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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5562521" data-attributes="member: 2710">Ryall quiets down at Quioan's remark, though he's clearly still rattled.Roug simply stammers in the face of the chastisement he receives, but Daylily tosses the branded jesses into the mix before he can recover. Ryall looks, but just shakes his head. Roug, seems similarly confused. "Well, that's a G, yeah? I know my alphabet if that's what yer asking. And it ain't my brand; never had the money for ta train birds; a noble's game, that is."Both peasants' eyes widen at the sight of the gem. "You found that 'round here? See, I knew this bandit had a stash he was using for--""Hey, if I had bright shinys like that, I wouldn't be buying huts offa dirty woodsmen, now would I?" Roug returns. The threat of violence from before seems to be gone, but there's clearly continued antagonism.[sblock=Quioan]They seem to be fairly standard hunting jesses used by falconers to control birds like the hawks. Whether they were controlled at the time they attacked or not, then, it's reasonable to assume someone trained the birds at some point, and attached the jesses.[/sblock][sblock=Relic]Seems each of the birds had a matching set of jesses. They seem pretty common. Not worth much of anything so far as Relic can tell. No trace of magic on bird bodies or jesses.As to the brand, Relic seems to recall a Venzan noble house that used the brand. "Gabbianno" sounds about right.[/sblock]</blockquote>