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A Landskeeper is a figure from the Marches magical tradition, who supports the territories or the nation as a whole. Landskeepers can use a variety of methods, from hearth magics to rituals to do this. | A Landskeeper is a figure from the Marches magical tradition, who supports the territories or the nation as a whole. Landskeepers can use a variety of methods, from hearth magics to rituals to do this. | ||
When Landskeepers do associate with Households or market towns directly it is always in pursuit of their own agenda. | |||
Some Landskeepers technically lack any real magical ability at all, using traditional rituals and offering good advice and aid to the Marcher folk. A woman that advises on the effective order to rotate your crops, what herbs to use to bring a pregnant pig to term, or where to place a bushel of wheat to keep out evil spirits, is a Landskeeper, whether or not she also employs magic. | Some Landskeepers technically lack any real magical ability at all, using traditional rituals and offering good advice and aid to the Marcher folk. A woman that advises on the effective order to rotate your crops, what herbs to use to bring a pregnant pig to term, or where to place a bushel of wheat to keep out evil spirits, is a Landskeeper, whether or not she also employs magic. | ||
These magical Marchers draw on a number of sources for inspiration. They are as much inspired by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk cunning folk] of European history as the obvious fantastic characters such as Pratchett's witches. | These magical Marchers draw on a number of sources for inspiration. They are as much inspired by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk cunning folk] of European history as the obvious fantastic characters such as Pratchett's witches. | ||
[[Category:Nations]] | [[Category:Nations]] | ||
[[Category:The Marches]] | [[Category:The Marches]] | ||
Revision as of 20:36, 17 August 2012
A Landskeeper is a figure from the Marches magical tradition, who supports the territories or the nation as a whole. Landskeepers can use a variety of methods, from hearth magics to rituals to do this.
When Landskeepers do associate with Households or market towns directly it is always in pursuit of their own agenda.
Some Landskeepers technically lack any real magical ability at all, using traditional rituals and offering good advice and aid to the Marcher folk. A woman that advises on the effective order to rotate your crops, what herbs to use to bring a pregnant pig to term, or where to place a bushel of wheat to keep out evil spirits, is a Landskeeper, whether or not she also employs magic.
These magical Marchers draw on a number of sources for inspiration. They are as much inspired by the cunning folk of European history as the obvious fantastic characters such as Pratchett's witches.