The Ten Hundred Tales

Compiled in proper by the /natural science college/, this is a composite time of stories, superstitions, fables, and anecdotes that have survived through the ages.

While some of the stories have a clear place in the later Ages of Rule, and some situated in the Ages of Piracy, most are thought to have originated during the Ages of Fire and before.

Most stories read as transcriptions of oral traditions, giving credibility to the claim that the Ten Hundred Tales existed in spoken form long before it was put into physical print.

Composition & Structure
Divided into three sections, stories are grouped by racial origin rather than sky or setting. While many tales could easily be found in other sections, it is understood that each section’s stories were told my mouth between known travellers and families before they were shared among other Euclid races.

Medua, given their recent arrival and no natural written form to their language, have no book, though several stories have begun to be recounted among the others, claimed to be from the Book of Clouds.

Frame
Each book begins with a parallel framing device: two hunters are heading out to hunt, returning from hunt, or passing time while hunting trading stories, with the wager that the best story will win whatever creature they claim for their later meal. The stronger, quicker hunter assumes his prowess will lead to his stories winning, but the smaller, more clever hunter more often wins their dinner.

The Book of Trees
Ursa stories and Warnings
 * The Forager and the Skryty
 * Mother Hua and the Den Father

The Book of Peaks
Avoral songs, beastiary, and fables

The Book of Cities
Human tales, aesops, grimms
 * The Lady Came in Lagur

The Book of Clouds
Medua efforts, dreams and described histories
 * Vildail Rackarninja