discL000001	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Children nearby played with chunks of dried mud. Some chunks rolled like little wheels; others were tiny bricks that tumbled. <actor> shooed the children away and kicked at a large clod. The brick struck two wheels, rolling both. <He/She> noticed two dark spots on the brick. Was this magic? <He/She> marked dots on the brick's other sides and threw it against a pile of clay wheels. But the magic was elusive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000002	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was about to quit when a dirty hand struck <him/her>. The neighbor, a brickmaker, yelled about taking his children's toys. In defense, <actor> demonstrated the magic <he/she> had discovered. <He/She> rolled the die and moved that number of wheels by hand. The brickmaker scratched his jaw and claimed he could move more wheels. They rolled against each other, and a new kind of "beating" began.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000003	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Honey dribbled down <actorP> chin. <He/She> scurried to replace the honey pot before getting caught. It slipped from <his/her> fingers and cracked against the floor. The crack was thin, but <actor> knew the honey would leak, and <he/she> would be blamed. <He/She> grabbed another vessel from the wall nook and poured the honey into it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000004	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Days later, <actor> remembered that the cracked vessel hadn't been empty. The last fresh apple of the year was buried in the honey. <He/She> snuck back to the vase and unstoppered it, but the stink of rotten apple and honey did not greet <him/her>. <actor> fished out the apple, and though shrunken, it seemed okay. <He/She> shared the second bite of honey-preserved apple. <actor> received a smile for the discovery and a clout for punishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000005	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lintel broke. The mason swore. The collapsing entrance toppled <actor> from the scaffold.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000006	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Weak stone," <he/she> whispered, coming to.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000007	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mason accused <actor>: "You broke it!" The work crew left <actor> lying where <he/she> fell. Night came and shivered <him/her>. <actor> looked up. A crescent moon bridged the entrance, replacing the broken crosspiece.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000008	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Weak stone. It was easy to crack into smaller pieces. When the mason arrived the next morning, the pieces formed a sturdy arc over the entrance. Feeling surpassed, the mason demolished its clever beauty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000009	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The work boss called <actor> 'the king's laziest slave.'  "You see that stone block?" It was a third of <actorP> height and as long as a chariot. "Move it to there." He pointed a hundred steps away and twenty feet up the ziggurat. He laughed and led the rest of his slaves away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000010	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had a day to move the block using a bronze lever, fulcrum stones and counterweights. <He/She> spent the first two hours pivoting it on balance points to the base of the construction ramp. Then <actor> rested, contemplating the ramp. There was plenty of rope and pots of olive oil, but it normally took six men to drag these stones up. If it were a chariot, <he/she> could inch it up with catches under the wheels.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000011	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead, <actor> mounted a tree thick drop spindle on a frame used to secure rope. By levering the spindle's wheel, <he/she> could inch rope around the axle. A wooden wedge under the wheel let <him/her> catch <his/her> breath. Around sunset, the work boss found <actor> sleeping in the shade of the placed stone. His curses woke <him/her>, and he chased <actor> around the ziggurat, but he was too tired to catch <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000012	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept the lever.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000013	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Collecting public waste pots was the worst job. <actor> enjoyed the break when <he/she> found one being used. Carrying the pots wasn't nearly as rank as the tanner's work area. The smell could knock pigs unconscious. <actor> had time to contemplate the experience. The law required tanners to work outside the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000014	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tanner was ungrateful. Upon receipt of the pots, he ordered <actor> to dispose of skins ruined during the liming process that preceded tanning.  <actor> trudged back, thinking to trade the stack. Hunched under <his/her> load, <he/she> collided with and injured a runner. <actor> helped the man to his feet and lent him <his/her> shoulder. They entered the city together.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000015	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The messenger had been chosen not for nimbleness but because he could read and write somewhat. His urgent news was that the source of papyrus had stopped trading with the kingdom. Unless a substitute could be found, there might be war. <actor> decided <he/she> had found a fool and offered the skins "to save the kingdom."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000016	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> got drunk with what <he/she> had earned and laughed when <he/she> had to relieve <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000017	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The work boss had commanded the slaves to erect a stone column for the goddess' new temple. He went to a hut to sleep. Lever slaves would lift the top end of the column slightly, and others would pack earth and bricks under it. Typically, they would build a ramp under the column, raising one end slowly, laboriously increasing the slope. When the column reached its tipping point, ropes would pull it vertical.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000018	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> contemplated the columns they had erected days before. Woozy from dehydration, the scene tilted. <He/She> blinked and went to the water urn. For a second, <actor> heard the standing columns laughing. From their tops, the stone lying prone looked as if it was already at its tipping point. <actor> climbed one.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000019	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At the top <he/she> fitted a saddle-curved wooden cap and ran the hoisting rope over it. Slaves gathered around, insulting <actor> for <his/her> strange behavior. <He/She> promised to work a shift for each of them if <his/her> idea failed. In return, they just had to pull on the rope. Ten minutes later the new column stood with its peers. Everyone took a nap, until the work boss returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000020	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He had <actor> whipped for inciting laziness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000021	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fresh air of spring struck the barn entrance and bounced. Shearing had begun. <actor> watched the farmer's son show the process to his young sister. She was eager to help. Since she was too young to interact with the frantic, tied sheep, he led her to the winch that raised bundles of wool to the loft. Turning the winch tired her quickly, though. It required more strength.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000022	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took a rest. If the girl could handle the winch, the boy would be free for harder work. <actor> looked up. The rope looped over a wheel in the loft. A winch on the barn floor raised and lowered it. <He/She> moved the hook from the rope to a second wheel, looped the rope around it, and tied it to the first wheel's frame.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000023	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The winch now raised the second wheel, which hooked the bundle. It was half as hard to turn, but required twice as many turns to lift the bundle. The girl delighted that she was now strong enough to lift the wool.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000024	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Later, the farmer asked, "How did you think of that?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000025	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> scratched <his/her> head and blinked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000026	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The soap went bad, again. Instead of railing at <his/her> <wife/husband>, <actor> thought about the problem. The wife of the farmer who owned the flock that <actor> tended made soap every few weeks, but in the misted hills it barely lasted one week.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000027	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was talk about trading for soap from the northern tribes beyond the empire. It lasted for years. <actor> began experimenting with sheep tallow and ashes. The family's skin suffered those early attempts, after the farm wife's soap failed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000028	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, <actor> fashioned a working mixture. <He/She> told the farmer's wife the next time they met. A year later, the farmer and his wife sold their farm and sheep and moved to the city far away, to live off the riches of fat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000029	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon the harvest, shepherds turned into old women. They bent their backs and cut wheat. Sheep were corralled and fed the beaten stalks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000030	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> back threatened never to straighten. <He/She> stood with the help of <his/her> staff. To avenge <his/her> spine, <he/she> struck a stalk with it. The stalk bent sideways, becoming more difficult to cut -- not that one stalk was important to anyone. <actor> struck another stalk and stared at the end of <his/her> staff.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000031	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A week later, <actor> was grumbling about the blacksmith's fee. <He/She> took her anger out on the field of wheat. The sharp, thin blade mounted at end of <actorP> staff sliced through a day's work in an hour. Small consolation. At the end of a day, <his/her> back hurt just the same as before.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000032	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the dream, the world was a grinding wheel. Golden disks clattered and shattered into beads. The family twisted a thread into the future, stringing beads along it, sometimes retreating to refresh. Crocodiles clawed the wheel into motion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000033	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Newlyweds woke to the living world. Nuzzling, they contemplated. For what would their family be remembered?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000034	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A legend of climbing in society, to live high upon the wheel...	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000035	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	About social position:	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000036	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A legend of discovery, to write upon the wheel...	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000037	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	About discoveries:	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000038	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A heroic legend, to challenge the wheel...	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000039	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	About heroic adventures:	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000040	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Social climbing unlocks a higher game track. The challenge of the next age is delayed, and legend beads are worth more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000041	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Begin playing. After getting 100 points, the family will climb.