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Twiggy at 01:21, 19 March 2026

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	The plan of the Navarr has always been one of two parts. The Navarr who walk, the [[striding\|stridings]] draw the power of the vallorn with them along the [[trods]], slowly draining away the unnatural life and the magic that keeps it wild and hungry. Those who stay, the [[steading\|steadings]], watch the vallorn and cut its questing tendrils back whenever it tries to grow beyond the confines of the land it infests.		The plan of the Navarr has always been one of two parts. The Navarr who walk, the [[striding\|stridings]] draw the power of the vallorn with them along the [[trods]], slowly draining away the unnatural life and the magic that keeps it wild and hungry. Those who stay, the [[steading\|steadings]], watch the vallorn and cut its questing tendrils back whenever it tries to grow beyond the confines of the land it infests.

	In Liathaven, the trods still channel the energy of the vallorn away from its heart; they are still walked. In the last few years, they are walked further than ever - with [[Reikos]] an [[Karsk]] and [[Holberg]] restored to the web of paths, more power is drawn further away. Slowly, slowly the Navarr are weakening the ~~Vallorn~~, eventually it will become vulnerable.		In Liathaven, the trods still channel the energy of the vallorn away from its heart; they are still walked. In the last few years, they are walked further than ever - with [[Reikos]] an [[Karsk]] and [[Holberg]] restored to the web of paths, more power is drawn further away. Slowly, slowly the Navarr are weakening the vallorn, eventually it will become vulnerable.

	But the stridings and the trods are only part of the system that keeps the vallorn at bay. In Liathaven, the steadings are empty. What the Jotun have not slaughtered and burned, they have driven out of the forest. For the most part, the western orcs stayed away from the vallorn, marking its boundaries with peculiar totems. When it stirred, they cut it back, just like the steadings. But the Jotun have had their eyes turned elsewhere, their fury spent on the Navarr and withdrawn westward. It has been several seasons since ''anyone'' was standing guard over [[Liathaven#Westwood\|Westwood]] and [[Liathaven#Liath's Heart\|Liath's Heart]].		But the stridings and the trods are only part of the system that keeps the vallorn at bay. In Liathaven, the steadings are empty. What the Jotun have not slaughtered and burned, they have driven out of the forest. For the most part, the western orcs stayed away from the vallorn, marking its boundaries with peculiar totems. When it stirred, they cut it back, just like the steadings. But the Jotun have had their eyes turned elsewhere, their fury spent on the Navarr and withdrawn westward. It has been several seasons since ''anyone'' was standing guard over [[Liathaven#Westwood\|Westwood]] and [[Liathaven#Liath's Heart\|Liath's Heart]].

Twiggy: /* Unforeseen Consequences */

2025-07-12T23:50:59Z

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	<div style="width: 400px; float: right;"><box>'''Vallorn Seeds'''<br>		<div style="width: 400px; float: right;"><box>'''Vallorn Seeds'''<br>
	Every farm in Bregasland has gained the equivalent of a single piece of vital honey - made by harvesting the seed pods of the strange plants - in addition to the normal production. This benefit will continue each season for as long as the vallorn remains in West Ranging.</box></div>		Every farm in Bregasland has gained the equivalent of a single piece of vital honey - made by harvesting the seed pods of the strange plants - in addition to the normal production. This benefit will continue each season for as long as the vallorn remains in West Ranging.</box></div>
	Fogs are nothing new in Bregasland, and nobody pays this one much attention. Frankly a few wisps of cold mist is the least of your worries when you're tracking through the marshes of Bregasland. When the fog rolls in from ~~the~~ the sea, real fog, not this thin misty stuff, it is so thick you can barely walk through it, let alone see through it. It's certainly strange for the fog to come in the other way - from inland and the forests, but even that doesn't merit much mention.		Fogs are nothing new in Bregasland, and nobody pays this one much attention. Frankly a few wisps of cold mist is the least of your worries when you're tracking through the marshes of Bregasland. When the fog rolls in from the sea, real fog, not this thin misty stuff, it is so thick you can barely walk through it, let alone see through it. It's certainly strange for the fog to come in the other way - from inland and the forests, but even that doesn't merit much mention.

