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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GlassEye" data-source="post: 4483093" data-attributes="member: 40413">Nearly ready.  Do you want us to post directly to the RG?Meanwhile...[sblock=The Test of Bees]In rural communities the church of the Lawgiver is frequently accompanied by bee hives.  The local akolite, should the community be lucky enough to support one, will frequently expound upon the nature of bees: 'Bees embody the Law.  Their actions are precise and ordered...'  The sermon will continue in this vein for some time until the akolite wraps up with: '...following the Law holds honey-sweet reward,' or a similar sentiment.Bees do hold a purpose for akolites beyond honey production and metaphor.  Bees are 'ordered' and cannot abide the presence of the 'disordered' becoming agitated whenever someone who has recently touched or been touched by chaos is present.  An akolite, knowing this propensity in bees, will sometimes carry a 'bee-box'.(1)  When near a dream creature, a chaos-wizard, or the like, the bee will become agitated, flap their wings in a distressed manner, and cause the box to rattle and buzz announcing the dangerous presence.(1) A small wooden sphere designed to hold living bees.  Many are ornately carved and painted and some even inlaid with gold and precious gems.  Bees and bee-boxes were so predominant in the age immediately following the Dreamer that the bee has joined the book as symbol of the church of the Lawgiver.[/sblock]</blockquote>