun]] are out in force in [[Bregasland]] and massing in [[Liathaven]]. Last time they did that... the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]] fell. There's more than a few folk saying that if the beaters are all that is holding the Jotun back, then maybe it's time Marchers did something for Marchers for a change.		So there's a few pursed lips when word comes from the [[monk\|monks]] and [[friar\|friars]] that the [[National Assembly]] is calling on Marchers to dig a bit deeper and do what they can to help the folk of Zenith get themselves back on their feet. It's a fine show of [[Prosperity]] to help your neighbour, but it's still asking a lot. And while that's being digested there's a call to the [[beater\|beaters]] to take to the hills and woods and watch the borders. Sound advice, given the [[Jotun]] are out in force in [[Bregasland]] and massing in [[Liathaven]]. Last time they did that... the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]] fell. There's more than a few folk saying that if the beaters are all that is holding the Jotun back, then maybe it's time Marchers did something for Marchers for a change.

	Whatever's done, though, everyone agrees, it's best it's done together. No field gets ploughed if everyone's pulling in a different direction. This is [[Yeoman of the Marches\|yeoman]] business, so it'll be down to the yeoman to decide what to do. They'd best make a decision quick, because something proper odd is happening with the thralls in the ~~Mournewald~~. Someone, something, has stirred them up like a bear in a bees nest. It might be owt or it might be nowt, but but getting the question of what to do with the coming year out of the way before whatever's going on there becomes a problem... that's only common sense.		Whatever's done, though, everyone agrees, it's best it's done together. No field gets ploughed if everyone's pulling in a different direction. This is [[Yeoman of the Marches\|yeoman]] business, so it'll be down to the yeoman to decide what to do. They'd best make a decision quick, because something proper odd is happening with the thralls in the Mournwold. Someone, something, has stirred them up like a bear in a bees nest. It might be owt or it might be nowt, but but getting the question of what to do with the coming year out of the way before whatever's going on there becomes a problem... that's only common sense.
	{{SOP\|statement= In the interests of Prosperity, the Marcher national assembly encourages those Marcher farmers who are able to assist in re-establishing agriculture in Zenith once it is recaptured. The Marchers know a thing or two about farming cursed land, and that hard won knowledge should be Prosperously shared.\|by=Edward Greenfriar\|vote=Greater Majority 120-0\|when=Summer Solstice 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement= In the interests of Prosperity, the Marcher national assembly encourages those Marcher farmers who are able to assist in re-establishing agriculture in Zenith once it is recaptured. The Marchers know a thing or two about farming cursed land, and that hard won knowledge should be Prosperously shared.\|by=Edward Greenfriar\|vote=Greater Majority 120-0\|when=Summer Solstice 384YE}}
	{{SOP\|statement=Beaters of the Marches! This season the protection of our lands falls to you, as has been the way for as long as beaters have beaten! Our armies defend the lands of our neighbours and do for Zenith as they did for Mournwold. Vigilance will be your greatest ally, to keep you safe as you keep our borders safe - keen eyes, sharp wits, and sharper blades: eyes out, knives out, look twice, shoot once!\|by=Bryce Tanner\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement=Beaters of the Marches! This season the protection of our lands falls to you, as has been the way for as long as beaters have beaten! Our armies defend the lands of our neighbours and do for Zenith as they did for Mournwold. Vigilance will be your greatest ally, to keep you safe as you keep our borders safe - keen eyes, sharp wits, and sharper blades: eyes out, knives out, look twice, shoot once!\|by=Bryce Tanner\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}
	{{SOP\|statement=The expression of discontent is not unvirtuous. It cannot be assumed that people are acting from the false virtues of hate or vengeance because they have acted in line with tradition.\|by=Sister Meredith\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement=The expression of discontent is not unvirtuous. It cannot be assumed that people are acting from the false virtues of hate or vengeance because they have acted in line with tradition.\|by=Sister Meredith\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}

	==Pride, Vigilance, and Prosperity==		==Pride, Vigilance, and Prosperity==
	* '''Any Marcher with a farm personal resource may vote in a special Tally of the Votes on Saturday'''		* '''Any Marcher with a farm personal resource may vote in a special Tally of the Votes on Saturday'''