	But the strange black seeds that float on the mist are something else. Scattered across the marshes they are quickly sucked down into the bogs... but days later a peculiar new bloom springs up. It is a tenacious plant, a tough reed with a thick core of grey pulp with a violent red seed pod on the top. It doesn't take folk very long to discover that these crimson seed pods are valuable. Harvesting the seeds and grinding them into a fine paste mixed in with a little syrup, produces a sticky substance indistinguishable from [[Vis#Vital_Honey\|vital honey - the powerful Spring vis]].		But the strange black seeds that float on the mist are something else. Scattered across the marshes they are quickly sucked down into the bogs... but days later a peculiar new bloom springs up. It is a tenacious plant, a tough reed with a thick core of grey pulp with a violent red seed pod on the top. It doesn't take folk very long to discover that these crimson seed pods are valuable. Harvesting the seeds and grinding them into a fine paste mixed in with a little syrup, produces a sticky substance indistinguishable from [[Vis#Vital_Honey\|vital honey - the powerful Spring vis]].

Twiggy: /* Unforeseen Consequences */

2025-07-11T13:32:50Z

Unforeseen Consequences

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	==Unforeseen Consequences==		==Unforeseen Consequences==
	The expansion of the vallorn is not completely confined to West Ranging in ~~Liathavan~~. Strange mists travel north bearing dark seeds. The cold fog drifts along the trod that travels north from Liath's Ring until it emerges from the eaves of the forest near the Grey Rushes and the Fens in Bregasland. From there is spreads out across the marshes that occupy much of Bregasland before it reaches the Westmere and the Gullet.		The expansion of the vallorn is not completely confined to West Ranging in Liathaven. Strange mists travel north bearing dark seeds. The cold fog drifts along the trod that travels north from Liath's Ring until it emerges from the eaves of the forest near the Grey Rushes and the Fens in Bregasland. From there is spreads out across the marshes that occupy much of Bregasland before it reaches the Westmere and the Gullet.
	<div style="width: 400px; float: right;"><box>'''Vallorn Seeds'''<br>		<div style="width: 400px; float: right;"><box>'''Vallorn Seeds'''<br>
	Every farm in Bregasland has gained the equivalent of a single piece of vital honey - made by harvesting the seed pods of the strange plants - in addition to the normal production. This benefit will continue each season for as long as the vallorn remains in West Ranging.</box></div>		Every farm in Bregasland has gained the equivalent of a single piece of vital honey - made by harvesting the seed pods of the strange plants - in addition to the normal production. This benefit will continue each season for as long as the vallorn remains in West Ranging.</box></div>
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	Unfortunately the plants don't live long, they seem to bloom and die fairly quickly and there is no sign of them taking root and all attempts to cultivate them fail. But fortunately there are more seeds coming in on the mists all the time to replace them. If it lasts then it looks like this could be a reliable source of new mana for the Empire - and most especially for the yeoman of Bregasland.		Unfortunately the plants don't live long, they seem to bloom and die fairly quickly and there is no sign of them taking root and all attempts to cultivate them fail. But fortunately there are more seeds coming in on the mists all the time to replace them. If it lasts then it looks like this could be a reliable source of new mana for the Empire - and most especially for the yeoman of Bregasland.

