Vote tally - Look Upon My Works
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-[X] Female - It has always been tradition for the old women of the families to assemble in the tent of the elders, where those who have led their families well, now continue to lead the entire people. Childbirth is hard work, and many die in the infancy of their burgeoning families, or exhaust themselves to death over caring for a thankless family. And even if they do survive these many labours, the valley might simply cut a woman's life down with disease. Those who live to sit in the tent of the elders receive their just reward for a life well led and lived.
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-[X] Wander - It is not in your way to travel, but even the ancestors of your ancestors came here from far away. You would have to suffer the many tribulations that they themselves suffered through, but perhaps, beyond the valley and away from the river, mountains and land, another hope for your people lies. If you fail to find any such hope, however, you are no better off than when you started, and must seek and search through hundreds of tribulations until you are all dead or find something.
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-[X] Trade - When the ancestors of your ancestors were poor of game to hunt, and of low means, they went out beyond the valley, to the highlands beyond it where they would trade their wolven cloaks and return with riches and strange meat with no equivalent on the valley. Thus, the people were preserved in a time of need. Not all people want to trade, however, and if they saw your plight, they might be moved to consider you an easy target of raids, rather than a partner for trade. It is not the first time that the people outside the valley grow cold and indifferent to your plight, after all.
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-[X] Male - It has always been tradition for the old men of the families to assemble in the tent of the elders, where those who can no longer hunt and fight meet to deliberate upon the future. The hunt is not easy, and many never reach an age like yours, they die from wounds, curse, disease or simply in duel with another hunter like themselves. Those who do survive might end up simply dying of an exhausted body, and sitting in the tent of the elders is thus a just reward for a life well led and lived.
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-[X] Raid - When the ancestors of your ancestors found that the valley had grown sparse and that the hearts of the other peoples beyond, had grown cold and their minds had grown scheming like the wolf, from which the cloak that the hunters wore on their shoulders came, they took their spears and their slings and took from them their game and foreign brides, which they returned to the people and celebrated with. Success is not assured, however, and a failure would slay many hunters that could also have gathered food, as well as make you a target for their own raids.
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-[X] Appease - When the ancestors of your ancestors were still among the hunters in their youth, and ran in the steppe with wolven cloaks upon their shoulders, the beasts fled the land for many days, until their own elders performed a great sacrifice and bid the young hunters and women dance in circles around a great bonfire for an entire day. And in the dark of the night, the beasts returned to the valley, as they had before. The river, mountains and land were satisfied. The valley is hard to satisfy, however; sometimes sacrifice and celebration are not enough, you are aware that it may simply result in a more hungry people with even less to do.
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