Story 1 Intro My name is Heinz Gruber, born 1187, in the ever prosperous nation of Germany. Through happenstance I found myself working as a merchant (quite a good career if I do say so myself), but upon finally realizing the direction my life would take I found that I didn’t have any goods to trade. Thus began my journey with what remains of my late father’s fortune to purchase the ever sought after furs of the Novgorod Republic. I do not know how long my journey will be but at the very least I will learn something about this frozen hellscape. Upon first entering into a Novgorodian village the first thing I noticed was the ever present palpable fear and loathing that filled the air. The people looked haggard and at best a little tired,
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