Painted magpie

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Farm enhancing—Painted Magpie

Painted magpies have become an essential part of farming in the Glass Fief, and it's therefore just as important to understand them and care for them properly as it is for your plants.
This briefing aims to explain why and to show how to properly organise your farm to take advantage of painted magpies while also protecting your local magpie mischief.

The birds

A small species of magpie. They're extremely clever and ingenious, able to adapt to any circumstances. Their big brains have also surprisingly allowed them to develop a rich culture.

Never try to outsmart a magpie.
Never anger a magpie.
Never show your face outside again once you've angered a magpie.

Since they've been observed to love painting themselves, a dye has been added to the pollen of Larente flowers to incite the magpie to rub against them and pollinate them.

Magpies are very vain.
Magpie can understand some human language.
Never never insult a magpie or insinuate that they aren't very pretty.

They've evolve some cultural aspects around this, with different mischiefs of magpie favouring different colours (and so different plants) and using them to distinguish each mischief.

Magpies are very petty.
Don't suddenly change the types of flowers you have in your farm and make them jealous of each other or they'll simply refuse to come back.

Sexy sexy magpie looking for a mate

The farms

If you want the magpies to come to your Larante flowers, they need to be able to see them clearly and to understand what kind of pollen can be found in which flower.

Don't hide the flowers behind other plants.
Put a colourful marker next to the flowers in the colour of the pollen.

The Larante flowers need to be easily accessible so that the magpies have plenty of space to access each individual flower and aslso space to rub themselves against them.

Don't pack flowers too closely.
Leave "neutral" space between different types of flowers.
Have water nearby for magpies to clean any colourful mistakes.

Mischieves of magpies are often in conflict. You need to be aware of relationships and organise your plants so that quarreling magpies don't have to come too close to each other during gathering.

Don't try to play magpies against each other.
Choose a few mischief of magpies to get to know properly and fully cater to them.

Under no circumstances should a magpie ever be harmed!
If you become aware of a magpie being hurt or of any threat to them, immediately inform her Ladyship's representatives!

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The Fief of Glass

Territories The City of the Hundred Fiefs · The Fief of Glass · The Lady's Tower Politics Politicians (Lady Olénie, Dame Louise of Glass) · Political system (Lords and Ladies of the Fiefs, Lady Olénie's government, The Police of the Fief of Glass) · Problems (The ongoing Elantian civil war, Previous inhabitants of the Fief of Perfumes, Water sickness) Magic Dangers (Seasonal magic flood, Magical corrosion, Basement kraken) · Technologies (Tower wards, Ward pins, Tasty Treat) · Industry (Glass and Magic Lenses, Glassworkers, Runes) Culture Farming (Soulmates' wine, Painted magpie, Fungus for Plant Warfare) · Travellers (Trading caravans, Travelling healers) · Others (The Worship of the Imperial Family, Election of a Tower Leader, Spying Devices)