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000043	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000045	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discoveries gives temporary, exclusive control over a new symbol that replaces one on the wheel.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000046	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Begin playing: make a discovery by getting 80 points.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000048	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000050	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Heroic challenges are short adventures that can win huge rewards, but they often result in severe penalties. Do you feel lucky, brave, and wise?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000051	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Begin playing: take a heroic challenge by getting 80 points.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000053	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000055	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Screaming from the riverbank raked <actorP> ears. <He/She> darted expertly across treacherous furrows to the water's edge. A man had been grabbed by a crocodile! He wore a simple shift seen in the temple district. The beast was dragging him to the water.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000056	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> appealed to the crocodile spirit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000057	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Looking upstream, <actor> did not have to see the man's last bubbles break the river's surface. Three of the priest's brethren arrived, too late. They beat <actor> for <his/her> superstitious ignorance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000058	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prayed to the river god, a manlike figure with the head of a heron.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000059	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Head bowed, <actor> did not have to see the man's last bubbles break the river's surface. Three of the priest's brethren arrived, too late. They joined <actor> in prayer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000060	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spied an elder following a seed plow. <He/She> ran to her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000061	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She was gathering grains the plow had failed to bury. <actor> had to shout over the woman's weak hearing. "A crocodile has attacked a man. What should I do?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000062	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wrestled the crocodile, attempting to free its victim.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000063	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The croc thrashed violently, throwing <actor> and killing the man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000064	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to cover the croc's eyes. It calmed the creature somewhat. Three priests arrived and managed to extract their brother from its jaws. They promised <actor> a great reward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000065	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The croc thrashed violently, releasing the man, and then it clamped its jaws upon <actor>. Three priests rushed to their brother. They bowed in prayer to the river god. For <his/her> sacrifice, they rewarded <actorP> survivors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000066	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> grabbed a thick length of wood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000067	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dashed into the water and smote the crocodile's snout! Its jaws released by reflex. After helping the man away from the water, three priests arrived. Overjoyed, they promised a great reward for saving their brother.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000068	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Startled, the elder took a precious moment to think. "Remember Heron's tale. She lost a leg but lived to raise many clutches."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000069	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> remembered, "Heron plucked out the crocodile's eyes."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000070	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Silly <man/woman>! That is from Otter's tale, who calmed a croc by wrapping its tail over the eyes.  Strike the snout to release the jaws." <actor> ran back before the woman finished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000071	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> remembered, "Heron bit off her own leg."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000072	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Foolish <man/woman>! A heron's beak doesn't have the strength! A blow to the snout releases the jaws." <actor> ran back before the woman finished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000073	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> remembered, "Heron rapped the crocodile's snout with sharp blows from her beak."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000074	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Yes, that is the tale's lesson. Strike quickly...." <actor> ran back before the woman finished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000075	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The victim's screams brought other workers to the shore. Three priests appeared. They bickered about what to do. Halfway under water, fully panicked, the man clawed at sand to resist the predator's quarter-ton of muscle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000076	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> grabbed a stout length of wood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000077	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dashed into the water and smote the crocodile's snout! It thrashed once and released the man. Overjoyed, the priests promised a great reward for saving their brother. The riches arrived with news of the man's death from sick wounds.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000078	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the priests how to save the man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000079	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They kneeled and prayed to the river god. Everyone followed their lead until the screaming was drowned out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000080	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They commanded <actor> to save their brother. <actor> dashed into the water and smote the crocodile's snout! It thrashed once and released the man. Overjoyed, the priests promised a great reward. The riches arrived with news of the man's death from sick wounds.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000081	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They raced into the waters to free their brother, unaware of other crocodiles waiting patiently. That night the farm was silent, except for the piercing cackles of an old woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000082	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bowed to the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000083	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before <he/she> could tell them how to save their brother, he drowned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000084	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	City guards scoured the farm village for able men. They grabbed <actor> and force-marched him to a distant camp. He was given a stone club and new sandals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000085	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped the encampment at the first clear opportunity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000086	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back at the farm, <actor> was protected by the field boss who lacked workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000087	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned to the farm, but the field boss convinced <actor> to soldier back to the camp, or else.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000088	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught and impaled as an example to others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000089	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> greeted the other conscripts with as much bluster as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000090	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His bluff was challenged, and <actor> took a beating.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000091	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His bravado was questioned with fists, but at the end of the fight, <actor> stood on those fists.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000092	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was given charge of seven men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000093	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swung that club, and kept swinging it until arm and body moved smoothly together.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000094	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It took longer and was more painful than <actor> thought, but he did it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000095	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His arm swelled up and burned for days. <actor> was dismissed. He returned home, crippled but alive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000096	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave the sandals to a seasoned warrior.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000097	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In return, the veteran gave a shield taken from a dead enemy to <actor>. "It's not pretty, but it's strong."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000098	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He laughed and gave back the sandals. "These will save your life more than weapons."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000099	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He took them and snorted, "Fool!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000100	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The newly conscripted army marched out. They were not told the destination, but rumors infested the camp like lice. A neighboring city-state had been raiding merchants and farms along their border, under the banner of their sun god. The sky and river gods demanded that they be punished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000101	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped at the first clear opportunity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000102	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned to the farm. He was protected by the field boss who lacked workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000103	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to return to the farm and was never heard from again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000104	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught and impaled as an example to others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000105	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reserved his strength during the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000106	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness appeared among the troops. <actor> got ill but survived to fight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000107	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness appeared among the troops. <actor> got ill and died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000108	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness appeared among the troops. <actor> got ill and was left to die, but he managed to return home after much hardship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000109	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000110	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When sickness appeared, many of <actorP> men survived. They appreciated his measured pace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000111	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> marched vigorously, visibly more energetic than the other conscripts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000112	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000113	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> feet swelled up, and he was left by the wayside. He never returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000114	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Leaders noticed <actorP> enthusiasm. They gave him command of seven men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000115	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although hated by the seven under his command, <actorP> leaders promoted him to command sixty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000116	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept to himself during the many days of marching.