Dre at 15:51, 9 April 2023

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	The most peculiar questions were coming from a pair of fellow travellers. Still Marchers, but clearly not local. Also clearly related - a stout merrow woman and her whip-thin son. The young man showed no signs of lineage, but his questions were just as probing and carefully phrased as those of his mother. A casual comment lead her to believe they were Bregas - refugees from the Jotun-conquered fens to the west. They were ''very'' interested in the little Druj beasties she'd mentioned were now infesting the marshes and lakes of Zenith.		The most peculiar questions were coming from a pair of fellow travellers. Still Marchers, but clearly not local. Also clearly related - a stout merrow woman and her whip-thin son. The young man showed no signs of lineage, but his questions were just as probing and carefully phrased as those of his mother. A casual comment lead her to believe they were Bregas - refugees from the Jotun-conquered fens to the west. They were ''very'' interested in the little Druj beasties she'd mentioned were now infesting the marshes and lakes of Zenith.

	"I don't know what more I can tell you," she said a little helplessly. "They're poisonous critters with hateful, beady little eyes. They're like the octopuses of the Bay of ~~Catazaar~~ only they can survive out of water for a while and I think I heard someone say they drank blood. Enough of them mob you and you end up paralysed or dead."		"I don't know what more I can tell you," she said a little helplessly. "They're poisonous critters with hateful, beady little eyes. They're like the octopuses of the Bay of Catazar only they can survive out of water for a while and I think I heard someone say they drank blood. Enough of them mob you and you end up paralysed or dead."

	A shudder went through the assembled crowd. The young man frowned.		A shudder went through the assembled crowd. The young man frowned.
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	During the Summer Solstice, '''Edward Greenfriar''' urged the farmers of the Marches to help the people of Zenith, once the territory was recaptured. Zenith is now fully part of Urizen again, and facing [[Write_your_own_ending\|some significant problems]]. Yet the Marches have problems of their own in Bregasland so perhaps now isn't the best time for them to be looking to the far east of the Empire? Or maybe.. it's the perfect time. Nothing in the statement says the Marches have to give things away for free, and it specifically mentions vigilance. More recently, Bryce Tanner urged folk to look closer to home - to protect the bounds of the Marches against the threat of invasion. Finally, Sister Meredith reminded everyone that "the expression of discontent is not unvirtuous'', and that's also got people thinking about whether it might be time to think about tradition.		During the Summer Solstice, '''Edward Greenfriar''' urged the farmers of the Marches to help the people of Zenith, once the territory was recaptured. Zenith is now fully part of Urizen again, and facing [[Write_your_own_ending\|some significant problems]]. Yet the Marches have problems of their own in Bregasland so perhaps now isn't the best time for them to be looking to the far east of the Empire? Or maybe.. it's the perfect time. Nothing in the statement says the Marches have to give things away for free, and it specifically mentions vigilance. More recently, Bryce Tanner urged folk to look closer to home - to protect the bounds of the Marches against the threat of invasion. Finally, Sister Meredith reminded everyone that "the expression of discontent is not unvirtuous'', and that's also got people thinking about whether it might be time to think about tradition.

	Rather than generate a [[mandate]] as might be expected, these statements of principle have stirred a certain stubborn garrulousness among the ~~yefolk~~ of the Marches. Sister Meredith mentioned hatred and vengeance in her statement, but there's a stubborn streak of independence in the Marchers that outsiders might see as ploughing a little close to another of the [[malign spiritual presences#Anarchy\|darker spiritual forces]]. They are stubbornly independent,and they are never ''ruled''. The yeomen also have a lot of sway - the farm is the source of most political power in the Marches.		Rather than generate a [[mandate]] as might be expected, these statements of principle have stirred a certain stubborn garrulousness among the yeofolk of the Marches. Sister Meredith mentioned hatred and vengeance in her statement, but there's a stubborn streak of independence in the Marchers that outsiders might see as ploughing a little close to another of the [[malign spiritual presences#Anarchy\|darker spiritual forces]]. They are stubbornly independent, and they are never ''ruled''. The yeomen also have a lot of sway - the farm is the source of most political power in the Marches.

