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mute.
 This angered
Selrahc mightily. Who
was this silent man,
interfering with
}

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{
tasks the gods
themselves had
entrusted to Selrahc?
In an attempt to
embarrass this
interloper, Selrahc
stole his green
trousers, leaving him
}

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{
naked and open to
comments about his
very manhood, and
still the stranger
would not speak,
would not leave this
tiny corner of
Rytabul.
}

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{
Vexed to his very
limits, Selrahc took
his war axe and
smote the silent one
mightily, again and
again, until the
silent stranger ran
away, having never
}

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{
said a word, and
never showed himself
in Rytabul again.
 Thus endeth the
tale of the bold
stranger.
}

// ============================ Birds of Britannia
SECTION BOOK 4
{
PAGES 26
TITLE Birds of Britannia
AUTHOR Thom the Heathen
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}

SECTION PAGE 42
{
 The wren is a tiny
insect-eating bird
with a loud voice.
The cheerful trills
of Wrens are
extraordinaily varied
and melodious.
 The swallow is
}
SECTION PAGE 43
{
easily recognized by
its forked tail.
Swallows catch
insects in flight,
and have squeaky,
twittering songs.
 The warbler is an
exceptional singer,
}
SECTION PAGE 44
{
whose extensive songs
combine the best
qualities of Wrens
and Swallows.
 The thatch climbs
down trees head
first, searching for
insects in the bark.
}
SECTION PAGE 45
{
It sings a
repetitive series of
notes with a nasal
tone quality.
 The agile chickadee
has a buzzy "chick-a-
dee-dee" call, from
which its name is
}
SECTION PAGE 46
{
derived. Its song is
a series of whistled
notes.
 The thrush is a
brown bird with a
spotted breast, which
eats worms and
snails, and has a
}
SECTION PAGE 47
{
beautiful singing
voice. Thrushes use
a stone as an anvil
to smash the shells
of snails.
 The little
nightingale is also
known for its
}
SECTION PAGE 48
{
beautiful song, which
it sings even at
night.
 The starling is a
small dark bird with
a yellow bill and a
squeaky,high-pitched
song. Starlings can
}
SECTION PAGE 49
{
mimic the sounds of
other birds.
 The skylark sings a
series of high-
pitched melodious
trills in flight.
  The finch is a
small seed-eating
}
SECTION PAGE 50
{
bird with a conical
beak and a musical,
warbling song.
 The crossbill is a
kind of Finch with a
strange crossed bill,
which ituses to
extract seeds from
}
SECTION PAGE 51
{
pine cones.
 The canary is a kind
of Finch that is
often kept as a pet.
Miners would often
take canaries
underground with
them, to warn them of
}
SECTION PAGE 52
{
the presence of
hazardous vapors in
the air.
 The sparrow weaves
a nest of grass, and
has an unmusical
chirp for a voice.
 The towhee is a kind
}
SECTION PAGE 53
{
of Sparrow that
continually reminds
listeners to drink
their tea.
 The shrike is a gray
bird with a hooked
bill. Shrikes have
the habit of impaling
}
SECTION PAGE 54
{
their prey on thorns.
 The woodpecker has
a pointed beak that
is suitable for
pecking at wood to
get at the insects
inside.
 The kingfisher dives
}
SECTION PAGE 55
{
for fish, which it
catches with its
long, pointed beak.
 The tern migrates
over great distances,
from one end of
Britannia to the
other each year.
}
SECTION PAGE 56
{
Terns dive from the
air to catch fish.
 The plover is a bird
that distracts
predators by
pretending to have a
broken wing.
 The lapwing is a
}
SECTION PAGE 57
{
kind of Plover that
has a long black
crest.
 The hawk is a
predator that feeds
on small birds, mice,
squirrels, and other
small animals. Small
}
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{
hawks are known as
Kites.
 The dove is a seed-
eating bird with a
peaceful reputation.
Doves have a low-
pitched cooing song.
 The cuckoo is a
}
SECTION PAGE 59
{
devious bird that
lays eggs in the
nests of Warblers and
other small birds.
Cuckoos have the
uncanny ability to
keep track of time,
singing once at the
}
SECTION PAGE 60
{
beginning of each
hour.
 The roadrunner is an
unusual bird with a
long tail, wich runs
swiftly along the
ground hunting for
lizards and snakes.
}
SECTION PAGE 61
{
 The swift is a very
agile bird that
spends nearly its
entire life in the
air. With their
mouths wide open,
Swifts capture
insects in mid-
}
SECTION PAGE 62
{
flight.
 The hummingbird is a
cross between a Swift
and a Fairy. These
tiny, brightly
colored birds hover
magically near
flowers, and live on
}
SECTION PAGE 63
{
the nectar they
provide.
 The owl is a
reputedly wise bird
that is active at
night, unlike most
birds. Owls have
excellent night
}
SECTION PAGE 64
{
vision and low-
pitched hooting
calls. Their wings
are silent in flight.
 The goatsucker is a
strange owl-like bird
that is though to
live on the milk of
}
SECTION PAGE 65
{
goats. These
mysterious birds
make jarring sounds
at night, for which
reason they are also
called Nightjars.
 The duck is a bird
that swims more often
}
SECTION PAGE 66
{
than it flies, and
has a nasal voice
that is described as
a "quack".
 The swan is a kind
of long-necked Duck
that is all white.
Swans are usually
}
SECTION PAGE 67
{
voiceless, but they
are said to have an
extraordinarily
beautiful song.
}

// ============================ Regarding Llamas
SECTION BOOK 5
{
PAGES 4
TITLE Regarding Llamas
AUTHOR Simon
PAGE 68
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}

