Centaurs who collect human toes as souvenirs. Obrium metal that only the dwarves can mine. Settlers always moving into enemy lands, always at war. Despite making the required sacrifices to Vran, there are still imperfect children born to Vranille village, doomed to be outcasts. Amid grinding poverty, the outcasts are poorer still. Among the outcasts, … Continue reading Watersmeet, by Ellen Jensen Abbott (fiction) – outcast, healer, in danger