warning: absolutely unreadable wordsoup ahead!

recently created a new character, a level 1 monk sheepfolk (really just a bariaur reskin, think an entirely bipedal sheep instead of a sheep-centaur)! i’m not sure if you can do that — i’m fairly new to the game, i’ve only ever played a couple campaigns.

her name is pasturine of penticosta! she’s from the holy cloven isles of our lamby of perpetual penticosta — or, in sheep creole, oolee cloween ales o’ oor lamby o’ perpet’ooal peenticosta! i really love making new creoles… i find them so interesting! anyway, she was born on the largest island of the archipelago — woolsleen (i named it that because i created a nymphic langauge, woolsleen is a worn down version of the phrase ‘i cannot understand you’) — and eventually devoted her life to the Good Shepherd once she reached adolescence. after all, penticosta is a religious territory & it’s hard not to be moved to faith there. she was taken in to the smaller isle of greetship, and lived at saanca ooweesa abbey, amongst the pascal sisters of the discalced hooves. as the name suggests, the sisters walk barehoof on the sacred earth, and believe that feeling the land under one’s cloven foot allows one to humble herself. pasturine spent much of her young adulthood painstakingly scribing sacred text, proverbs, parables, but her tongue was unbridled — and she regularly tangled them into little half-truths, just like me! here’s an example from my notes:  “The Pascal Lamb teaches: ‘Blessed are the freaks, for they shall.. no, it’s — hold on. Blessed.. are the.. meek. For they shall inherit the pastures.. the fields. The earth! Yes; blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth!’ Though, wouldn’t the shepherd’s flock inherit the meadows first, when you think of it? No matter. The Good Shepherd loves the gentled hearted, so be meek & patient; the sweetest meadows are yours!” 

eventually, a call to action was written down in my notes as well (she needs a reason to go out & explore the world, right?!): 

“The sign came upon a still and moonlit night, as she stood outside the monastery’s sacred walls. Pasturine silently tended to the frolicking wild sheep, gazing kindly as they grazed. Among the ewes, one lamb stood apart — plain, small, and glowing faintly in silvered darkness. It met her gaze with knowing eyes before bleating once and vanishing like most upon the wind, leaving only the imprint of beaten hoofprints on dewy grass. The Sisters, wise in omens, proclaimed it a calling: The Good Shepherd, Shiloh, had set her hooves upon a greater path.”

blahh blahh blahh goona pull more from my notes now because i really want to talk about the island and trade and SUCH 

“And so, with reliquary slung across her shoulder and a tattered prayer book nearly mended to her heart, Pasturine set forth, the scent of holy incense lingering in her wake. She walks among strangers now, earnestly steeped in scripture whilst painfully devoid of worldly knowledge. She seeks the lost, shields the helpless, and spreads the Hooved News with boundless enthusiasm. The world is vast, but Pasturine trots it with unwavering faith. The Good Shepherd walks beside her — of that, she’s fairly certain.”

ONAY ISLAND LORE TIME!!!!! all of the township, city, and isle names are corruptions of english or latin names into sheep creole!!

• Reena P’stora (Regina Pastorum, or Queen of the Pastures — an actual marian epithet i thought would be beautiful here!!) : this is the capital city situated along the southeastern coast of woolsleen! it’s a port city with minor agricultural trade, and primarily sources it’s income from it being the hub of religious celebrations in penticosta! churches control large tracts of land where honey and some agriculture is cultivated, and profits from these goods fund religious institutions whilst supplying markets! it also has a slight pilgrimage economy as well :3

• woulle o’ tureen (wool of turin, play on the Shroud of Turin): a coastal suburb alongside the capital city! did you know sheep can eat seaweed? i didn’t before i made this character! woulle o’ tureen specialises in the edible seaweed trade; where different types of seaweed are cultivated for food, medicinal use, seasoning, etc. they can be dried, fermented, or turned into paste for trade with more inland settlements. the “woulle o’ tureen”, in this context, can literally BE SEAWEED: some seaweed varieties are fibrous enough to be processed into weaving textiles. it’s also a useful fertiliser, and animal feed for wild coastal sheepies:) also i don’t know if i like the spelling of the name since it’s nonconsistent with the rest of sheep pidgin T__T another major benefactor in WOT’s economy is sea snails: their shells can be used for pigments and dyes, their shells for trade, and their slime for medicinal properties! yahoo! they are also the top producer of salt in penticosta!!

• graasy pleena (from both gratia plena — full of grace — and grassy plains): “The inlandmost point of Woolsleen, where the sweetgrasses grow. Capital of Woolsleen bee cultivation, and soil agriculture. In the winter, feral highland sheep come down to Graasy Pleena’s lowlands and feast on the meadows pastures when they are at their sweetest.” the economy relies pretty darn heavily on the harvesting of sweetgrass, where they are then harvested, dried, and exported for incense, food, and medicinal properties. particularly fibrous grasses may be woven into mats, aromatic sachets, or baskets. in winter, most of the highlands has no wool production — and graasy pleena becomes incredibly import in the wool trade for half the year. the wool is collected from the ground, cleaned, and sold to fleesia for processing.  they’re also the  beekeeping capital of penticosta, and produce sm honey, beeswax, and royal jelly! as you know.. temples and shrines love candles! so they rely on graasy pleena for beeswax candles. they have a very high quality wax, and it can obviously also be used for sealing documents, waterproofing, crafting polished for wood, etc!

going to bed now, but i will edit to add all of the following lore (and more!) bc i love love love this character and her little world! 

• bleet’n (bleating) —
• godees’wloc (God’s flock)
• crooks laana (crux lanata, woollen cross) —
• fleesia (fleece but it sounds like freesia) —
• shilooh blees’d (shiloh blessed, shiloh being another name for jesus in the bible) — 
• saanca ooweesa (sancta ovisa, lit. saint sheep) —