Fernmage - Brackenlore
Brackenlore
1. A visit from a frond (although infrequent, time only bolsters the warmth of this welcome reunion)
2. A pipe and a snack (and another pipe while we give this orb one heck of a ponder)
3. Glimmering blades of golden radiance (pierce the ominous billows of cool-grey mid morning fog)
4. Beyond this valley (our scenic backdrop is home to towering snow kissed peaks of stoic beauty, and it’s fairly unlikely that a volcano will erupt without warning so yeah, I’m sure it’s fine)
5. A short jaunt (through the bracken brings a bounty of wild roughage to accompany supper)
6. Beneath the fragrant lilac (we rest easy in our safely shrouded keep, on the eve of adventure)
Total Time
29:90
Released
June 14, 2022
Additional Details
The anticipated arrival of a wayward compeer, in completion of a long and tumultuous journey or as a quick stop along the path, often calls for an eve of gaiety and good humor. If your guest is of high community standing, it may call for a elaborate fete. Merkins and Jerkins encrusted with quartz and silver, robe and cape, staff and sceptre, would be all but expected garb at such an event. However, this is not always an option, as the mighty Cascades can be unforgiving and unapologetic with its choice of variable and often inclement climate conditions.
Which means, sometimes a small tankard of chilled berry wine, and the combined wild foraged bounty’s of your bindle are as appreciated when shared as the warmth of a down duvet and a Doug Fir log, embers aglow inside the jamb stove.
It is customary among the numerous Mages and Majik Folk who hold Strongkeeps or Safeshelters along the travelers paths, to provide reprieve from the road for a friendly face or well recommended stranger, if only for the length of a pipe and a bit of Brackenlore. Most likely a second pipe, as well.
Some brief and antidotal, others exhaustive and long winded, but always both expected and reciprocated amongst host and... traveler as a gesture of deep appreciation and respect for the company and hospitality. These short stories are sometimes presented as a narrative monologue, a song or dance, a theatrical reenactment of previous events, the presentation and explanation of rare goods or artifacts acquired along ones journey, drawings, illustrations, etc. there is almost no wrong vessel for the sharing of Brackenlore. (Excluding of course, the long known accursed and forbidden scrolls and grimoire, which many argue have been lost to time. Or so deeply and malevolently sequestered that only the shadows peer upon it’s fell keep.)
Within this cassette tape is the first of a few short collections of audio tales, compiled by myself, your very own Cascadian Consigliere, Fernmage. The specific collection of tales within are most traditionally “told” in a setting that affords the slacking of the shackles of responsibility, and the requiescence of safe shelter and affable companionship.more
released June 14, 2022
Which means, sometimes a small tankard of chilled berry wine, and the combined wild foraged bounty’s of your bindle are as appreciated when shared as the warmth of a down duvet and a Doug Fir log, embers aglow inside the jamb stove.
It is customary among the numerous Mages and Majik Folk who hold Strongkeeps or Safeshelters along the travelers paths, to provide reprieve from the road for a friendly face or well recommended stranger, if only for the length of a pipe and a bit of Brackenlore. Most likely a second pipe, as well.
Some brief and antidotal, others exhaustive and long winded, but always both expected and reciprocated amongst host and... traveler as a gesture of deep appreciation and respect for the company and hospitality. These short stories are sometimes presented as a narrative monologue, a song or dance, a theatrical reenactment of previous events, the presentation and explanation of rare goods or artifacts acquired along ones journey, drawings, illustrations, etc. there is almost no wrong vessel for the sharing of Brackenlore. (Excluding of course, the long known accursed and forbidden scrolls and grimoire, which many argue have been lost to time. Or so deeply and malevolently sequestered that only the shadows peer upon it’s fell keep.)
Within this cassette tape is the first of a few short collections of audio tales, compiled by myself, your very own Cascadian Consigliere, Fernmage. The specific collection of tales within are most traditionally “told” in a setting that affords the slacking of the shackles of responsibility, and the requiescence of safe shelter and affable companionship.more
released June 14, 2022
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Added By:
Aveline
August 5, 2023
Edited By:
Opsiuscato
October 4, 2023