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000117	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Army commanders frowned at <actorP> isolation. They removed him from command.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000118	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The army of the sky and river gods made camp before the city of the sun god. They expected the enemy army to meet them upon the fields come morning. Campfires and offering braziers flickered equally with prayers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000119	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reassured his troops and promised to lead them well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000120	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The troops did not forgive <actor> for forcing their march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000121	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The troops rallied to his promise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000122	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The troops ignored him, for the army had been led by similar lies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000123	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to get a good night's sleep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000124	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Anxiety accompanied <actor> throughout the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000125	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to catch a few, refreshing hours of sleep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000126	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gambled for a better weapon.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000127	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> traded his stone club for a copper axe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000128	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost his club.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000129	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost his shield but not his club.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000130	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sacrificed his last meal to the gods and prayed for victory in battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000131	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke rose without disturbance. The priest recommended putting <actor> in charge of seven men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000132	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke rose without disturbance. The priest recommended putting <actor> in charge of sixty men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000133	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke rose without disturbance. The priest recommended putting <actor> in charge of three hundred men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000134	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke wandered aimlessly. <actor> feared the morrow. He tried to escape but was caught and impaled as an example to others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000135	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke wandered aimlessly. <actor> feared the morrow. He escaped the army and managed to return home after much hardship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000136	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke wandered aimlessly. The priest recommended demoting <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000137	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke wandered aimlessly. The priest recommended demoting <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000138	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> infiltrated the enemy camp.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000139	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught by the enemy and impaled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000140	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned nothing, but returned safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000141	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned the enemy's strength and composition. His commander had him whipped for lying.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000142	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned the enemy's strength and composition. His commander made particular note of the information.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000143	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned the enemy's strength and composition. His commander made particular note of the information.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000144	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	All morning the two armies assembled and performed chaotic maneuvers, until battle horns blasted. A thousand men converged, arrows flying, weapons hacking, until meat and bone were fit for rats.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000145	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled with his life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000146	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped and returned home after much hardship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000147	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped but was never seen again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000148	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was stopped and killed by his fellows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000149	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent his men into battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000150	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the middle of battle, <actor> was killed by his own men. "You betrayed us!" The truth was covered up with compensation to the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000151	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops managed to survive until the enemy retreated from the field.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000152	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A stray arrow killed <actor>.  His family was awarded compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000153	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept away from the main fighting while encouraging his troops. He lived to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000154	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept away from the main fighting while encouraging his troops. Victory on the battlefield brought him home with the title of War Chief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000155	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought for his life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000156	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000157	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000158	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was saved by his men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000159	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle. His family was awarded compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000160	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle. His family was awarded much compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000161	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle. His family was awarded great compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000162	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the battle but was crippled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000163	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000164	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The veteran warrior's shield saved <actorP> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000165	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops routed the enemy from the field, and victory was sung to the sky god. His heroics elevated him in society.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000166	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops routed the enemy from the field, and victory was sung to the sky god.  His heroics elevated him in society.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000167	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops routed the enemy from the field, and victory was sung to the sky god. He returned as a hero to the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000168	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle. His family was awarded small compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000169	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was saved by his men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000170	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led his men boldly into battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000171	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops routed the enemy from the field, and victory was sung to the sky god. His heroics elevated him in society.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000172	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> skill helped his men overcome the enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000173	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was protected several times by the men who followed him. He survived to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000174	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was protected several times by the men who followed him. He survived to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000175	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle but proclaimed a hero. His family was awarded much compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000176	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The veteran warrior's shield saved <actorP> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000177	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops routed the enemy from the field. Victory on the battlefield brought him home with the title of War Chief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000178	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops accounted for many kills. Victory on the battlefield brought him great renown and social advantage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000179	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rushed home. "Husband, stir quickly from your rest. There is talk from the city to abolish the Assembly!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000180	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target>, between reed mat and thin furs, curled away from her. He rumbled, "Senseless woman! Free men have assembled to petition priests and officials since before there was a city."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000181	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> pushed him with a foot. "Now rich men buy the voices of poor men who bother to show up."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000182	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> crawled out from the furs and glared. "This had better earn us new sleeping furs."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000183	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> pushed the foot back. "Only the poor rally from rumor. The rich sleep content. Today I am rich." He curled up and closed his eyes. <actor> fumed! She left to do what she could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000184	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned, "It may be rumor, but will you lie there and let others discover it's true?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000185	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> snickered. "Better to lie here than to chase a lie." <actor> coughed, scoffed, and headed out, to see what she could do.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000186	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> shook his head. "If I don't, I'll never stop hearing about it." He sneered at <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000187	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> howled at the insult and cracked a handy pot over his skull.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000188	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> rubbed the olive oil and shards out of his hair. He went back to sleep. <actor> fumed and marched outside.