Lower Than The Worms She Is

Lower than the worms she is

Speb and Vadivawu, an unlikely pairing of greedy sea-swept ship captain and reedy leg-fused insular quartermistress. The Tartartartartariog is their ship to command upon the high and grizzly seas west of Vayavarpa and beyond, with enough luck and a little help against that tyrant Ptagmokar they might just make it through without a gruesome death at sea.

Shyomic the Hedgeslog

Happy Mahashivaratri and International Women’s Day!

Geopolitical map of the southern regions of the continents of Vayavarpa and Murgalna in the year 973 AM (Aravasha-Musanugu) or 195 BG (Byrsa nha Gryodys), era of the conception of the Bog Knight. This chart rests upon debatable sources of information and allegedly valid evidence from a bevy of scornful scholars and disdainful demagogues.

- White dashed borders: State of war

- Bold titles: Established sovereign states

- Faded titles: Indigenous nations

- Parentheses: National factions/insurrections

Geopolitical map of the southern regions of the continents of Vayavarpa and Murgalna about 200 years before the time of the Bog Knight, specific details may differ as a result of differing historical accounts and dubious sources of information.

As it would happen, entering a craftsman’s shop for the first time only to come across little puppets made in your image is not considered creepy in several regions. While it might be an older practice, many folk still find the making figures of their potential clients as a form of welcoming and endearment. In lands such as Connlaib and Wydlaib, where idols and votives are often used to represent deities or ancestral guardians, this practice signifies that one has already been accepted into another’s household as a guest. Alternatively, the crafting of such things lends itself to traditional beliefs of control as old stories speak of cullahs (medicine men/doctors) who had been wronged by rowdy rompers using their hands to manipulate and strangle those who had transgressed them through dolls like these.

Few recall just how much blood is needed to build a map such as that, fewer still would be willing to fight for an unproven new proposition.