Emberskyes says:
OOC:
So there’s really nothing else here beyond a villa and vinyard. ie - The boys can’t hit the town to stock up on moustache wax and beard balm.
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If I may inquire My Lord," Mara asks raising an eyebrow, "
how long have these towns been a part of the Kingdom of Taldor and what sorts of folk might we encounter there? Are there any we should be especially wary of?"
There are some things available in the farmer's market, though the only eye widening surprises are for those who cook, wine aficionados, fellow agriculturalists, and horticulturalists. for example; "WinterStones" - a kind of potato that grows in the cold. a spice called 'rime-flower' which has a crisp, icy, wintergreen taste. Cinnamon, nutmeg, teragon, cumin, chili powder, paprika, parsley, oregano, basil, thyme, sage, marojam, cilantro, rosemary, rue, minced onion, minced garlic, and more can be found in the spice-master's cart. Woodland elves examine and purchase bushels of desert cotton from Osirion, and bolts of silk from far-far away Tian Xua. Dwarves inspect forge rosens, blacksmith supplies and tools for their mines, timber for the shoring up. A dwarven merchant is selling several varieties of mushroom; button, octopus, shiitake, and Stair-step. There is a huckster selling "Honest-to-goodness-bottled siren-song". Very rare, a crate from the city of ilsuria in the distant nation of Varisa of a fruit juice known as "shelyn's Beloved drop" or just "Beloved". The fruit juice is a wondrous drink at dawn, makes for good mixed drinks, and supposedly a small drop will render the most vile alchemical concoction palatable....
Laird Dekard, answers you Mara off handily as he boards a small, but ornate carriage, "Taldor has held these cities for some 25 months. which is something of a record. You are bound to meet settlers and farmers who grow some of the crops in our market today. The majority of such goods is transported to various capitals of the west and the north by teleportation and kept fresh with purification prayers, so you may see one exceptionally potent
scroll reader... true masters of the arcane and divine, aren't as common here as they are in the nations west of us, both south and north. The only ones who should concern you are the
Bourger-mansters in the ancient parlance, as we call them now the
mayors and
governors of those towns.
They tend to their people zealously, and are reluctant to surrender their taxes at times - only when the kingdom does not acknowledge their needs."