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000189	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> staggered up, and a real fight began. The prior urgency was forgotten.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000190	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cried, "What are you, a slumberer or a free man!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000191	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was rousted. He complained, "There is no freedom for men involved with women," and stomped out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000192	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Anger spread with the news of an abolished assembly. <actor> joined laborers from every farm within a day's run to converge on the city. The mob could have turned violent before they heard the city's side of the rumor. Outlandish tales leaped from lip to lip: "Priests and city administrators have betrayed their tradition of redress by assembly." "Soldiers wait in the city, ready to kill."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000193	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged his neighbors to show the patience of the grandfathers buried beneath their homes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000194	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several who knew <actor> heeded him, and calm slowly radiated through the throng.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000195	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His pleas were ignored, but as the mob approached the Circle of Assembly at the temple of the sun god, they were merely querulous, not violent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000196	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His pleas were ignored, and at one point, violence erupted around him. They wrecked and burned stalls and small homes on their way to the temple of the sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000197	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to incite mob destruction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000198	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They wrecked and burned stalls and small homes on their way to the temple of the sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000199	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was ignored and marked as a troublemaker.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000200	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped the mob as inconspicuously as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000201	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was caught by the sudden eruption of violence and was injured, but the mob's current forced <actor> towards the Circle of Assembly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000202	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He reached the Circle of Assembly before soldiers secured it. But when the mob arrived, it was merely querulous, not violent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000203	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He reached the Circle of Assembly before soldiers secured it. A din of destruction, from the mob's anger, grew closer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000204	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hastily mustered soldiers stood between the mob and the Circle of Assembly. Flames along the laborers' path threw angry shadows at the guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000205	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> goaded the mob to attack the soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000206	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob charged the guards but were struck down by spears and copper axes. Those not killed in the initial rush abandoned their cause and fled, as did <actor>. <He/She> reached home, spirit crushed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000207	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the mob hesitated, soldiers hurled javelins, and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000208	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> leaped out in front of the mob, to try to stop them!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000209	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced enough of the front men to think twice. As the mob relaxed, so did the soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000210	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was trampled by the mob, but <he/she> was remembered respectfully by those who survived the slaughter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000211	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced enough of the front men to think twice. As the mob relaxed, so did the soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000212	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stood back and watched the slaughter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000213	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob charged the guards but were struck down by spears and copper axes. Those not killed in the initial rush abandoned their cause and fled. The soldiers killed <actor> after several laborers begged for <his/her> help.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000214	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob charged the guards but were struck down by spears and copper axes. Those not killed in the initial rush abandoned their cause and fled. The soldiers made <actor> crawl and beg for <his/her> life before releasing <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000215	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed when the mob surged forward to battle the guard.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000216	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was forced into the circle of assembly when the mob surged forward, shoved the guards aside, and entered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000217	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to flee the scene.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000218	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped potential trouble, exiting behind the thin line of soldiers. <He/She> returned home safely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000219	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Stray laborers, inebriated by anger and beer, caught and savaged <actor>. <He/She> crawled home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000220	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to sneak away from the potential battle. <He/She> returned home safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000221	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed when the mob surged forward to battle the guard.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000222	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was forced into the circle of assembly when the mob surged forward, shoved the guards aside, and entered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000223	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men swarmed into the circle before the great ziggurat of the sky god. Lesser priests cried, "This is a mistake! Violence here disrespects the assemblies of your ancestors! Go back to your homes. Return when we call the new assemblies."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000224	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> heard the phrase "new assemblies", and demanded to know its meaning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000225	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His neighbors rallied to his purpose. "What do you mean 'new'? Have you changed them?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000226	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was content to hear that assemblies were not abolished. <He/She> helped to convince <his/her> neighbors to leave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000227	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent hours convincing <his/her> neighbors that they have been misled by rumor. The crowd departed little by little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000228	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried but failed to convince the mob. They grumbled and shook their fists at the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000229	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lingered near the edge of the crowd, to see what happened next.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000230	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000231	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared the priests had no right to dismiss any gathering in the circle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000232	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A riot ensued. <actor> was dragged into the scuffle. Eventually, enough soldiers arrived to break the riot and rout the survivors. <actor> returned home with a crippling wound.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000233	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests shuffled back, afraid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000234	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the mob to chant, "We speak. You listen!" Their anger was channeled away from riot.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000235	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called out to the priests, "Bless us with your prayers," hoping to calm the situation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000236	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests conferred quickly. They answered, "The sun god is angry about your sins! We shall not jeopardize ourselves for what you have wrought."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000237	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests conferred quickly. They answered, "Be humble in the god's light! Seek mercy for your transgressions." The mob bowed and prayed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000238	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A high priest emerged after the mob's intensity relaxed. "The city grows, but the circle remains one size. Enlarging the circle would prevent each from being heard by all. Therefore, we will have two assemblies. First shall come the high castes and the craftsmen. Second shall come you laborers."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000239	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was content to hear that assemblies were not abolished. <He/She> helped to convince <his/her> neighbors to leave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000240	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <his/her> neighbors that they had been misled by rumor. The crowd departed little by little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000241	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried but failed to convince the mob. They grumbled and shook their fists at the high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000242	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lingered near the edge of the crowd, to see what happened next.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000243	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000244	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried but failed to convince the mob. They grumbled and shook their fists at the high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000245	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided the assembly was doomed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000246	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shouted out, "How the assembly is split should be decided by the assembly!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000247	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The crowd quieted a little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000248	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He could not be heard over the tumult of voices.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000249	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The crowd quieted a little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000250	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest recognized <actor> as a spokesman. "What solution do you offer?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000251	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Call the low caste first, for they are greater in number and carry the city in their hands."