Old Man Bran, The Hearth-Lorn Pilgrim

Petrified by countless turnings of the seasons and wanderings through the forgotten siftings, Old Man Bran is a living relic of the days when the Sacred Proving was celebrated under the open skies rather than behind the high ramparts of the pale citadels. His dense, unleavened hardtack body has long surrendered the soft suppleness of youthful loaves, trading tender crumb for an ancient, stone-like staling that repels wind, rain, and the biting cold of the wastes. Through the deep, radiating fis…

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