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<span class="NOMARKUP">A</span> passage written by Ghefelt, an anthropologist of [[Leringard]], in the spring of 1021, describes one of the island's clans: | <span class="NOMARKUP">A</span> passage written by Ghefelt, an anthropologist of [[Leringard]], in the spring of 1021, describes one of the island's clans: | ||
We, men of civilized lands'scholars, clergy, and arcanists'were surprised as we finally approached the tribe of hairy men that we called Marii. We had observed and gained their trust over a period of many weeks and were greeted with roast deer meat. Of all the days we had watched them, not a puff of smoke was seen from their camp or their sturdy tents; we immediately understood it as a sign of respect. We came to understand that it was a sign of friendship and alliance as fire was only used sparingly. The greatest honor bestowed on another person or clan was to allow them to touch the flames of the chief's firepit, an honor that only the [[wizard]] Eroll of our group was granted after teaching their shaman how to defrost and dry wood by touching it with the [[Al'Noth]]. | |||
Our stay with the clan was very insightful. We watched an end-of-life ceremony in which an old man, having finally lost his ability to chew his own food, was given a ritualistic [[stone]] axe and the skin of a bear and set out voluntarily to hunt for the tribe's next meal. We first thought it was a hunting ritual of sorts for we thought it ridiculous to send a man to his [[death]], but we were told that the old man was taking the path never to return. He was to die at the maw of the greatest [[beast]] he could find. The whole clan, our group included, would fast for 3 days as a sign of respect for a man that managed to die of old age; a rare occurence in their tribe. On the fourth day, his life would be remembered during a feast and the hunt for the beast that dared take such a revered man from them would start. | Our stay with the clan was very insightful. We watched an end-of-life ceremony in which an old man, having finally lost his ability to chew his own food, was given a ritualistic [[stone]] axe and the skin of a bear and set out voluntarily to hunt for the tribe's next meal. We first thought it was a hunting ritual of sorts for we thought it ridiculous to send a man to his [[death]], but we were told that the old man was taking the path never to return. He was to die at the maw of the greatest [[beast]] he could find. The whole clan, our group included, would fast for 3 days as a sign of respect for a man that managed to die of old age; a rare occurence in their tribe. On the fourth day, his life would be remembered during a feast and the hunt for the beast that dared take such a revered man from them would start. | ||