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000252	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob rallied to <actorP> suggestion. The high priest agreed. Months later, at the first assembly, riots broke out. No high ranking officials bothered to hear their petitions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000253	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest nodded at the suggestion. However, the next assembly was led by the upper castes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000254	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Split the assembly by age. Convene elders from every caste first. Venerate experience over enthusiasm, instead of wealth over poverty."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000255	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> younger neighbors whispered, "This will give us two voices, one to convince our elders and another at the assembly." The suggestion was enacted and proud elders from all castes mingled as equals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000256	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest nodded at the suggestion. When the next assembly was called, proud elders from all castes mingled as equals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000257	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Do not split the assembly. Draw a larger circle, and let every speaker come center to be heard."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000258	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Property owners near the temple restricted the circle's increase. A few years later, the assembly was forced to split.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000259	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest nodded at the suggestion, but the circle was kept intact. Property owners near the temple refused to grant the space needed. The assembly was forced to split.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000260	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Call three assemblies! Separate the high caste, tradesmen, and laborers."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000261	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob rallied to <actorP> suggestion. The high priest agreed. The very first assembly of laborers rioted when no high official bothered to attend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000262	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest nodded at the suggestion. The very first assembly of laborers rioted when no high official bothered to attend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000263	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest shouted out, "What solution do you offer?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000264	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lower castes spoke. Few alternatives were offered, but separate assemblies offended most of them. They promoted a group of elders to consider the matter and meet later with the high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000265	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000266	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, word of an agreement reached the outlying farms. The assembly was divided by age, not wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000267	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a sacrifice at the temple before returning home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000268	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, word of an agreement reached the outlying farms. The assembly was divided by age, not wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000269	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As the sun dawned, a woman passing <actorP> hut yelled, "Rise, you men! The priests will cut your tongues this day! Go and speak before they abolish your tradition of assembly and redress!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000270	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Without a husband, woman were voiceless in government. <actor> slept.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000271	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She dreamed of riots and warriors called to quell them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000272	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sprang from her sleeping furs and strode out to help rally the men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000273	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The voice of laborers, though only men, spoke generally of the needs of laborers, man or woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000274	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sprang from her sleeping furs and strode out with a plan of her own.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000275	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As time without a husband passed, other women had begun to dismiss <actor> from their social circles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000276	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While men from the outlying farms descended on the city. <actor> followed an older rumor to a small shack away from her farm. The magic woman within shooed <actor> before she could enter. "Begone. I have no power over the priests."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000277	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> respected the woman's wishes and headed home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000278	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman called after her. "Go to the temple's back gate, and if your eyes and mind are sharp enough, you'll find an opportunity to serve your purpose."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000279	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Returning, <actor> slipped beneath the covers next to her husband.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000280	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Returning, she ground grain to ease her frustration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000281	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited until the sun peaked in the sky.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000282	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman inside said nothing more. <actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000283	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"You will need more than patience. Approach the back gate of the temple with a sharp eye and sharper mind."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000284	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> observed, "I see wood chips outside your door, to announce people."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000285	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Heh!" The woman laughed. "Go to the temple's back gate, and if your eyes and mind are sharp enough, you'll find an opportunity to serve your purpose."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000286	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Yes, and women have been coming to my door all morning. Go away." <actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000287	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> countered, "For one priest, I've heard, your hand gives welcome manipulation."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000288	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Take a wood chip to the temple's far entrance. Give it to the novice there keeping the gate. Beware. Manipulating religion can tear fingers from your hand."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000289	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two or three small riots had broken out in the city. Unfamiliar with its avenues, <actor> navigated by her ears, avoiding shouts, screams, and crackling fires. Eventually, she reached the far gate of the sky god's temple. A pair of sanctified sentries regarded her with suspicion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000290	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided that one of them was a woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000291	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Sister! The mob approaches. I beg sanctuary," <actor> pleaded. The male guard smirked. The woman opened the gate. All three entered. They barred the entrance just before a rag-tag band of men passed by.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000292	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Sister! The mob approaches. I beg sanctuary," <actor> pleaded. The male guard interrupted with his spear, "None may pass." <actor> was forced to flee when a band of men appeared. She returned home safely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000293	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided that both were women.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000294	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Sisters! The mob approaches. I beg sanctuary," <actor> pleaded. The women opened the gate. All three entered. They barred the entrance just before a rag-tag band of men passed by.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000295	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The guard, who was a man, threatened <him/her> with his spear. "Away, fool." <actor> was forced to flee when a band of men appeared. She returned home safely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000296	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> showed the wood chip to the sentries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000297	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The male guard nodded and admitted <actor> through the gate. He gave her instructions to reach a particular high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000298	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threatened, "Angry men march this way. Call others or flee your posts."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000299	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The sentries retreated behind the gate. They allowed <actor> inside before barring it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000300	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The sentries retreated behind the gate, leaving <actor> outside. She fled home safely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000301	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> slipped away from the sentries. She remembered the rumor of a priest who visited the magic woman. She sought him. He stood near the front temple exit, watching outside. Hundreds of upset laborers and craftsmen filled the public assembly area.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000302	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave the magic woman's wood chip to the high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000303	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He turned to <actor> and frowned. She confronted him with obvious truth. "The city has outgrown the circle."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000304	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He crushed the chip with a grip stronger than one might suspect of a priest. Novices led <actor> back through the gate, and she returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000305	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threatened to compromise his relationship with the magic woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000306	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"It is nothing that would interest my brothers." He looked dour. "What would you tell me?" | <actor> answered, "It is clear, the city has outgrown the circle."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000307	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest had her tongue cut out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000308	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swore she would not compromise his relationship with the magic woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000309	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"It is nothing that would interest my brothers." He dismissed her, and ordered novices to send <actor> back through the gate. She returned home safely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000310	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He looked dour. "What would you tell me?" <actor> answered, "It is clear, the city has outgrown the circle."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000311	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prostrated herself before the priest and begged him to hear her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000312	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He looked dour. "The city has outgrown the circle. What would you tell me?" <actor> answered, "How those men's lives have shaped their thinking."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000313	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest had her thrown out of the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000314	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest told her, "From one thousand men, five hundred opinions will fight to be heard. The merit of each idea will serve little to advance adoption. We must force a solution upon them. And that will be perceived as betrayal."