> 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 kind of fatty, I'm guessing, which would make them tastier, like ducks (animal ducks - I wouldn't *dream* of eating the other kind. That would be like chowing down on Newtling tail). The pelts are useful, and other bits of them might be handy for certain magic rituals (like those involved with swimming, holding breath underwater, agility, rivereyes, etc.). Besides, you wouldn't just throw away that good meat once you took the parts you wanted, would you?
robert
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