#foristeri

"Well you seem to have taken a wrong turn on the road, you passed Frostreach a way's back there. It's a small town so easy it's to miss, but if that's where you are headed you will want to travel back down the road you came for a bit and take a left at the sign rather than a right."

"But if the storm stops by morning, then you should be able to make it to Frostreach by night fall. Till then we should be fine bundling up in the outpost, we don't have the most comfortable cots but the outpost is warm and should keep us safe from the Southern Wind."

He looks up at you with a smile. "Beats sleeping on the snow at least haha."

Nick pauses for a moment looking at his hands.

"I- Well-" He adjusts his hat again although it didn't really need adjusting. "I shouldn't say this - but no. Not really."

He looks up at you and you can see his eyes watering slightly.

"One day id like to go out and learn how to cook, like really cook under someone. Right now I am just kind of doing what i've learned from books and from Hermann, but there is only so much they can teach me. Ive tried doing my own thing but it fails almost every time so I would love to learn from someone that really knows what they are doing. That and-"

He pauses again a tear appearing in his eye.

"well to be honest with you this is the farthest i've ever been from home and I really shouldn't have come here in the first place. I only came cuse Hermann insisted. I really should be back home at the Frozen Fish taking care of things…"

There are many Animalian made tall structures that I have seen in my travels, but none of them compare in height and majesty to the remnants of the great wall in Windwall. I have been told that this portion of wall is only a small piece of what the great wall once was and that long, long ago it was even grander. When asked why it was made, the Foristeri in Windwall told me that there ancestors had built it to trap the Southern Wind in, but due to a tragedy the wall no longer was maintained and the Southern Wind escaped. They claim the crazy snowstorms and constant cold in this area is because the Southern Wind runs free here. If there is a Southern wind, i wonder if there is a northern counter part- ill have to look into that. More info about Windwall can be found in the Animalian Almanac.

"The Foristeri are a large subspecies of Aves who find comfort in the cold embrace of the southern lands. Many of them have a strange gate that most described as a waddle that consists of them shuffling there feet across the ground rather then picking them up off it to take a step. This waddle is mostly seen in Foristeri that spend there life in the snowy South as by walking this way they are much less likely to slip on the ice and snow." -Phinda

Nick takes a moment to rub the tear out of his eye and smile,

"Its- Its nothing special, but if you find yourself in Frostreach I will be sure to do my best for you. My best dish is a fish one- Grilled Boreogadus Lapponicus - my dad taught it to me when I was a chick.

Nick pauses for a moment to think before looking back up at you

But if you wanted to bring a recipe or two with you when you come I'd be happy to try that to! You may need to bring the ingredients with you but I'd love to try to make something new as well, if you don't like fish that is.

Nick jumps off the chair before rearranging his hat once more.

It is getting late though so I really should be heading back home, can't leave mum on her own for to long. If you ever find yourself down south you should stop by Frostreach! I'll, I'll probably still be there, but it would be nice to see a familiar face again.

With that the Foristeri leaves out the guild hall doors, his tall hat the last thing you see as the front door closes behind him.

After writing down a few thoughts you collect your notes about the small Aves and add them to the Guild directory. You have a few leads on new Animalian you can talk to, Nick said something about some Animalian that lived in Frostreach. You could ask one of them to come to the guild or maybe go to Frostereach yourself and find someone new. You could also contact one of the guilds other contacts, there are a handful that could be interesting.

Next NPC Q and A will be at the start of March.

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