Letter to Unknown Avoc

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Class: Journal
Wc: 585

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Aut: Ve’Akki
Dt: 421 A.T.
Ogn: Sellsword

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• Foumri
• Devtalnu

I know it has been some time since I last wrote, and longer since I left, but I have the most brilliant idea. I have become absolutely engrossed with these winged creatures I stumbled upon. As I am sure you remember, I set out to find a new source of meat and find a larger colony of devtalnu. I had found a group of devtalnu not long after setting out, but I did not return with this news for two reasons. Chiefly, this population would not support ours as a main source of meat sustainably so I continued my search. Additionally, I have found a new animal, not for consumption but something else far more interesting.

As previously mentioned, I have become engrossed with this winged creature. At first, I found them within a day’s travel of Venanie while I was traveling. I marveled initially at how such a distinct creature could be missed by everyone I know at such close proximity. To be increasingly clear, they are large winged creatures. Writing this does not adequately convey their incredible scale. They stand taller than I, and when they unfurl their wings several of us could stand shoulder to shoulder under each wing. Nearly every day I found a new one of these winged creatures almost as the winter grew warmer and I traveled further along with my original undertaking.

Though I am not certain, I believe these winged creatures mostly eat fish. This is important, but I will return to this idea later. Inland from the shore I would find these winged creatures in a lagoon or marsh trudging around in what would be chest-deep water for you and I. In the water the creatures walk through the food bearing vines! Then they exit water with their legs covered in the sticky powder that ends up on your hands if you’re not careful when harvesting. In larger bodies of water, this substance seems to attract the fish and other creatures to their legs where they make easy targets. I spent many days watching these hunts repeat as I searched for a pack of devtalnu for us to use.

As time went by and the days grew warm I ultimately gave up on finding a pack of devtalnu after finding several packs too small for sustainable long-term use for us. Instead, I spent my days watching these winged creatures. When the rivers rose from fresh thaw in the mountains other small creatures came to the lagoons and shores. In and out like the tides the winged creatures would come from the water each day. What I witnessed in this warming season led to my brilliant idea. The small cranipxum from the near woods also seemed to know the trick of attracting fish with the sticky substance, but I watched the winged creatures both together and alone shoo the round annoyances away from specifically the parts of the plants that bore the substance, letting them take the fruit.

My idea is thus: you travel back to me quickly once this finds you, and we devise a way for these winged creatures to work in cooperation with us. Rather than relying on the devtalnu populations to reproduce at a high enough rate, we could use larger amounts of the water-grown and even perhaps land-grown food. We would have these winged creatures protect them for small amounts of fish and protection from devtalnu, by my observations the creatures are loathe to approach.

Join me,

Akki