Fårløgfålk

Background

As far as Townsfolks are concerned, the only people who live in The Wilds are Nomads, however, they are misinformed. One of the other groups who call The Wilds home are the mysterious Fårløgfålk.

The Fårløgfålk have a reputation which stretchs across The Wilds. Songs and poems, like 'The Verse of the Fårløgfålk' shown on the left, are common and often sung Around the Campfire.   There is a lot of mystery and uncertainty around them and, as such, stories about them grow. This means that many of the songs and poems which are so well known, are filled with misinformation and rumour. It is very difficult to tell what is based in fact, what's based on rumour and what started as hyperbole and became common knowledge.   The contents of this article will focus what is accepted as fact, even though there is no way to be certain.  

Purpose

Exactly what the Fårløgfålk do is known only by them. They are believed to have powers to see and interpret the future. It's not clear how they do this, and what they do with this information isn't clear either.  

Location

The Fårløgfålk live deep within the Candid Mountains on the eastern side of The Wilds, near the Lost Forest and the Forest in The Beyond. The exact locations of the entrances into their home are not known, and only those who pass a test are able to find them. The nature of the test is not clear, as those who pass it do not speak of it, and those who do not pass no longer have the breath to speak.

Dreams

On the night that someone is Summoned, they have a dream in which they are told they are invited to join the Fårløgfålk. These dreams are described by some as dark, others as manic, some as blissful and others as miserable. Some describe being visited by a deceased loved one, others are visited by a creature of myth like an imp or a troll. Some are chased by screams while others are whispered to by trees.   The one thing they all have in common, is that they awake with a visceral certainty that they have been summoned to become one of the Fårløgfålk.

Mark

After a restless night of strange and sometimes terrifying dreams, the Summoned awakes with an itchy red mark somewhere on their person.   This mark appears bloody and sore and continues to cause increasing levels of pain and frustration until they reach the Candid Mountains to join the Fårløgfålk.   If they pass the initiation, the mark changes from blood red to black as pitch, and takes the form of the symbol for the role they will play within the group.