Connects to hex: 14.00
This small village leaves its sheep to roam on the hills while the villagers gather around a lake to fish. When night falls, they blow a horn and the sheep shuffle back to the village.
It is not just the sheep that are suggestible. Any who drink from the lake are inclined to do as they’re told.
An old woman lives half a mile from the village. She refuses to drink from the lake and instead collects rainwater. It has been some months since it last rained. She is constantly scratching for she is infested with widow’s mites.
The village is far from the Marche but dutifully sends a flock of sheep to the Winterjarl each autumn as tribute. Each year this practice leaves them with fewer and fewer sheep, and it is not long before they will starve.
Hooks:
- If anyone approached the old woman, could the mites spread?
- If the situation were explained to the Winterjarl, might he reduce his tithe?
- What do widow’s mites do?
- What will the widow do when she runs out of water?
