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Happy pride, friends. This month, be eye-searing.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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Last scribble of 2024!

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From my flock to yours, Merry Christmas and glad New Year!

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Day 31 -- Merriment

When it came to harvests, festivals, and feasts, dauric hospitality extended beyond all species barriers... even if the scale of their homes at times proved limiting.

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Day 30 -- Kindling

During the rainy autumnal months in Stag's Run, the most reliable firestarters were often stockpiled castoffs from the tree harvests.

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Day 29 -- Steaming Cup

Living so far from his family's homeland of the northern tundra, Hock always found an excuse to share his grandmother's recipe for boar butter tea with friends. It was always a hit with denizens of the deep woods (they never ate enough butter).

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Day 28 -- Cold Snap

A drop in soil temperature was thought to be the trigger for certain seasonal fae, such as frost imps, to wake from summer hibernation and leave their burrows.

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Day 27 -- Handicraft

"How did you manage to mess it up in such a specific way?" "I don't... know..."

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Day 26 -- Shapeshifter

Let's see... does the bunny go AROUND the tree or DOWN the burrow first? Darn it. Knots are the worst.

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Day 25 -- Confection

Wispapple-snapper pies were a mainstay of lutren gatherings and feasts, but no one could seem to agree on the best portmanteau for the dessert; wisnapperl? Wispapper? Snapperwappel?

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Day 24 -- Decay

One thing they don't tell you about necromancy class is to make sure your midterm project doesn't learn where to find you every time they need maintenance.

"It happened again." "This is the last time, Gramps."

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Day 23 -- Gourd

Squash and gourds grew particularly well in Stag's Run, and dauric artisans were experts in utilizing every shape and size of them.

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Day 22 -- Alchemy

In the Fallows, legend has it that the first cake was invented by an alchemist after substituting one too many potion reagents.

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Day 21 -- Patchwork

A witch's work didn't always directly involve the arcane arts; when it came to a precision task as important as mending a familiar's best friend, sometimes it was better to work the old fashioned way.

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Day 20 -- Luminous

Sunlight never reached the floor of the deepest woods, but plenty of other light sources could be found if one knew where to look for them.

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Day 19 -- Fable

Out of the many fairy stories told to the children of the Fallows, "The Cobbler Who Was So Bad at His Job All the Shoes Came to Life and Kicked Him to Death" felt the most like the manifestation of some personal grudge held by the author.

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Day 18 -- Toad

Heinrich wasn't the quickest study as the potter's apprentice, but at least someone appreciated his attempts.