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Giraine Summaries

We concluded the wedding formalities with a good old-style Pithdaran duel session, featuring two bouts intended to resolve conflicts and thereby bless the marriage with peace (often through blood shed on the ceremonial termite mound). Boamund promptly called the Captain forth, had his challenge 'accepted' by being tossed on the ground by Ahappi, then they exchanged punches for a few moments, with Boamund landing a savage bruise on the Captain's cheek before Ahappi landed a flawless upper cut, knocking Boamund down the slope of the mound in a small smear of blood. They were encouraged to embrace and declare their differences resolved. Then Nafiyotte, an older local Pithdaran farmer, exchanged blows with a younger hunter named Memkud, over a grain debt the latter owed. Memkud won after a long, sweaty bout and was granted another season to pay his debt. And the wedding was considered twice-blessed!

Soon the Baronet retired to his chambers with his lovely bride (and his re-attached member), as did Cyroosta (after some awkward congratulations to Ahappi on his duel) and Boamund (who had his own new, if Spartan, room in the Manor). Ciddar had spent the night in the privy, wracked with an unusual sickness that he now blamed on the tower encounter with “Him” (the Brown Vadeli, Skrimton Nodeal), and muttered to the Captain that he had an idea for vengeance… The Captain also had words with the spirit-fish Omen, brokering some sort of private deal for tutelage. He also had been heard muttering of dragons in his sleep, and some fishermen witnessed an amazing duel in which the Captain soundly defeated the young, proud Ouori “Puijila-ool” to earn his friendship– as well as a local reputation as a master pugilist!

The coming days, though, were full of peace and bliss in the Shaven household. The Baronet, with Boamund's help, investigated a mysterious bone gift from Baron Ron and deciphered its message. Some of the locals felt that the Lady Inyana's magic was still present as flowers burst to life in the dead of winter around the Manor, and twittering animals joined the couple in frolicking across their lands, full of love and joy.

But not everyone felt that love and joy, particularly as the gloom of Dark Season (still year 1621) set in. Soon mutterings came to the Baronet's attention, of tension between Giranois and his folk. The natives had come down from the wilds to the swamps and plains for the winter as they tended to do, and were blamed for all manner of purported atrocities and suspicious acts. With a bit more investigation on your lands' fringes, you learned that the Giranois had been spotted at night in the graveyard. You found many tracks there, but none conclusively Giranois nor any evidence of interference with graves. Patrolling into the swamps, you caught three Giranois lurking around but they seemed to be honest in denying that they'd done anything wrong. They mentioned an elder named Vowka who they said would talk with “wallmen”. Your suspicion was that there was a third party who was raising tensions between peasants and natives, so you set off to investigate further.

***I forgot to mention a nice gift that showed up in the Baronet's wedding stash, wrapped in nice fabric. It is a squat stone statuette, rather grotesque and garishly painted, and reminiscent to some of Cyroosta Shaven (that same style of excessive eye shadow, tortuously styled hair, and favourite shawl). It bears a small plate engraved in Seshnegi with “Giraine Fertility Idol - place above bedroom chamber door to scare away evil spirits.” By process of elimination it seems to be from the crew/captain of The Shadow.

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