Part 3: Radiance
Chapter 5
Humans are superstitious things. They dare not venture out into the night on a full moon, though some insist it is the new moon which brings ill omen. When it rained for weeks at a time and drowned their crops, they suspected their women of witchcraft and drowned one or two in the swollen fields.
A wolf attack in the spring meant a lamb left out on the moors at night. A wolf attack in autumn meant a ram was sent wandering into the dark. A dragon sighting resulted in increased church attendance and smearing blood on each citizen’s forehead for protection. Vampires meant garlic and crosses, werebeasts meant silvered weapons and avoiding churches.
It was fascinating, if not convenient and predictable. I came to a city whose grand cathedral was abandoned due to a
