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Prologue\\

**Date:**  Summer of 1333 Avard\\

Lord Beryl Stoneblade, Baron of Shield Wall in [[gaeleth:places:Kashin]], [[gaeleth:places:Rakore]], has hired several individuals and asked them to work as a team for him.  The baron's mainstay of finance is in mounts for mounted combat and endurance riding.  His duties and responsibilities are essentially those of Stable Master for the city and its outlying lands, so he also maintains draft animals, farriers, druids, stable architects, and other related workers.  He has close ties with the blacksmiths and the leather workers.