Design
Wagons are essentially large wooden boxes on wheels. Some are converted into trade wagons, which are open roofed to accommodate more wares. Passenger wagons add benches and carriage wagons become more ornate and private. Peddler wagons, however are designed so that they can both carry goods and when they reach their destination, one side can hinge into a market stall-like display. Peddlers will adorn their wagons with banners and bright colours so as to draw as much attention as they can.
For most, their wagon is their livelihood and the vast majority once they have acquired their wagon will use that wagon until it can no longer be held together by whatever patches and fixes it had to have over the years. The unique customisation of the peddler wagon means they are not particularly cheap to obtain a new one and so the peddlers will go to all lengths to make sure they can keep the one they have going. This results in each and every wagon having their own quirks.
Peddlers in Rural Communities
For small villages and hamlets that are situated at least a day's ride from the nearest major town, a peddler riding onto their village green may well be their first opportunity to hear the news coming from the wider world. Just the sight of the oft-colourful wagon rolling in would cause the residents to stop what they're doing and congregate around the peddler.
Not only does the peddler bring news, but they bring goods from far off places. For most people who grow up in these villages, peddlers are as close as they get to experiencing other cultures through the goods that they bring. Of course, there are peddlers that may try to exploit the naivety of the village folk but most are trustworthy individuals.
Peddlers will typically tour around the villages but around Sacred Days, there is an unspoken agreement that a certain peddler will visit a certain village so that the cheer is evenly spread and multiple do not converge on the same community, leaving others without.
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