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# Questions
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3 The landscape across the Haeth has many vibrant places.
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What kind of place do you come from?
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- Comfortable places that provide shelter and food, like farms, gardens, or markets
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- Verdant places that are lush and inviting, like fields, glens, or lagoons
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- Liminal places that are the way between other places, like bridges, ports, or taverns
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- Sprawling places that inspire wonder, like carnivals, castles, or metropolises
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- Lonely places where the rest of the world does not intrude, like caves, graveyards, or moors
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4 Travellers in the Haeth find themselves journeying together even if their reasons for travelling are vastly different.
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What was the reason that made you embark on your journey?
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- A past that I want to leave behind
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- A future I want to go towards
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- A desire to learn more and see the world
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- A want for the riches and bounties of the Haeth
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- A need to be with the people on the trail
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5 Along our travels, we must be prepared for whatever the road has in store for us.
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What thing do you carry spares of should your companions not have it already?
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- Blankets for when it is chilly
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- Torches to light dark tunnels
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- Snacks for when we are peckish
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- A song for when it is too quiet
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- Incense for when we need to show respect
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6 Our journey will take us through the sweeping arc of the seasons.
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Which season do you look forward to the most?
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- Leap: a time of melting frost and great rain
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- Bright: when flowers bloom and the sun blazes
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- Breathe: a season of swarming bugs and fleeting days
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- Silt: when the leaves turn red and fall as the days get colder
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- Chill: a season hushed in deep snow and thick frost
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7 When travelling with companions, it may be difficult to find time alone.
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What do you do to get those precious moments of solitude along the way?
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- Wake up early before everyone else
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- Stay up late after everyone else has gone to bed
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- Excuse myself and retire to some place quiet
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- Lose myself for a moment in vigorous exercise
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- Withdraw silently into my own mind, even around other people
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8 The Haeth is full of small gods, many forgotten, scattered amongst its many settlements and sprawling wilderness.
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Which of these gods are you least likely to forget?
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- The god of a warm, comforting bath who smells like citrus
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- The god of overflowing tankards who will obligingly buy you a round if you ask nicely
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- The god of dense forest canopies who will shelter you from inclement weather
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- The god of bioluminescent mushrooms who will light your way in the dark
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- The god of childish wonder who changes form for each new phenomenon you encounter
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9 Everyone in the Haeth is be fundamentally good, except the mighty whose souls may be weighed down by power or poisoned by the struggle.
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Of all these people whose goodness may be in conflict, for whom do you have the greatest understanding?
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- The monarch who ushered in great change
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- The lord who tried to make the land prosper
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- The general who protected his people
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- The hero who sought power to protect his kin
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- The soldier who did his duty
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10 There was once a great war that tore the Haeth asunder.
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But where were you during it?
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- In the midst of it, doing my duty
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- On the sidelines, looking after the lost and wounded
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- Far away, holding on to the peace
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11 The war has left its many scars along the Haeth and its people.
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What shadow of the war are you trying to escape?
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- Guilt for my part in it
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- Shame for not taking a stand
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- Pain from its many losses
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12 The time for violence has long ended, and the Haeth is now a place of peace.
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Why do you believe violence is wrong?
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- Because of who we become when we resort to violence
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- Because of the pain it causes to those around us
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- Because all gods, big and small, have warned us against it
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- Because peaceful solutions to conflict are just more effective
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- Because the ends do not justify the means
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13 Journeys through the Heath involve incidental companions: people who are coincidentally going the same way for now, who may part ways or end their travels should their paths diverge from their companions’.
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What would mark the end of your journey?
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- Arriving at the place I am seeking
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- Finding the person I am looking for
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- Completing a great task I set myself
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- Becoming the person I want to be
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- Acquiring what I need
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14 When we first set out on our journey, we did so in search of some place to call home.
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What would it take for you to call a place your home?
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- Familiar comforts of the place I come from
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- Shrines and knicknacks reminding me of my time on the road
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- A picturesque landscape with majestic sunsets
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- A charming workshop where I can keep myself busy
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- People with whom I belong
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15 Journeys through the Haeth have a way of continuing even after they end.
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After your travels have ended, how will you keep the journey alive?
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- In the stories I tell or the songs I sing
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- With the trinkets with which I will furnish my home
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- By always leaving my door open for my companions
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- By visiting old friends regularly
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- By embarking on another journey once again
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