>>5466720>>5466757>>5466760>>5466832>>5467047>>5467073>>5467099Crumbling simply showed you a huge tumulus in the distance.
-Here my lord. Here. It is the tomb of the brother of Leman.
While you rode you wondered why was it called like this.
-The brother of Leman ? Was he a baby who wasn't baptised and didn't have a name of his own ?
-No my lord. Unfortunately. You see, before Bifuria was united, some millenias ago this land was dominated by petty kings and warchiefs, they adored curious gods that demanded that any chief had to be buried with his most precious goods, jewels, weapons, horses, servants and his wives. Some of his most loyal warriors then killed themselves to serve their lord after death. All were buried in a cairn like all those that you see in the distance.
-How barbaric..
It was barbaric, but at the same time what an exemple of devotion. Nowadays people rarely died for their lord, chivalry, honor and duty was only the privilege of a few knights. It was sad that society has degraded as such. You knew that it had degraded since the reign of the good king Saint Louis but maybe it was even before this. While you thought about it you heard Crumbling explain you everything.
-When King Leman died childless his brother succeeded him. He ruled with an iron fist but was first seen as a benevolent king. He saw the plights of the people and since he was a skilled life mage and rich man, he offered gold to the people who struggled in famine to buy food against small loans. People repayed him and...
-A king dabbling in usury ! What an horror ! What a shame ! Then what did he do since he has sunk so low ? He decided to become a highwayman ? God forbids usury !