	==Conjunction==		==Conjunction==
	The civil service has already identified a [[Sentinel_Gate#Conjunctions\|significant conjunction]] of the [[Sentinel Gate]] that opens in [[Liathaven]] during the Winter Solstice. As [[381YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#Major_Conjunctions\|detailed elsewhere]], it will allow heroes to visit a location at Mournstead in [[Liathaven#Liath's Ring\|Liath's Ring]], on Saturday during the summit. It is not clear whether this relates to the current situation in the forests; the old [[steading]] lies close to an area of [[Vallorn#Vallorn_Miasma\|vallorn miasma]] and was visited from Anvil at the Autumn Equinox, and [[the Brass Coast]] [[egregores\|egregore]] has noted that the conjunction has relevance to the Freeborn as well.		The civil service has already identified a [[Sentinel_Gate#Conjunctions\|significant conjunction]] of the [[Sentinel Gate]] that opens in [[Liathaven]] during the Winter Solstice. As [[381YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#Major_Conjunctions\|detailed elsewhere]], it will allow heroes to visit a location at Mournstead in [[Liathaven#Liath's Ring\|Liath's Ring]], on Saturday during the summit. It is not clear whether this relates to the current situation in the forests; the old [[steading]] lies close to an area of [[Vallorn#Vallorn_Miasma\|vallorn miasma]] and was visited from Anvil at the Autumn Equinox, and [[the Brass Coast]] [[egregores\|egregore]] has noted that the conjunction has relevance to the Freeborn as well.

Responsible1 at 17:04, 2 June 2022

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	<tr><td>Owyn</td><td>Navarr</td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>Owyn</td><td>Navarr</td><td></td></tr>
	<tr><td>Maarit</td><td>Varushka</td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>Maarit</td><td>Varushka</td><td></td></tr>
	<tr><td>Magdelena ~~Alagna~~ Di Sarvos</td><td>The League</td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>Magdelena Alanga Di Sarvos</td><td>The League</td><td></td></tr>
	<tr><td>Kaspar Yakovich von Holberg</td><td>The League</td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>Kaspar Yakovich von Holberg</td><td>The League</td><td></td></tr>
	<tr><td>Lleu Tarw</td><td>Navarr</td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>Lleu Tarw</td><td>Navarr</td><td></td></tr>

RichardRaynor at 12:52, 28 January 2022

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE]][[Category:Recent History]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE Winter]][[Category:Recent History]]
	<quote>Deana whacked the last pig through the gate on the arse with her stick.		<quote>Deana whacked the last pig through the gate on the arse with her stick.

Rafferty at 15:50, 1 November 2018

2018-11-01T15:50:23Z

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE]][[Category:Recent History~~]][[Category: Winter Solstice 381YE~~]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE]][[Category:Recent History]]
	<quote>Deana whacked the last pig through the gate on the arse with her stick.		<quote>Deana whacked the last pig through the gate on the arse with her stick.

Rafferty: /* Conjunction */

2018-05-31T14:40:42Z

Conjunction

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	<quote>Big pig or little pig, Root, hog, or die</quote>		<quote>Big pig or little pig, Root, hog, or die</quote>

			==Resolution==
			Following the Winter Solstice, the Navarr army of the Quiet Step, along with the Marcher armies the Tusks and the Bounders, [[382YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Immolation_.28Liathaven.29\|fought the vallorn expansion]] in Liathaven. The attempted expansion was blunted, meaning that West Ranging was not infested. This means that no more seeds are floating into Bregasland, meaning no more spring vis is being produced.

Rafferty at 14:21, 20 April 2018

2018-04-20T14:21:54Z

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	<tr><td>Maarit</td><td>Varushka</td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>Maarit</td><td>Varushka</td><td></td></tr>
	<tr><td>Magdelena Alagna Di Sarvos</td><td>The League</td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>Magdelena Alagna Di Sarvos</td><td>The League</td><td></td></tr>
			<tr><td>Kaspar Yakovich von Holberg</td><td>The League</td><td></td></tr>
	<tr><td>Lleu Tarw</td><td>Navarr</td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>Lleu Tarw</td><td>Navarr</td><td></td></tr>
	<tr><td>Lord Merbrid the Stork</td><td>Dawn</td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>Lord Merbrid the Stork</td><td>Dawn</td><td></td></tr>

