==== July 9, 2019
==== Effigies in the galleries and wildling tithes (or not)

OOC Date July 9, 2019
Summary Effigies in the galleries and wildling tithes (or not)

The Announcement

It's a funny thing. Although there aren't any eggs on the Sands yet, the word's going round - though definitely NOT in the hearing of the Telgari contingent - that it's worth sneaking into the Galleries and taking a quick look. What's there, tied to the new railings, is an effigy made from an old set of straw-stuffed leathers and a pair of tatty boots, with a crude masculine face drawn on a bundle of cloth. If the face isn't sufficiently recognisable, someone's spent a while tying the very fancy knot on its shoulder. Will it still be there when Theidith clutches? That remains to be seen!

In other news, F'kan seems to have persuaded the Weyrleader to let him re-appoint Ginger as another assistant. Has M'kel acknowledged that a woman can do the job - or does he just think those female riders need a chaperone?

The plan to tithe wildling clans within the protected areas still isn't having much success. It hit another setback in the last sevenday when a a rider was sent to explain the situation to a clan recently arrived under the Weyr's coverage. They promptly struck camp and moved elsewhere.