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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Halford" data-source="post: 4496930" data-attributes="member: 64844">Perkiss sighs heavily, "Very well, from the beginning then.  Well I was hired to run the menagerie some forty years ago, after an incident which prevented me continueing my career as an entertainer - they shouldn't have served fruit.  Then when Lord Blackhope died ten years ago he bequeathed me the menagerie." He nods his head respectfully and looks upwards. "Since then I've been struggling to stay above water, the animals need food, and curatives, and there are taxes and now I have to pay protection to that fat lout Sal.  I just can't earn enough, so I had to borrow, a little at first, then more, and more.  And now I owe Fat Sal well over five thousand gold pieces, borrowed against the menagerie - what else could I do?" [sblock=Druids] There are two Druidic circles near Orussus that Ciprinus is aware of - I will need a Knowledge Nature to determine how well aware of them he is, unless he decides to be form one of the two Circles.  For the record Orussus can be considered to have a climate similar to England - I cannot actually find a write up of Orussus's climate, but that sounds about right.  So fairly cold with a lot of rain, snow in winter, etc. The Wyrwood Circle and the Larkenwold Circle.  Both are known for their reclusive natures, and though they are likely to sympathize with the plight of any animal their temperate forest homes are unlikely to be appropriate for the exotic animals of the menagerie.  It is possible that they may know of ways to help.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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