SECTION PAGE 68
{
 Llamas are curious
bests, shaggy and
sought after for
their wool, yet of a
curiously arrogant
disposition reflected
in their eyes, they
live in mountainous
}
SECTION PAGE 69
{
areas,though who may
have first tamed them
is lost in the mists
of history.
 'Tis a well-known
fact that llamas can
indeed be tamed, and
used as grazing
}
SECTION PAGE 70
{
animals, for their
meat, and of course
for their wool. Yet
'tis lesser known
that their ornery
disposition and
tendency to spit at
those they dislike
}
SECTION PAGE 71
{
makes them appealing
guard creatures as
well, though they
have little sound
with which to sound
an alarm.
}

// ============================ Talking to Wisps
SECTION BOOK 6
{
PAGES 9
TITLE Talking to Wisps
AUTHOR Yorick of Moonglow
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}

SECTION PAGE 72
{
 This volume was
sponsored by
donations from Lord
Blackthorn, ever a
supporter of
understanding the
other sentient races
of Britannia.
}
SECTION PAGE 73
{
-

Wisps are the most
intelligent of the
nonhuman races
inhabiting Britannia.
'Tis claimed by the
great sages that
}
SECTION PAGE 74
{
someday we shall be
able to converse with
them openly in our
native tongue--
indeed, we must hope
that wisps learn our
language, for it is
not possible for
}
SECTION PAGE 75
{
humans to pronounce
wispish!
 The wispish language
seems to only contain
one vowel, the letter
Y. However, the
letters W, C, M, and
L seem to be treated
}
SECTION PAGE 76
{
grammatically as
vowels, and in
addition every letter
is followed by what
sound to the human
ear like a glotal
stop.  It is possible
that the glottal stop
}
SECTION PAGE 77
{
is considered a vowel
as well.
 Wisps do make use of
what sound to us like
pitch and emphasis
shifts similar to
exclamations and
questions.
}
SECTION PAGE 78
{
 The average word is
wispish seems to
consist of three
phonemes and three
glottal stops, plus
possibly a pitch
shift. It often
sounds like a fire
}
SECTION PAGE 79
{
burning or crackling.
Some have speculated
that what we are
analyzing is in fact
nothing more than the
very air crackling
near the wisp's glow,
and not language, but
}
SECTION PAGE 80
{
this is of course
unlikely.
}

// ============================ Taming Dragons
SECTION BOOK 7
{
PAGES 8
TITLE Taming Dragons
AUTHOR Wyrd Beastmaster
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}

SECTION PAGE 81
{
 I have not much to
tell about dragons.
The sole time I
approached one with
an eye towards taming
it, my initial
attempts at calming
it met with failure.
}
SECTION PAGE 82
{
It fixed a massive
beady eye upon me,
and began its
slithering approach,
intending no doubt to
insert me into its
maw and bear down
with its teeth.
}
SECTION PAGE 83
{
 However, as I was
engaged in what
remains to this day
the most terrifying
combat of my life,
the dragon suddenly
whirled as if in a
panic, ran a short
}
SECTION PAGE 84
{
distance, took off
into the air, then
transformed into a
whirlwind. Lastly, it
exploded, showering
guts of black blood
and heaving, stinking
flesh upon miles of
}
SECTION PAGE 85
{
countryside. The
fireball was massive
enough to light a
city, I should
surmise.
 I never did discover
the exact cause of
this strange behavior
}
SECTION PAGE 86
{
except to assume that
it was not typical
for this reptilian
species. My best
guesses revolve
around a magical
fracture in the
nature of reality,
}
SECTION PAGE 87
{
which is far too
esoteric a territory
for one of my limited
scholarship.
 Hence my basic
advice to those who
seek to tame a dragon
-be sure that thou
}
SECTION PAGE 88
{
hast mastered the
twin skills of taming
animals, and running
away very very fast.
}

// ============================ A Politic Call to Anarchy
SECTION BOOK 8
{
PAGES 15
TITLE A Politic Call to Anarchy
AUTHOR Lord Blackthorn
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}

SECTION PAGE 89
{
 Let it never be said
that I have aught as
quarrel with my liege
Lord British, for
indeed we be of the
best of friends,
sharing amicable
games of chess 'pon a
}
SECTION PAGE 90
{
winter's night, and
talking at length
into the wee hours of
the issues that
affect the realm of
Britannia.
 Yet true friendship
doth not prevent true
}
SECTION PAGE 91
{
philosophical
disagreement either.
While I view with
approval my lord's
affection for his
carefully crafted
philosophy of the
Eight Virtues,
}
SECTION PAGE 92
{
wherein moral
behavior is
encouraged in the
populace, I view with
less approval the
expenditure of public
funds upon the
construction of
}
SECTION PAGE 93
{
"shrines" to said
ideals.
 The issue is not one
of funds, however,
but a disagreement
most intellectual
over the proper way
of humankind in an
}
SECTION PAGE 94
{
ethical sense. Surely
freedom of decision
must be regarded as
paramount in any
such moral decision?
Though none fail to
censure the murderer,
a subtler question
}
SECTION PAGE 95
{
arises when we ask if
his behavior would be
ethical if he were
forced to do it.
 I say to thee, the
reader, quite flatly,
that no ethical
system shall have
}
SECTION PAGE 96
{
sway over me unless
it convinceth me, for
that freely made
choice is to me the
sign that the system
hath validity.
 Whereas the system
of "Virtues" that my
}
SECTION PAGE 97
{
liege espouses is
indeed a compilation
of commonly approve
virtues, I approve of
it. Where it seeks to
control the populace