Difference between revisions of "Rysn Ftori"

=== Shinovar ===

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Five months into her apprenticeship to Vstim, Rysn went to [[Shinovar]] with her ''babsk'' to trade [[Soulcast]] metal for chickens, cloths and exotic dried meats. She found Shinovar very strange because of its ecology, lack of [[spren]] and the [[Shin]] culture. After setting up an [[Alerter]] fabrial, they met with their contact [[Thresh|Thresh-son-Esan]]. She was surprised to learn soldiers are the lowliest of men among the Shin while farmers are lavished with attention and respect. Vstim and Thresh started bargaining, each one taking pains to explain how worthless their wares were which Rysn found very uncharacteristic of her ''babsk''. They eventually came to an agreement and Vstim asked Rysn what she learned. She answered that the Shin are a humble people and remarked their haggling. Vstim told Rysn to get a pot of the Shin grass and care for it until she no longer found it odd, saying that would make her a better merchant. She thought the grass was imbecilic.{{book ref|twok|i|4}}

 

=== Reshi Isles ===

Rysn was astonished to find out the "islands" that the [[Reshi]] lived on were the backs of [[greatshell]]s called [[Tai-na]], much to the amusement of her companions. Like in Shinovar, she found the locals to be primitives and were dismissive of them. Once they landed, Vstim told her that she would have to trade with the Reshi because his weakness would ruin the deal and to be bold while dealing with the Reshi for they would appreciate that. While Rysn, along with [[Kylrm]] and [[Nlent]], was making her way to the meeting the Reshi trademaster, she ran across people jumping from the top of the Tai'na to the sea. An [[Aimian]] named [[Axies the Collector]], who was hanging upside down and tied by his feet to a shell nearby as a punishment for asking the king about the soul of his god, informed her that the Reshi did this as a sign of courage. They continued climbing all the way to the ''Tai-na'''s head to be met by the King, who was a woman to Rysn's surprise, and her guards. A man named Talik stepped forward and asked Rysn why Vstim was not attending. Rysn informed him she was authorized to handle the trade but Talik told her the deal was off. Rysn continued trying to convince Talik to take the deal, and managed to impress the king enough to speak with her directly. However, the king eventually informed her that she would not complete the trade with Rysn, and would wait or Vstim to recover from his illness. Rysn, believing that Vstim's illness was fatal, and thinking the only way to gain the Reshi's respect enough to complete the trade that day was to show her boldness, climbed down the feeding rope that had been lowered to the Tai-na whose name Talik had told her was Relu-na. She pleaded her case to the island's god directly, in the hopes of showing her boldness, and in spite of the concerned commands of the king. She hung there for a time, speaking to the the god, only for Relu-na's motions to catch the rope and snap it in two, leaving Rysn to fall. Falling down, for a split second she saw the eye of Relu-na, then felt a rush of wind and crashed into the sea. She fell unconscious.

 

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=== Thaylen Gemstone Reserve ===

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Rysn was preparing for an important auditor to visit the Thaylen Gemstone Reserves, where she now works after losing her legs in the Reshi Isles. It’s revealed that Vstim got her the job after she graduated from his tutelage. She felt embarrassed by the lack of her legs, and was of the opinion that her career and freedom were over, and she’d had to take down most of the relics of her travels from her office because they reminded her too much of what she’d lost. However, she still kept the Shin grass and looked after Chiri-Chiri the Larkin, which was now slightly longer than Rysn’s palm.