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000315	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> mumbled, "Offer choices instead of decree."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000316	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest muttered, "Different choices need not lead to different results." He grinned and dismissed <actor> from the temple, with a gift. The crisis of assembly was temporarily resolved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000317	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest sneered, "The gods give not choices but demands." He had <actor> cast out of the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000318	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> pointed into the crowd. "Call on the men visibly favored by his group."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000319	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"That many men would debate until sunset, but no later." He dismissed <actor> from the temple, with a gift. The crisis of assembly was temporarily resolved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000320	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"And who favored you to tell me this? A woman who worships animals." Forgetting his animal worship of the magic woman, the priest had <actor> cast out of the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000321	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said simply, "Bribe them."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000322	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"For a thousand bowls of grain, the assembled citizens would bow to any reasonable change in the assembly." The priest dismissed <actor> from the temple, with a gift. The crisis of assembly was temporarily resolved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000323	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"A delightful proposition, were our granaries more full." The priest had <actor> escorted out of the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000324	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I'll speak to them." <actor> started through the threshold.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000325	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before she could address them, she was first drowned out with angry insults and then mobbed and torn to pieces. The assembly was not a woman's place.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000326	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The men were stunned when <actor> appeared. "By your mothers, you are still children! Worse! You are monkeys flinging foulness! The priests will hear you, but they wait for words from civil tongues. That is why a lowly woman has to say this." <actor> escaped into the temple and out the far exit, before the men reacted to her insult. They agreed to identify and impale her, but the priests moved the conversation to city matters, preserving the assembly's sudden unity. They rewarded <actor> in secret.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000327	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Cast this woman out the back before she can insult the assembly with her presence." Lower priests had <actor> whipped before releasing her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000328	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> grandfather had told tales of "his" grandfather's youth when the farm was "sprawling" and "bustling". Scores of workers had driven the plow oxen, maintained the ditches, sowed, and reaped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000329	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Since then, salt accumulating in the soil had turned the best weather and hardiest barley into lean years. Working families were driven away by hunger. The belly of the city grumbled. One day, the master farmer's field boss visited <actor> to say good-bye. He would take his family upriver to work better land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000330	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to follow with <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000331	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Together, they traveled safely, but the farm boss took sick and died. The rest reached an independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000332	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hostile workers from villages along the way refused to trade with potential competitors, and their journey ended in unmarked graves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000333	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> knowledge of gambling, a family tradition, let <actor> win goods from people they met. The farm boss was not as lucky. <actorP> family reached a far, independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000334	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family tradition of preserving foods saved <actor>. The farm boss disappeared on a search for food and water. <actorP> family reached a far, independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000335	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Together, they traveled safely, but the farm boss took sick and died. The rest reached an independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000336	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looked for extra work in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000337	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was work, but the food it earned was hardly worth the daily journey and loss of sleep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000338	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to sustain <his/her> family for a couple more years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000339	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family secret of the arch helped <actor> find work that eventually led <him/her> and <his/her> family to a more prosperous city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000340	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was no simple work. <He/She> then learned that the farm boss had found work, compelling <actor> to follow. The family reached an independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000341	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led <his/her> family to the hills where game was numerous but savages were said to roam.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000342	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were attacked by tribesmen, and all were killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000343	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their journey paused every other day for scrabbling food and water from parched lands. Eventually, they reached a minor trading village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000344	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They all perished, unable to find drinkable water along the way.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000345	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family tradition of preserving foods saved <actor>.  Eventually, they reached a minor trading village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000346	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Knowledge passed from the family's war heroes helped <actor> to avoid bandits and tribesmen. Eventually, they reached a minor trading village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000347	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They found a town where tribesmen traded for city-made goods. They met descendants of an old family friend, who helped them start a new home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000348	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued to work for the master farmer, praying to the gods for the land's salvation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000349	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A couple of years later, the master farmer told <actorP> family to leave. The last of the productive fields were hardly enough to feed one family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000350	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible drought spread famine far and wide. <actorP> family starved into oblivion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000351	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family tradition of preserving foods saved <actor>. The master farmer quit the city. He brought <actorP> family with his own, until they reached a town, where they separated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000352	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A couple of years later, the last of the productive fields were hardly enough to feed one family. The master farmer helped <actor> to emigrate to an independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000353	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Near the end of the dry season, riots sparked around the last granary. It held seed for planting. If priests and guards failed to defend it, the city was doomed. City vermin were nearly extinct from desperate hunters. People were starving to death everywhere.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000354	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought the guards, to grab what food <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000355	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000356	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Those captured in the riots were turned out of the city. <actor> was forced to migrate <his/her> family upriver. Luck rescued them, and they reached an independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000357	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Those captured in the riots were turned out of the city. <actor> was forced to migrate <his/her> family upriver. Roving bandits took their last possessions, and they perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000358	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Stories of his family's war heroes inspired <actor> to gang with others. They survived until internal conflicts forced <him/her> to migrate the family to an independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000359	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Those captured in the riots were turned out of the city. <actor> was forced to migrate <his/her> family upriver. Luck rescued them, and they reached an independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000360	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reluctantly migrated his family up the river.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000361	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They traveled safely with others desperate to make a living. They reached an independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000362	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hostile workers from villages along the way refused to trade with potential competitors, and their journey ended in unmarked graves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000363	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> knowledge of gambling, a family tradition, let <actor> win goods from people they met. The farm boss was not as lucky. <actorP> family reached a far, independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000364	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family tradition of preserving foods saved <actor>. The family reached a far, independent village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000365	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reluctantly migrated his family towards the hills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000366	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were attacked by tribesmen, and all were killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000367	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their journey paused every other day for scrabbling food and water from parched lands. Eventually, they reached a minor trading village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000368	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They all perished, unable to find drinkable water along the way.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000369	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family tradition of preserving foods saved <actor>.  