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A Tale of Ten Brothers - Act I
Once upon a time in a land named Nothere (pronounced the way you see it), there was a farm that sat in the shade of a cliff. Residing and maintaining the farm were ten brothers. Their parents who sold the crops and paid their son's wages owned the farm. They trained all their sons to do the laborious work so they could run the farm when they got older.
They had great crops of wheat and owned pigs, cows, and sheep.
The farm bordered a town whose name is sadly lost to time. It had a public house for travelers and workers temporarily in the area. You would find a drunk prancing in from time to time, always happy to spill his coffers for a fleeting instant of happiness.
It's said the tender was a talkative man who would take your ear hostage and tell stories of a war of magic and mold. He'd lift his eye-patch for you to see the damage of the war, nothing left but blackened slime where his right orb used to be.
There were cottages and a church close to the town square, quaint and relaxing. Shrubberies and gardens were never from sight and easily maintained since the town sat on top of a spring. The square itself was where the mayor lived and the sheriff worked. Their building was medium-sized but understood to be important from the steeple of the town crest on the mayor's home and red painted bricks with thick bars in the windows of the sheriff's side.
A ways off in the dark foreboding Shadow Dance forest was a witch's hut. If anyone had business in the forest, they didn't take long to come out because they feared all of its anomalous beauty. Feared even more was the witch and they wanted nothing to do with her. The bartender spread tales of the witch, saying she helped end the war with her dark magic... for better or for worse.
Back on the farm, no one but the parents ever went into town, so the brothers had no clue about these things. They reserved all their energy for the task of maintenance. Their work was enjoyable. They saw the thrill on their parents' faces when the work was completed daily and that was enough for the brothers.
From oldest to youngest, the brothers' names were Wimble, Rickle, Bobert, Hender, Tompkins, Eddy, Geoffy, Waltie, and Terrence. There was also...
They had great crops of wheat and owned pigs, cows, and sheep.
The farm bordered a town whose name is sadly lost to time. It had a public house for travelers and workers temporarily in the area. You would find a drunk prancing in from time to time, always happy to spill his coffers for a fleeting instant of happiness.
It's said the tender was a talkative man who would take your ear hostage and tell stories of a war of magic and mold. He'd lift his eye-patch for you to see the damage of the war, nothing left but blackened slime where his right orb used to be.
There were cottages and a church close to the town square, quaint and relaxing. Shrubberies and gardens were never from sight and easily maintained since the town sat on top of a spring. The square itself was where the mayor lived and the sheriff worked. Their building was medium-sized but understood to be important from the steeple of the town crest on the mayor's home and red painted bricks with thick bars in the windows of the sheriff's side.
A ways off in the dark foreboding Shadow Dance forest was a witch's hut. If anyone had business in the forest, they didn't take long to come out because they feared all of its anomalous beauty. Feared even more was the witch and they wanted nothing to do with her. The bartender spread tales of the witch, saying she helped end the war with her dark magic... for better or for worse.
Back on the farm, no one but the parents ever went into town, so the brothers had no clue about these things. They reserved all their energy for the task of maintenance. Their work was enjoyable. They saw the thrill on their parents' faces when the work was completed daily and that was enough for the brothers.
From oldest to youngest, the brothers' names were Wimble, Rickle, Bobert, Hender, Tompkins, Eddy, Geoffy, Waltie, and Terrence. There was also...
