Whether Or Not The Man Himself Committed The Murders There Is Now None To Say. The Folk Here Hold Almost

whether or not the man himself committed the murders there is now none to say. The folk here hold almost universally that the captain is simply a hero

Genuinely emotional that Whitby sees your friend and mine the Demeter captain for the hero he was, even though pinning the crew's deaths on him would seem to explain the evidence. I didn't realise I was worried he'd be mistakenly branded a multiple murderer in death until the Correspondent brought it up as a possibility, and I am very glad the possibility was dispelled literally the next sentence because that would have been a horrible thing to dwell on

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Professor Van Helsing?? M.D., D.Ph., D.Lit.??? ETC., ETC.????

Nothing I knew about Van Helsing from pop culture gave me the slightest indication he was a career academic, this changes my conception of the man considerably

You know what’s more fun than worldbuilding that makes some fantasy races EEEEVIIIIIIILLLLL!!!!? Worldbuilding that gives the different races cultural differences that help explain why there’s a lot of conflict between them:

Goblin culture doesn’t have a concept of “Property”. A stick on the ground and a tool in a locked shed are equally up for grabs if a thing needs doing. They casually take and leave things all over their communities, eat from communal pots, and genuinely Do Not Understand why the Core Races are so Angry and prone to Violence all the time.

Consequently Goblins who live near Core communities develop a reputation as “Thieves” despite not even having a *word* for that. (The closest word they have is more like “Greedy” and it means a person that hides things so nobody else can use them, and it’s a surefire fight-starter to call a Goblin that)

Common Orc Spiritual beliefs hold that a Soul can only grow stronger by overcoming Challenges in life, and see intruding on another person’s Challenge unasked for as not just Rude, but Deeply Harmful. You’re Stealing their chance to Grow. Asking for help is deeply personal and doing so can be both a way to grow closer with them or a too-personal intrusion, depending on your existing relationship with them. An exception is Children, as far as most Orcs are concerned, all Children are fundamentally the responsibility of the Whole Community, regardless of whose child they are, or even if said child is an Orc at *all*.

This means that Orcs who live near Core neighbors often seem Rude and Standoffish if not outright hostile, because they neither ask for nor offer aid even in times of trouble, and respond to unasked for aid themselves with Anger. There are even rumors that they Steal Children, because if an Orc finds a child lost in the woods they’re pretty much immediately going to start feeding it, and if they can’t find where to bring it back to, or it doesn’t seem to be well cared for, they’re just gonna keep it.