Rumors

1. The Monitor Lizards aren’t native to the area. They stowed away on a boat from Greenshire.
2. A bell can be heard out in the swamp
3. Centuries ago, there was a terrible series of plagues that swept the land. Many folks died. Riverbend Mills never really bounced back, but they’re the lucky ones – many villages just ceased to exist!
4. There’s no inn in Riverbend Mills, but Gerome out at Belissa farm loves to host visitors.
5. Everyone acts as Elderperson of the village for one year after they turn twenty-five. It’s the law! The village has had a lot of up and down years because of it.
6. No one from the monastery has been to town for supplies in weeks! Everyone is getting worried.
7. A large group of citizens headed northwest to the cemetery today. They seemed nervous.
8. Gullywugs are just a legend. No one has seen one alive. Some sicko must be practicing some weird taxidermy on corpses to “prove” they exist. (false)
9. There’s an old cemetery on the edge of the western swamp. Best to avoid it – it’s haunted!
10. Occhini lives in the old church in town, but he’s no priest. He’s a pain in the ass is what he is. All he does is smoke pipe weed all day and fart around. Sure, I indulge myself from time to time, but I’m not about to tell him that. He’d bother me until he found out about the patch growing in the northern hills!
11. Be careful round turnips. Some of ’em ain’t right. Little men that live in the dirt, they is.
12. Brother Bobina in the monastery is the most skilled healer I ever met. Got rid of a rash for me three years ago. I thought I’d never stop scratching.
13. I’d stay clear of the Monastery. Once, I was drinking with one of the acolytes from there and they told me that they heard ghosts at night! No thank you.
14. From what I heard, it was warriors who started the monastery a long time ago. You couldn’t tell now, though.
15. No, I weren’t talking to a crow. I’ve never talked to a crow before in my life. Crows can’t talk, right?
16. All sorts of weird stuff grows in the swamps. If the air seems hazy, stay away! I had a cousin who died breathing in air like that.
17. Cambria used to be known for it’s mushroom farming. If you look long enough, you’ll find caves that go under the land. They would block off the entrances with stone slabs.
18. The monastery was founded after a large group of acolytes left their main temple farther to the west. That place was cursed.
19. Ma always said, if you step in poo, look up. Ma also drank a lot.
20. My grandfather used to tell me a story about a society of holy warriors who came across the sea and their holy mace the brought with them.