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When the Gods Made Farmers: The Farmer's Prayer

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When the Gods made Farmers, or the Farmer's Prayer , is a speech that was made into a poem and then later turned into a regional prayer. It was written by Brave King Breian before he was king. The speech was given during a meeting held at the Tyfferim town hall about a failed harvest. All the farmers were gathered at the assembly hall to appeal to the regent, to ask him to plead to the then-king about giving aid to the farms on their behalf. Breian stood up and spoke for the farming community, his speech so poetic and powerful that he was asked to give it in front of the king. The speech was transcribed and repeated, and when Breian was made Regent of Tyfferim not long after, he wrote it down as a poem and titled it When the Gods Made Farmers, which he recited in honour of the farmers who kept the country fed during the Galleisian War. It was taken up by the churches in Tyfferim and Sethshire as a prayer.  You can listen to a reading of the poem HERE. Below is the piece

Story for the Day: Mule the Blacksmith

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Legend in Frewyn tells of a Hallanys man named Mule, a strange and reclusive blacksmith who was said to make weapons imbued with magic. Though he lived before King Breian's time, Mule's legacy lives in a young smith from Galae named Lunas, one who not only bears a resemblance to Mule but also seems to have inherited some of his abilities... It is a terrible thing, to be born with the spirit of fondness, to be blessed with the currency of innate affection and have nowhere spend it. Lunas had fondness in abundance, and he gave it freely to every creature that approached him: he gave the birds the crumbs from his bannocks, was mindful of the ants and worms around the sward, and had a galaday watching the squirrels battle one another over who stole whose nuts from whom. He had a gentle heart, making him unfit for all the usual lamentations of estate maids and groundskeepers. He liked good news and therefore detached himself from anything condemnatory or disparaging. Company tha