![[characters_banner_2.webp]] `Apr. 22, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord > [!custom-callout]- All mentions > *Pulled from* [[3-Travels-in-Calradia-(DLC)]] — “Yatheb told me that Istiana instructed me to proceed to the house of one Sathan Ibn Nasu in Hubyar, which I will do. He says that Ibn Nasu is a merchant and a well-regarded patron of Hubyar's poets and entertainers, and thus his house is a center of gossip, which makes the man a splendid informant. If I survive the journey I should at least look forward to a well-set table and interesting conversation.” — “We tagged behind Tais' forces to the gates of Hubyar, and washed away the dust of the journey in the clear spring waters that flowed through stone-cut channels from the nearby cliffs. I then presented myself at Sathan's townhouse, to see if the tales of his hospitality were true. Sadly, they were true but out of date. A servant informed me that the merchant himself was not taking guests and hurriedly pressed a sealed letter from Istiana and a purse of denars into my hands. The master had repented of his dissolute ways, the servant said, and had given up wine, dance and song. Espionage too, apparently. I heard the full story at the local caravanserai. Apparently, one of Sathan's guests had composed a verse mocking the notoriously ill-humored Banu-Qild clan for failing to prevent their daughters from slipping away to spend time with the young men of more fun-loving noble families. Word got out to the Banu-Qild, and they sent soldiers to smash Sathan's wine vessels, beat his dinner-guests, and let him know that he'd better get used to a more austere lifestyle. I wrote to Istiana that she may wish to find herself a new informant in Hubyar. I found an inn and tempered my disappointment with a bowl of the local soup, poached eggs in a mutton broth with copious amounts of fenugreek, vigorously boiled in huge cauldrons so that huge green bubbles of herby froth kept erupting to the surface.” > &emsp;&emsp;<br> ![[encyclopedia_calradica.gif|center|300]]<br> >*“A massive `Mount & Blade` wikipedia.”*<br>About [Encyclopædia Calradica](About-the-Encyclopædia.md)<br>About the [Project](Project-(Pillar).md)<br>About the [Author](Horseapple.md) <br>&emsp;&emsp;