The Mansion of E - Monday , November 30 , 2009
[[Outline of Baldy on Caravan duty, with a couple of spear-carriers lurking behind a rise.]]
Rosemary: Problems. You're talking about the Western bandit attacks. And the Erewhonians.
Sylvester: Yup. Another Times rule: when all the Official Sources say something's not that bad.. it's probably pretty bad.
[[Map of the nation of Thekla and surrounding states. Arrows point at a portion of the country.]]
Sylvester: As for the Theklans, their relations with their southern neighbors, the Incanans, are not just tense but downright hostile.
Sylvester: And something is happening in Vespugia.
Rosemary: Ves.. what?
Sylvester: Vespugia. It's their major agricultural province.
Rosemary: Like Arcadia?
[[Outline of some buildings burning in the distance, under a night sky.]]
Sylvester: Strictly In the sense they both grow a lot of high-quality crops. Vespugia is not the original seat of the Theklan ruling family.
Sylvester: And before you ask... Peasant revolt, crop failures, Wendigo attacks? Lots of rumors, almost no hard facts.