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audio | un: not bad, cod do better

( the voice that comes across the network sounds a bit tired, masking the exhaustion with a bored tone. )

Hunger.
Gods forgive me.
Eat, eat, eat.

( the voice pauses here, a bit of shuffling as they lean back and pull their quartz with them to finish the recording. ) What do you know of what happened in the salt mines outside the citadel? I found those words when I woke. Before I left them. They don't seem to happy.

( they lick their lips and sigh ) Speaking of hungry. Does anyone have food that's not fish? Or at least not cod.

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There was an avalanche. Some miners were trapped..

I- where are you? Are you okay?

An avalanche? They didn't stay trapped, if that's the case.

I'm at the farmhouse. A nice gentleman with a goat sent me here.

...Yes, they didn't.

But okay, I'll- there isn't much, some millet and a bit of turnip right now. You only just found yourself here?

So you know what became of them?

No goat? I'm really craving goat... Ah well.

But yes. I woke up this morning in caves and now I'm on a haunted farmhouse.

...You woke up in the salt mines and got out by yourself?

[He sounds equal parts astonished and impressed]

Well, anyway, I'm glad you made it here. To answer your question, the undead warlords of this world- or region, anyway- often like to turn the dead or dying into their subordinates.

Someone made an opening in the mines. A rather big one. Probably an explosion.

You didn't know?

That's interesting about the lords. What lord fights for the living?

No, I haven't been to the mines in awhile. I'm glad you escaped, though.

No one fights for the living, right now. ..At least, no significant force that we're aware of. Even the living citizens of Sa-Hareth- the city- seem to be supporting Anurr's undead mostly, from what I've heard. I think this fight must be so old that they've lost all hope that it will ever change.

( that's interesting to hear. even when the Eryfel took over Avania, no one turned to worshipping it. it must be a very long time here. )

I wonder if there ever was another. It's strange that there wouldn't have been.

Ah well, in the meant time this Unhalad and Anurr are who we have. What are your opinions of them?

..Uh, well, they're both undead warlords.

[That's. Yep. The whole of Eleven's political stance right there]

Impartial, then?

Well it was Unhalad's forces that captured and tried to use us originally. I think the citizens support Anurr because they know he was human once? But his forces seem more vicious, so I don't know that he would treat them any better after all.

My view is that the dead should be left in peace, their souls free, not.. corrupted or enslaved, so I can't say I'm in favor of either.

That would be a kinder fate.

I'm surprised more people don't subscribe to that belief here. But maybe their souls are so beaten that they cling to whichever lord is left standing.

The people here don't seem to have a lot of loyalty to each other. During the raids..

They're just desperate, trying to look out for themselves, their family.

I've seen that sort of desperation before.

It's certainly not pretty.

Yes.

[A breath.]

..You said you were hungry?

I could eat a goat.

[An amused huff]

Well, you'd have to talk to Haltham about that. We have a few livestock, but they're too few to eat. Millet, we're growing turnips and beets despite the weather, and sometimes an egg will have to do for now. For actual food, you'd need to have coin and purchase it in town.