	With that in mind, there's a strong undercurrent that rather than wait for the Marcher assembly to tell them what to do, the yeofolk should make their ''own'' decisions. With the support of the [[alderman\|aldermen]] of [[Mitwold#Meade\|Meade]] and [[Mournwold#Sarcombe\|Sarcombe]] in particular, the civil service have been asked to conduct a [[tally of the Votes\|tally of the votes]]. During the Winter Solstice, the yeomen will vote as to which of the three paths ahead of them they will take.		With that in mind, there's a strong undercurrent that rather than wait for the Marcher assembly to tell them what to do, the yeofolk should make their ''own'' decisions. With the support of the [[alderman\|aldermen]] of [[Mitwold#Meade\|Meade]] and [[Mournwold#Sarcombe\|Sarcombe]] in particular, the civil service have been asked to conduct a [[tally of the Votes\|tally of the votes]]. During the Winter Solstice, the yeomen will vote as to which of the three paths ahead of them they will take.
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	Before they make a decision, the yeomen might want to give a thought to what is up with the former Jotun thralls... While some of them are starting work on the Black Canal, and apparently making a fine job of that - something notably odd is happening in the Mournwold.		Before they make a decision, the yeomen might want to give a thought to what is up with the former Jotun thralls... While some of them are starting work on the Black Canal, and apparently making a fine job of that - something notably odd is happening in the Mournwold.

	As news starts to filter in that the Jotun are back in Liathaven in force, the orcs who live in the Mournwold start gathering in Green March. Some stay with other orcs, some pay for rooms nearby, but most bring tents with them and set up camp on the fields around the [[Mournwold_spoils_of_war#The_Golden_Hoof\|Golden Hoof]]. It seems that one of the orc leaders, ''Hap the Soft'', has called the meeting, and the other [[Mournwold_thralls#Politics\|known leaders]] of the former Jotun thralls - ''Hamma the Lame'', ''Casta the Black'',, and ''Sigdór the Wise'', are making their way there. Orcs from across the Mournwold are travelling to meet them. They aren't trying to be stealthy as such, but they move in small groups and are closed mouthed about their private business. If the beaters weren't keeping an eye out for anything peculiar, it might have gone unnoticed for a while.		As news starts to filter in that the Jotun are back in Liathaven in force, the orcs who live in the Mournwold start gathering in Green March. Some stay with other orcs, some pay for rooms nearby, but most bring tents with them and set up camp on the fields around the [[Mournwold_spoils_of_war#The_Golden_Hoof\|Golden Hoof]]. It seems that one of the orc leaders, ''Hap the Soft'', has called the meeting, and the other [[Mournwold_thralls#Politics\|known leaders]] of the former Jotun thralls - ''Hamma the Lame'', ''Casta the Black'', and ''Sigdór the Wise'', are making their way there. Orcs from across the Mournwold are travelling to meet them. They aren't trying to be stealthy as such, but they move in small groups and are closed mouthed about their private business. If the beaters weren't keeping an eye out for anything peculiar, it might have gone unnoticed for a while.

	As it is, it soon becomes clear that there is something serious going on. From the reports of the beaters, maybe five hundred orcs gather in at Golden Hoof farm. The proximity of so many former Jotun to the Bregasland border, and the border with Liathaven, makes some people very nervous. This concern is compounded by the fact that for the first time in a long time, the otherwise gregarious Hap the Soft politely asks his neighbours to stay away. Marchers drawn by curiosity or [[vigilance]] are politely turned away. There's no violence, and on the one occasion someone tries to push the matter Hap reminds them of the [[List_of_Criminal_Offences#Crimes_against_the_Person\|unwelcome visitor]] defence. It seems laughable that orcs so-well known for their pacifism might turn violent, but even so... a hundred stern-faced orcs glaring at a body all at once can be a deterrent all by itself. In the end the unwelcome visitors are given two jars of Hap's mutton jelly and sent on their way. No harm done. But the only humans welcome at Gold Hoof Farm are a couple of orphans Hap has raised as shepherds.		As it is, it soon becomes clear that there is something serious going on. From the reports of the beaters, maybe five hundred orcs gather in at Golden Hoof farm. The proximity of so many former Jotun to the Bregasland border, and the border with Liathaven, makes some people very nervous. This concern is compounded by the fact that for the first time in a long time, the otherwise gregarious Hap the Soft politely asks his neighbours to stay away. Marchers drawn by curiosity or [[vigilance]] are politely turned away. There's no violence, and on the one occasion someone tries to push the matter Hap reminds them of the [[List_of_Criminal_Offences#Crimes_against_the_Person\|unwelcome visitor]] defence. It seems laughable that orcs so-well known for their pacifism might turn violent, but even so... a hundred stern-faced orcs glaring at a body all at once can be a deterrent all by itself. In the end the unwelcome visitors are given two jars of Hap's mutton jelly and sent on their way. No harm done. But the only humans welcome at Gold Hoof Farm are a couple of orphans Hap has raised as shepherds.