Eventually, they reached a minor trading village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000370	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Knowledge passed from the family's war heroes helped <actor> to avoid bandits and tribesmen. Eventually, they reached a minor trading village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000371	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to sell <his/her> family into slavery. The wealthy could afford slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000372	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their owner's wealth proved to be dependent upon the city's economy. They and <actorP> family perished in later, worse riots.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000373	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their owner's family migrated with their slaves to a far city, one that still had viable fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000374	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many others thought as <he/she> had. The few buyers could afford to be selective, and none of them bought <actorP> family. Everyone eventually perished in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000375	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their owner's family migrated with their slaves to a far city, one that still had viable fields. <actorP> family tradition of preserving food helped them survive the journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000376	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their owner's family migrated with their slaves to a far city, one that still had viable fields. <actorP> family tradition of preserving food helped them survive the journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000377	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their owner's family migrated with their slaves to a far city, one that still had viable fields. <actorP> family tradition of preserving food helped them survive the journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000378	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> never stopped looking for work in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000379	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family secret of the arch helped <actor> find work that eventually led <him/her> and <his/her> family to a more prosperous city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000380	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family skills of preserving food kept <actor> alive long enough for another try.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000381	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Work could not be found, and <actorP> family perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000382	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A family friend in the city helped <actor> to find work that eventually led <him/her> and <his/her> family to a more prosperous city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000383	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Once, food from the cities flowed outward. Over the last few generations, that flow had reversed. The villagers treated strangers with suspicion, fearing they were bandit spies. Those who asked for work were beaten.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000384	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged along the paths in and out of the village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000385	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a few days, <he/she> and <his/her> family were hounded away. The family perished after bandits took their possessions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000386	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a few days, <he/she> managed enough to continue the journey. They eventually reached a far town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000387	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a few days, <he/she> and <his/her> family were hounded away. Their family traditions helped them reached a far town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000388	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did not ask but simply followed workers to their fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000389	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> sat nearby and waited. When someone asked for help, <he/she> stepped up. What <he/she> earned barely kept the family alive. <actor> persisted for weeks, until work grew steadier and steadier.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000390	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <he/she> tried to work alongside them, they beat <him/her> off with their tools. <actor> left the village and continued <his/her> journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000391	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	a curious youth questioned <actor>. <He/She> told the boy about the family's most heroic warrior. The boy's father had heard of <actorP> ancestor and helped <him/her> to find work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000392	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced a couple workers into a game of chance. <He/She> won a man's job in the fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000393	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rested there for two days and continued to travel.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000394	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family perished after bandits took their possessions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000395	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, they reached a town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000396	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited to join a larger group of migrants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000397	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The villagers drove <him/her> away before any group arrived. The family perished after bandits took their possessions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000398	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The group accepted them until they had left the village, and then they took their possessions and left them in the barrens, where they perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000399	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The villagers drove the family away before any group arrived. Eventually, they reached a town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000400	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The group accepted them. They traveled safely to a far town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000401	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> won a bet to join the next group. They traveled safely to a far town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000402	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Where trade routes crossed, small towns often became large towns, but they depended upon the health of distant cities. Decline showed in the sagging mud-brick homes, the empty stalls for resting draft animals. Vibrant townsfolk could be found where beer was sold, but few other places.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000403	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked beer patrons about work available.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000404	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They wanted to know whether <he/she> could sing or tell stories. <He/She> earned plenty of beer that night, but only a little food for the family. They journeyed away from town, and finally, they reached the next city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000405	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor>, unfamiliar with local customs, caused a drunken brawl, and the watch threw <him/her> out of town. <He/She> and the family perished along the road.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000406	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> played and won many games of chance, until <he/she> was driven out of town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000407	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They wanted to know whether <he/she> could sing or tell stories. When <actor> told the tale of <his/her> journey, one fellow offered him a little work. A month of gratitude later, <actor> was fully employed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000408	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> walked from house to house, asking for work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000409	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> earned a little food for the family, but found no steady work. They journeyed away from town, and finally, they reached the next city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000410	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A well dressed man invited <him/her> to his home. There, he cheated <actor> and called the watch to save him from a burglar. <actor> was executed and the family perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000411	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> knowledge of preserving food helped <him/her> to find steady work. Generations later, the town became a city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000412	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged at the main town entrances.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000413	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> earned a little food for the family, but found no steady work. They journeyed away from town, and finally, they reached the next city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000414	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The watch threw <him/her> out of town. <actor> and the family perished along the road.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000415	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The watch threw <him/her> out of town. <actor> and the family perished along the road.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000416	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rested <his/her> family for a couple days and continued their journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000417	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family perished after bandits took their possessions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000418	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Finally, they reached the next city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000419	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Finally, they reached the next city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000420	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Finally, they reached the next city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000421	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Small but growing farms sprawled around this city. The fields bustled with workers. Hunters occasionally brought game from the plains and far woods. The trails were dotted with traders. <actor> led <his/her> family to the closest farm and tasted the soil. The taint of salt was present, but the stalks of wheat and barley had sprung tall.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000422	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took work where <he/she> could find it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000423	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was plenty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000424	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to convince the farmers to care better for the soil.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000425	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No one was interested in the ravings of a refugee worker. Families had tilled the earth here for generations. A little salt was merely an occasional nuisance. They told <actor> to work hard, for the city depended upon their labors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000426	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led his family into the hills, hoping to escape what would come be called civilization.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000427	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000428	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took <his/her> family away from the farms and into the city. <He/She> promised never to work a farm again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000429	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> eventually became a beggar. <His/Her> family withered and died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000430	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told stories and sang songs. <His/Her> long tale of a rival city's demise was a lasting favorite.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000431	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family's secret knowledge of the arch helped <actor> to change <his/her> profession.