Travels Through the Kingdom by Thelus Duron

From the Great Library of New Targonor

Tursh

I recently visited Tursh on Market Day. Ordinarily, it's hard to tell one village's market from another's. However, because it is so close to New Targonor, Tursh often has special visitors in town for the festivities, which are then celebrated with extra pomp and ceremony.

Dordas Deren, the First Priest from New Targonor, was one such visitor to Tursh. During my visit, I watched as he performed the Firstwater Blessing. From the turnout for the blessing, it was clear that Iasern is attracting new followers about as quickly as Tursh is attracting new residents.

As I wandered through the market stalls, I found and array of local products such as barely, corn and Tursh game hens, the latter having become a favorite course on menus of many of New Targonor's citizens. As it happened to be shearing season at the time I visited, I was also treated to ample displays of wool. Many of the traders and artisans had specially traveled to Tursh to purchase the sheared fleece.1

The first sight that assails visitors to Tursh is the towering statue dominating the courtyard. This monument to Loric Targonor, armored and raising his sword in salutation, inspires the strong sense of loyalty the people of Tursh have for the line of Thestran kings born of Loric himself so many years ago. It also symbolizes the resolve Tursh, and the entire Kingdom, has to persevere under all circumstances, no matter how dire, just as Targonor himself did during the years following the Breaking.2

1

Submitted by

Iadien

Date

9/1/05

Source

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Web Lore

Notes

From margin lore: #16

2

Submitted by

Iadien

Date

9/1/05

Source

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Web Lore

Notes

From margin lore: #22