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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanglorian" data-source="post: 5976159" data-attributes="member: 83822">Been a while with no activity—I guess everyone's a bit busy at the moment. I have an entry inspired by <a href="http://monstroustelevision.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/machine-with-wicked-gears.html" target="_blank">Machine with Wicked Gears</a> that expands on the theology of Thring.THE SORCERER OF TARENGAEL TOWN   When the serfs of Tarengael fear for their lambs or their children, they pray to the Green Lady. But if they wish death or ruin on another, or to forget a great horror, or to revel madly, they approach a man who serves a far darker power.  The Sorcerer of Tarengael Twon lives in the shantytown outside Castle Tarengael. He has a small hut that is lavishly decorated with rugs and silks and always smells gently of varnish. Brightly dyed sheets block off three passages from view, though visitors swear that the hut is so small that there is nowhere for the passages to lead.  The sorcerer himself wears a mask of a grinning figure with pale skin, large black eyes and a smokey moustache. This is a depiction of Baron Autumn, the unspoken second god of Thring. He shepherds the dead to the underworld and rides with his Wild Hunt, made up of the souls of those slain by black magic. The elves, it is said, recognise but do not worship him, for they have nothing to fear from death.  The sorcerers of Thring are a meddlesome and jealous estate, and so each specialises in magic as obscure and esoteric as possible—making theft pointless and sabotage harmless. The Sorcerer of Tarengael Town has specilaised in featherstitch, an embroidery technique. His healing magic involves sewing wounds closed; his abjurations require the user to make embroidery motions in the air. He recently drove out a rival, making him the only sorcerer in Tarengael.    Hooks  Who is the sorcerer's rival?  What great spells can be done by featherstitch?  Is Baron Autumn truly the Green Lady's equal?  What's the relationship between Baron Autumn and the elves?</blockquote>

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