WizarDru
Adventurer
"So...uhh, this is the Mudtunnel?"
"Oh, aye! Only way through tha moontaine, innit?"
"...and you liked it so mcuh, you named the town after it?"
"What? Naye, lad...the emperor's tax man what came throo used it during floode season, true? An' he come through it a powerful mess. Right put out, he were. It were halfin'-made, see?"
"Well, I noticed it was rather...shallow, yes."
"Sure as true, it are. An' the tax man, he were a tallbones, like yoo. Came through all a'crouched and fierce mad, see? Damned the whol' a the town for ruining his fine cloak. I imagine it were right nice when it weren't covered in mud and doong."
""DUNG?"
"Well, we hafllins got our carts to move stuff, yes? Them little ponies....well, we're a farmin' community. Don' mean much to us, but it were market day then and the tax man weren't used to bending for others, see? Cursed us with the name 'a 'MudTunnel' and changed it on the Imperial Roles ever since."
"Oh. What was the town called before?"
"Pig Sty. We figured it weren't no step down. It's a fine tunnel, that."
"Oh, aye! Only way through tha moontaine, innit?"
"...and you liked it so mcuh, you named the town after it?"
"What? Naye, lad...the emperor's tax man what came throo used it during floode season, true? An' he come through it a powerful mess. Right put out, he were. It were halfin'-made, see?"
"Well, I noticed it was rather...shallow, yes."
"Sure as true, it are. An' the tax man, he were a tallbones, like yoo. Came through all a'crouched and fierce mad, see? Damned the whol' a the town for ruining his fine cloak. I imagine it were right nice when it weren't covered in mud and doong."
""DUNG?"
"Well, we hafllins got our carts to move stuff, yes? Them little ponies....well, we're a farmin' community. Don' mean much to us, but it were market day then and the tax man weren't used to bending for others, see? Cursed us with the name 'a 'MudTunnel' and changed it on the Imperial Roles ever since."
"Oh. What was the town called before?"
"Pig Sty. We figured it weren't no step down. It's a fine tunnel, that."