Beeswax at 11:41, 19 April 2018

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	==The Vallorn Stirs==		==The Vallorn Stirs==
	The vallorn in Liathaven is stirring. A swelling power is rippling through Westwood and Liath's ~~Glen~~, as the vegetable menace flexes and begins to expand into the empty regions that surround it. There are only a very few scattered reports about what is happening - between the fury of the Jotun and the raising of the banner of the Black Thorns, there are almost no Navarr left in Liathaven.		The vallorn in Liathaven is stirring. A swelling power is rippling through Westwood and Liath's Heart, as the vegetable menace flexes and begins to expand into the empty regions that surround it. There are only a very few scattered reports about what is happening - between the fury of the Jotun and the raising of the banner of the Black Thorns, there are almost no Navarr left in Liathaven.

	These bursts of explosive growth are unusual but not unknown. The most similar recent event was in Summer 379YE when the vallorn of [[Brocéliande]] [[Lonely,_dark_and_deep\|began to expand]] into [[Brocéliande#Elerael\|Elerael]] after the [[Druj]] there withdrew. That excursion was [[379YE_Autumn_Equinox_winds_of_war#Angry_Ettercaps\|dealt with]] by the Black Thorns, pushing through [[the Barrens]] with the aid of the orcs of the Great Forest. This time, the Black Thorns are in [[381YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#To_Fool_The_Crowd\|no fit state]] to deal with a stirring vallorn.		These bursts of explosive growth are unusual but not unknown. The most similar recent event was in Summer 379YE when the vallorn of [[Brocéliande]] [[Lonely,_dark_and_deep\|began to expand]] into [[Brocéliande#Elerael\|Elerael]] after the [[Druj]] there withdrew. That excursion was [[379YE_Autumn_Equinox_winds_of_war#Angry_Ettercaps\|dealt with]] by the Black Thorns, pushing through [[the Barrens]] with the aid of the orcs of the Great Forest. This time, the Black Thorns are in [[381YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#To_Fool_The_Crowd\|no fit state]] to deal with a stirring vallorn.
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	Fogs are nothing new in Bregasland, and nobody pays this one much attention. Frankly a few wisps of cold mist is the least of your worries when you're tracking through the marshes of Bregasland. When the fog rolls in from the the sea, real fog, not this thin misty stuff, it is so thick you can barely walk through it, let alone see through it. It's certainly strange for the fog to come in the other way - from inland and the forests, but even that doesn't merit much mention.		Fogs are nothing new in Bregasland, and nobody pays this one much attention. Frankly a few wisps of cold mist is the least of your worries when you're tracking through the marshes of Bregasland. When the fog rolls in from the the sea, real fog, not this thin misty stuff, it is so thick you can barely walk through it, let alone see through it. It's certainly strange for the fog to come in the other way - from inland and the forests, but even that doesn't merit much mention.

	But the strange black seeds that float on the mist are something else. Scattered across the marshes they are quickly sucked down into the bogs... but days later a peculiar new bloom springs up. It is a tenacious plant, a tough reed with a thick core of grey pulp with a violent red seed pod on the top. It doesn't take folk very long to discover that ~~these~~ these crimson seed pods are valuable. Harvesting the seeds and grinding them into a fine paste mixed in with a little syrup, produces a sticky substance indistinguishable from [[Vis#Vital_Honey\|vital honey - the powerful Spring vis]].		But the strange black seeds that float on the mist are something else. Scattered across the marshes they are quickly sucked down into the bogs... but days later a peculiar new bloom springs up. It is a tenacious plant, a tough reed with a thick core of grey pulp with a violent red seed pod on the top. It doesn't take folk very long to discover that these crimson seed pods are valuable. Harvesting the seeds and grinding them into a fine paste mixed in with a little syrup, produces a sticky substance indistinguishable from [[Vis#Vital_Honey\|vital honey - the powerful Spring vis]].

