Actually i can't take much credit for the calendar, and i presume John included my name out of generosity for making some comments.
>One question: why do the folk of Farpoint specifically hunt badgers and
>otters - if not for fur? (They are hunted in fire season - all the
>other fur animals are hunted in dark season.) Otters never struck me as
>particularly plump or tasty, and must be tough to catch. Are they
>destroyed as competitors?
Otters are hunted for their fantastic fur. Badgers are hunted for their brain and heart, which give the hunter a share of the badger's wisdom when eaten.
>Are there any wild alynxes or other feline predators in the Farpoint
>area? Anything like bobcats, lynx, or mountain lions? After all,
>southern Peloria has the (DH) sakkar, which seems to be a sort of fierce
>mountain lion or small leopard, and that's geopraphically pretty close.
The alynxes of Far Point are bigger, fiercer and more intelligent than elsewhere, for much of this area is sacred to Yinkin, and they may have driven away some of their competitors like the mountain lion.
There is a myth around here that Yinkin sheltered a few survivors from the Dragonkill in the gors and gallt of the uplands, and that they stayed there during the inhuman ocupation, protected by their totem.
The fact that there is a small clan devoted almost entirely to Yinkin lends some credence to this myth.
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