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	The most peculiar questions were coming from a pair of fellow travellers. Still Marchers, but clearly not local. Also clearly related - a stout merrow woman and her whip-thin son. The young man showed no signs of lineage, but his questions were just as probing and carefully phrased as those of his mother. A casual comment lead her to believe they were Bregas - refugees from the Jotun-conquered fens to the west. They were ''very'' interested in the little Druj beasties she'd mentioned were now infesting the marshes and lakes of Zenith.		The most peculiar questions were coming from a pair of fellow travellers. Still Marchers, but clearly not local. Also clearly related - a stout merrow woman and her whip-thin son. The young man showed no signs of lineage, but his questions were just as probing and carefully phrased as those of his mother. A casual comment lead her to believe they were Bregas - refugees from the Jotun-conquered fens to the west. They were ''very'' interested in the little Druj beasties she'd mentioned were now infesting the marshes and lakes of Zenith.

	"I don't know what more I can tell you," she said a little helplessly. "They're poisonous critters with hateful, beady little eyes. They're like the octopuses of the Bay of Catazaar only they can survive out of water for a while and I think I heard someone say they drank blood. Enough of them mob you and you end up paralysed of dead."		"I don't know what more I can tell you," she said a little helplessly. "They're poisonous critters with hateful, beady little eyes. They're like the octopuses of the Bay of Catazaar only they can survive out of water for a while and I think I heard someone say they drank blood. Enough of them mob you and you end up paralysed or dead."

	A shudder went through the assembled crowd. The young man frowned.		A shudder went through the assembled crowd. The young man frowned.

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Pride, Vigilance, and Prosperity

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	Rather than generate a [[mandate]] as might be expected, these statements of principle have stirred a certain stubborn garrulousness among the yefolk of the Marches. Sister Meredith mentioned hatred and vengeance in her statement, but there's a stubborn streak of independence in the Marchers that outsiders might see as ploughing a little close to another of the [[malign spiritual presences#Anarchy\|darker spiritual forces]]. They are stubbornly independent,and they are never ''ruled''. The yeomen also have a lot of sway - the farm is the source of most political power in the Marches.		Rather than generate a [[mandate]] as might be expected, these statements of principle have stirred a certain stubborn garrulousness among the yefolk of the Marches. Sister Meredith mentioned hatred and vengeance in her statement, but there's a stubborn streak of independence in the Marchers that outsiders might see as ploughing a little close to another of the [[malign spiritual presences#Anarchy\|darker spiritual forces]]. They are stubbornly independent,and they are never ''ruled''. The yeomen also have a lot of sway - the farm is the source of most political power in the Marches.

	With that in mind, there's a strong undercurrent that rather than wait for the Marcher assembly to tell them what to do, the yeofolk should make their ''own'' decisions. With the support of the [[aldermen]] of [[Mitwold#Meade\|Meade]] and [[Mournwold#Sarcombe\|Sarcombe]] in particular, the civil service have been asked to conduct a [[tally of the Votes\|tally of the votes]]. During the Winter Solstice, the yeomen will vote as to which of the three paths ahead of them they will take.		With that in mind, there's a strong undercurrent that rather than wait for the Marcher assembly to tell them what to do, the yeofolk should make their ''own'' decisions. With the support of the [[alderman\|aldermen]] of [[Mitwold#Meade\|Meade]] and [[Mournwold#Sarcombe\|Sarcombe]] in particular, the civil service have been asked to conduct a [[tally of the Votes\|tally of the votes]]. During the Winter Solstice, the yeomen will vote as to which of the three paths ahead of them they will take.

	They could ''Feed the Wizards'', and throw their support behind the people of Urizen as they rebuild Zenith. They could ''Beat the Bounds'', and throw their weight behind the beaters and soldiers of the Marches against a possible Jotun attack, or they could ''Tend the Hearth'' and focus on securing prosperity for their own families and households. The National Assembly can of course offer guidance, but the final decision rests with the yeofolk. Whatever is decided at Anvil will shape the fortunes of Marcher landowners for the coming year.		They could ''Feed the Wizards'', and throw their support behind the people of Urizen as they rebuild Zenith. They could ''Beat the Bounds'', and throw their weight behind the beaters and soldiers of the Marches against a possible Jotun attack, or they could ''Tend the Hearth'' and focus on securing prosperity for their own families and households. The National Assembly can of course offer guidance, but the final decision rests with the yeofolk. Whatever is decided at Anvil will shape the fortunes of Marcher landowners for the coming year.