	Unfortunately the plants don't live long, they seem to bloom and die fairly quickly and there is no sign of them taking root and all attempts to cultivate them fail. But fortunately there are more seeds coming in on the mists all the time to replace them. If it lasts then it looks like this could be a reliable source of new mana for the Empire - and most especially for the yeoman of Bregasland.		Unfortunately the plants don't live long, they seem to bloom and die fairly quickly and there is no sign of them taking root and all attempts to cultivate them fail. But fortunately there are more seeds coming in on the mists all the time to replace them. If it lasts then it looks like this could be a reliable source of new mana for the Empire - and most especially for the yeoman of Bregasland.
	==Conjunction==		==Conjunction==
	The civil service has already identified a [[Sentinel_Gate#Conjunctions\|significant conjunction]] of the [[Sentinel Gate]] that opens in [[Liathaven]] during the Winter Solstice. As [[381YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#Major_Conjunctions\|detailed elsewhere]], it will allow heroes to visit a location at Mournstead in [[Liathaven#Liath's ~~Glen~~\|Liath's ~~Glen~~]], on Saturday during the summit. It is not clear whether this relates to the current situation in the forests; the old [[steading]] lies close to an area of [[Vallorn#Vallorn_Miasma\|vallorn miasma]] and was visited from Anvil at the Autumn Equinox, and [[the Brass Coast]] [[egregores\|egregore]] has noted that the conjunction has relevance to the Freeborn as well.		The civil service has already identified a [[Sentinel_Gate#Conjunctions\|significant conjunction]] of the [[Sentinel Gate]] that opens in [[Liathaven]] during the Winter Solstice. As [[381YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#Major_Conjunctions\|detailed elsewhere]], it will allow heroes to visit a location at Mournstead in [[Liathaven#Liath's Ring\|Liath's Ring]], on Saturday during the summit. It is not clear whether this relates to the current situation in the forests; the old [[steading]] lies close to an area of [[Vallorn#Vallorn_Miasma\|vallorn miasma]] and was visited from Anvil at the Autumn Equinox, and [[the Brass Coast]] [[egregores\|egregore]] has noted that the conjunction has relevance to the Freeborn as well.

	<quote>Big pig or little pig, Root, hog, or die</quote>		<quote>Big pig or little pig, Root, hog, or die</quote>

Beeswax at 12:31, 12 April 2018

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	==Unforeseen Consequences==		==Unforeseen Consequences==
	The expansion of the vallorn is not completely confined to West Ranging in Liathavan. Strange mists travel north bearing dark seeds. The cold fog drifts along the trod that travels north ~~form~~ Liath's Ring until it emerges from the eaves of the forest near the Grey Rushes and the Fens in Bregasland. From there is spreads out across the marshes that occupy much of Bregasland before it reaches the Westmere and the Gullet.		The expansion of the vallorn is not completely confined to West Ranging in Liathavan. Strange mists travel north bearing dark seeds. The cold fog drifts along the trod that travels north from Liath's Ring until it emerges from the eaves of the forest near the Grey Rushes and the Fens in Bregasland. From there is spreads out across the marshes that occupy much of Bregasland before it reaches the Westmere and the Gullet.
	<div style="width: 400px; float: right;"><box>'''Vallorn Seeds'''<br>		<div style="width: 400px; float: right;"><box>'''Vallorn Seeds'''<br>
	Every farm in Bregasland has gained the equivalent of a single piece of vital honey - made by harvesting the seed pods of the strange plants - in addition to the normal production. This benefit will continue each season for as long as the vallorn remains in West Ranging.</box></div>		Every farm in Bregasland has gained the equivalent of a single piece of vital honey - made by harvesting the seed pods of the strange plants - in addition to the normal production. This benefit will continue each season for as long as the vallorn remains in West Ranging.</box></div>