Haira's chilling breath swept across the snow-covered plain. Everything was quiet, the sound consumed by the snow, except for the only thing moving across the landscape. The quick pattering of twenty-four furry paws pulling a sled across the otherwise silent and peaceful land.
Where Land and Sky and Winter Collide
Located at the very edge of the
Orthlands, opposite the
Spine, and at the place where
Haira - the winter wind - reaches
Breharan, Haira's Land is a barren place. Only the hardiest grasses and lichens grow there and they never grow very tall.
Orthan hares and the
great falcons that eat them call the place home - and even then, only during the spring, summer, and autumn. During the late autumn, schools of
saucerfish find their way onto the land and form big piles for the winter. Over the winter they enter a period of inactivity - torpor - and while some on the tops of the piles may die to the cold, many survive.
Importance to the Orth
The
Orth - specifically the
People of the Dog whose traditional territory includes Haira's Land - attribute special meaning to the location. It is the subject of myths and the location of stories of friendship, fae encounters, and tragedy.
For the
People of the Dog, the area also provides a source of food for the winter. The piles of
saucerfish are an important part of their winter diet - easily gathered by hand after moving some snow. Their trusty teams of
dogs pull
sleds full of the fish to feed all of
Iyorii and their four-legged friends.
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Whitewolf Roam
Once there were great
wolves that called the
Orthlands home; among them were the
whitewolves who could walk the length of the
Orthlands without ever stopping. The most dangerous and cunning of all the
wolves found their home in Haira's Land - a place first called Whitewolf Roam.
Now the
whitewolves are never seen and some wonder if they ever existed at all. But the
People of the Dog know better. There may still be some out there but they definitely still live on. All the
dogs of
Breharan come from wolves domesticated in
Zinato probably before the
Time of Darkness - all except the
dogs of
Iyorii, descended from the
whitewolves of old.
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