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	So there's a few pursed lips when word comes from the [[monk\|monks]] and [[friar\|friars]] that the [[National Assembly]] is calling on Marchers to dig a bit deeper and do what they can to help the folk of Zenith get themselves back on their feet. It's a fine show of [[Prosperity]] to help your neighbour, but it's still asking a lot. And while that's being digested there's a call to the [[beater\|beaters]] to take to the hills and woods and watch the borders. Sound advice, given the [[Jotun]] are out in force in [[Bregasland]] and massing in [[Liathaven]]. Last time they did that... the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]] fell. There's more than a few folk saying that if the beaters are all that is holding the Jotun back, then maybe it's time Marchers did something for Marchers for a change.		So there's a few pursed lips when word comes from the [[monk\|monks]] and [[friar\|friars]] that the [[National Assembly]] is calling on Marchers to dig a bit deeper and do what they can to help the folk of Zenith get themselves back on their feet. It's a fine show of [[Prosperity]] to help your neighbour, but it's still asking a lot. And while that's being digested there's a call to the [[beater\|beaters]] to take to the hills and woods and watch the borders. Sound advice, given the [[Jotun]] are out in force in [[Bregasland]] and massing in [[Liathaven]]. Last time they did that... the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]] fell. There's more than a few folk saying that if the beaters are all that is holding the Jotun back, then maybe it's time Marchers did something for Marchers for a change.

	Whatever's done, though, everyone agrees, it's best it's done together. No field gets ploughed if everyone's pulling in a different direction. This is [[Yeoman of the Marches\|yeoman]] business, so it'll be down to the yeoman to decide what to do. They'd best make a decision quick, because something proper odd is happening with the thralls in the Mournwold. Someone, something, has stirred them up like a bear in a bees nest. It might be owt or it might be nowt, ~~but~~ but getting the question of what to do with the coming year out of the way before whatever's going on there becomes a problem... that's only common sense.		Whatever's done, though, everyone agrees, it's best it's done together. No field gets ploughed if everyone's pulling in a different direction. This is [[Yeoman of the Marches\|yeoman]] business, so it'll be down to the yeoman to decide what to do. They'd best make a decision quick, because something proper odd is happening with the thralls in the Mournwold. Someone, something, has stirred them up like a bear in a bees nest. It might be owt or it might be nowt, but getting the question of what to do with the coming year out of the way before whatever's going on there becomes a problem... that's only common sense.
	{{SOP\|statement= In the interests of Prosperity, the Marcher national assembly encourages those Marcher farmers who are able to assist in re-establishing agriculture in Zenith once it is recaptured. The Marchers know a thing or two about farming cursed land, and that hard won knowledge should be Prosperously shared.\|by=Edward Greenfriar\|vote=Greater Majority 120-0\|when=Summer Solstice 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement= In the interests of Prosperity, the Marcher national assembly encourages those Marcher farmers who are able to assist in re-establishing agriculture in Zenith once it is recaptured. The Marchers know a thing or two about farming cursed land, and that hard won knowledge should be Prosperously shared.\|by=Edward Greenfriar\|vote=Greater Majority 120-0\|when=Summer Solstice 384YE}}
	{{SOP\|statement=Beaters of the Marches! This season the protection of our lands falls to you, as has been the way for as long as beaters have beaten! Our armies defend the lands of our neighbours and do for Zenith as they did for Mournwold. Vigilance will be your greatest ally, to keep you safe as you keep our borders safe - keen eyes, sharp wits, and sharper blades: eyes out, knives out, look twice, shoot once!\|by=Bryce Tanner\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement=Beaters of the Marches! This season the protection of our lands falls to you, as has been the way for as long as beaters have beaten! Our armies defend the lands of our neighbours and do for Zenith as they did for Mournwold. Vigilance will be your greatest ally, to keep you safe as you keep our borders safe - keen eyes, sharp wits, and sharper blades: eyes out, knives out, look twice, shoot once!\|by=Bryce Tanner\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}

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	So there's a few pursed lips when word comes from the [[monk\|monks]] and [[friar\|friars]] that the [[National Assembly]] is calling on Marchers to dig a bit deeper and do what they can to help the folk of Zenith get themselves back on their feet. It's a fine show of [[Prosperity]] to help your neighbour, but it's still asking a lot. And while that's being digested there's a call to the [[beater\|beaters]] to take to the hills and woods and watch the borders. Sound advice, given the [[Jotun]] are out in force in [[Bregasland]] and massing in [[Liathaven]]. Last time they did that... the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]] fell. There's more than a few folk saying that if the beaters are all that is holding the Jotun back, then maybe it's time Marchers did something for Marchers for a change.		So there's a few pursed lips when word comes from the [[monk\|monks]] and [[friar\|friars]] that the [[National Assembly]] is calling on Marchers to dig a bit deeper and do what they can to help the folk of Zenith get themselves back on their feet. It's a fine show of [[Prosperity]] to help your neighbour, but it's still asking a lot. And while that's being digested there's a call to the [[beater\|beaters]] to take to the hills and woods and watch the borders. Sound advice, given the [[Jotun]] are out in force in [[Bregasland]] and massing in [[Liathaven]]. Last time they did that... the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]] fell. There's more than a few folk saying that if the beaters are all that is holding the Jotun back, then maybe it's time Marchers did something for Marchers for a change.

	Whatever's done, though, everyone agrees, it's best it's done together. No field gets ploughed if everyone's pulling in a different direction. This is [[Yeoman of the Marches\|yeoman]] business, so it'll be down to the yeoman to decide what to do. They'd best make a decision quick, because something proper odd is happening with the thralls in the ~~Mournewald~~. Someone, something, has stirred them up like a bear in a bees nest. It might be owt or it might be nowt, but but getting the question of what to do with the coming year out of the way before whatever's going on there becomes a problem... that's only common sense.		Whatever's done, though, everyone agrees, it's best it's done together. No field gets ploughed if everyone's pulling in a different direction. This is [[Yeoman of the Marches\|yeoman]] business, so it'll be down to the yeoman to decide what to do. They'd best make a decision quick, because something proper odd is happening with the thralls in the Mournwold. Someone, something, has stirred them up like a bear in a bees nest. It might be owt or it might be nowt, but but getting the question of what to do with the coming year out of the way before whatever's going on there becomes a problem... that's only common sense.
	{{SOP\|statement= In the interests of Prosperity, the Marcher national assembly encourages those Marcher farmers who are able to assist in re-establishing agriculture in Zenith once it is recaptured. The Marchers know a thing or two about farming cursed land, and that hard won knowledge should be Prosperously shared.\|by=Edward Greenfriar\|vote=Greater Majority 120-0\|when=Summer Solstice 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement= In the interests of Prosperity, the Marcher national assembly encourages those Marcher farmers who are able to assist in re-establishing agriculture in Zenith once it is recaptured. The Marchers know a thing or two about farming cursed land, and that hard won knowledge should be Prosperously shared.\|by=Edward Greenfriar\|vote=Greater Majority 120-0\|when=Summer Solstice 384YE}}
	{{SOP\|statement=Beaters of the Marches! This season the protection of our lands falls to you, as has been the way for as long as beaters have beaten! Our armies defend the lands of our neighbours and do for Zenith as they did for Mournwold. Vigilance will be your greatest ally, to keep you safe as you keep our borders safe - keen eyes, sharp wits, and sharper blades: eyes out, knives out, look twice, shoot once!\|by=Bryce Tanner\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement=Beaters of the Marches! This season the protection of our lands falls to you, as has been the way for as long as beaters have beaten! Our armies defend the lands of our neighbours and do for Zenith as they did for Mournwold. Vigilance will be your greatest ally, to keep you safe as you keep our borders safe - keen eyes, sharp wits, and sharper blades: eyes out, knives out, look twice, shoot once!\|by=Bryce Tanner\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}
	{{SOP\|statement=The expression of discontent is not unvirtuous. It cannot be assumed that people are acting from the false virtues of hate or vengeance because they have acted in line with tradition.\|by=Sister Meredith\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}		{{SOP\|statement=The expression of discontent is not unvirtuous. It cannot be assumed that people are acting from the false virtues of hate or vengeance because they have acted in line with tradition.\|by=Sister Meredith\|vote=Greater Majority 112-0\|when=Autumn Equinox 384YE}}

	==Pride, Vigilance, and Prosperity==		==Pride, Vigilance, and Prosperity==
	* '''Any Marcher with a farm personal resource may vote in a special Tally of the Votes on Saturday'''		* '''Any Marcher with a farm personal resource may vote in a special Tally of the Votes on Saturday'''