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000432	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family tales of persuading the assembly of the city helped <actor> to integrate into city life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000433	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A century passed. <actor> could only guess at the woe and tragedy that had led to <his/her> family's enslavement. Parents and grandparents would not speak of their past. They lived to survive one more hour, one more day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000434	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would make chains rather than wear them. <He/She> would earn <his/her> freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000435	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a legend of social advancement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000436	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would expand <his/her> awareness of the present and invent a better life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000437	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a legend of discovery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000438	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would grow <his/her> spirit beyond chains, to escape or revolt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000439	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of heroic legend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000440	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> knew this path was most dangerous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000441	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> risked the entire family to win their freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000443	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000445	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The price to buy a slave's freedom was great, but it could be earned. In a large city, in this age, slaves bought their freedom regularly. Only slaves considered it special.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000446	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had every reason to believe that <he/she> would set the family free!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000448	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000450	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> decided the family should try to make the best of even this life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000451	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would eventually discover interesting and important things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000453	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000455	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> counted the weights of copper and silver that <he/she> and <his/her> family had accumulated. Very soon, there would be enough to buy freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000456	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	On the same day, somewhere in the city, one slave rebelled against <his/her> master. The law said that four slaves must be put to death. <actorP> master was commanded to provide one. The master would be compensated in silver.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000457	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered <his/her> young child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000458	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master quickly accepted, flustered by the inconvenient legal obligation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000459	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master refused the gruesome offer, and picked <actor> instead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000460	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master accepted grimly. He gave half of the compensation to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000461	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged the master to choose someone else, promising him, "Anything!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000462	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master chose <actorP> youngest child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000463	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master chose someone else.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000464	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master sacrificed a piglet at the temple of the storm god. His priests told him to pick someone other than <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000465	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master sacrificed a piglet at the temple of the storm god. His priests told him to pick <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000466	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered <himself/herself>, to protect friends and family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000467	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master quickly accepted, flustered by the inconvenient legal obligation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000468	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master accepted grimly. He gave half of the compensation to <actorP> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000469	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master sacrificed a piglet at the temple of the storm god. His priests told him to pick <actor>. He gave half of the compensation to <actorP> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000470	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took <his/her> family into hiding until the law's requirement was satisfied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000471	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Other slaves betrayed <him/her>, and <actor> was taken to be executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000472	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They hid until the public execution ended. When <actor> returned, <he/she> was whipped near to death, but <he/she> lived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000473	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent a terrible night, worrying alongside those closest to <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000474	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attacked the master, calling other slaves to fight!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000475	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other slaves wrestled <him/her> to the ground, and <actor> was taken to be executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000476	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Others joined <actor> and rampaged through the master's household. Their call to the city's slaves failed to spark widespread rioting, and soldiers quickly subdued the rebellion. Everyone was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000477	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other slaves joined and rampaged through the household.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000478	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master divided his compensation among his slaves. <actor> left them, stepping around imaginary corpses to <his/her> secret spot in the compound. <He/She> hurled the bit of copper at the ground where <his/her> treasure was buried. <He/She> collapsed and slept outside. <actor> would buy freedom and fling helplessness behind.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000479	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> awoke, bloodied, bruised, and aching. <He/She> had no memory of the attack. A hole in the earth declared its motive. Screaming "Thief!", <actor> stumbled towards the master's house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000480	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> went to the back door and called for the head slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000481	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon hearing <actor>, the head slave said that the master had left to purchase a fine sedan chair. The timing was suspicious. <actorP> loss was the most recent of many. The head slave invited <actor> to join a plot to extract revenge against the master.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000482	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon hearing <actor>, the head slave ordered a search of the compound. They caught <actorP> best friend trying to burn a leather sack which had held the treasure. The next day, <actor> bought <his/her> freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000483	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon hearing <actor>, the head slave reluctantly ordered a search of the compound. Nothing was found. The master's house was not searched.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000484	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> urged the slaves peeking out at <him/her> to follow.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000485	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> arrived at the master's house alone, but <he/she> cried out for justice! The house was silent. Nearly an hour later, the master arrived with two guards. He was carried in a fine, new sedan.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000486	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> arrived at the master's house alone, but <he/she> cried out for justice! The head house slave emerged and threatened to silence him for eternity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000487	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Dozens of slaves joined <him/her>. <actor> decided, instead of begging the master, to ask the slaves to search the compound. They caught <actorP> best friend trying to burn a leather sack which had held the treasure. The next day, <actor> bought <his/her> freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000488	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Dozens of slaves joined <him/her>. At their master's house, <actor> cried out for justice! The house was silent. Nearly an hour later, the master arrived with two guards. He was carried in a fine, new sedan. <actor> accused the master of stealing <his/her> freedom, and a fight broke out in the compound. They rampaged through the household.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000489	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stopped in the middle of the compound and dared the master's slaves to address the crime.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000490	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Dozens of slaves stepped cautiously out of their homes. <actor> asked them to search the compound. They caught <actorP> best friend trying to burn a leather sack which had held the treasure. The next day, <actor> bought <his/her> freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000491	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	None dared to risk themselves for another slave's plight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000492	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stopped in the middle of the compound and dared the culprit to admit his crime!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000493	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Dozens of slaves stepped cautiously out of their homes. They quickly searched the compound, catching <actorP> best friend trying to burn a leather sack which had held the treasure. The next day, <actor> bought <his/her> freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000494	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The thief did not respond. No one did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000495	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the master ordered <actor> to open the door, <he/she> offered a challenge:	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000496	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Is that my freedom you have stolen and traded?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000497	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master said simply, "The property of a slave is <his/her> master's property. Take your freedom and never return."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000498	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master said simply, "The property of a slave is <his/her> master's property." He told his guards to kill <actor>. But they hesitated, and <actor> fled for <his/her> life!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000499	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master said simply, "The property of a slave is <his/her> master's property." He told his guards to kill <actor>. They hesitated, but the sedan bearers threw the glittering chair upon the guards and a fight began in the slave compound. They rampaged through the household.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000500	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Before you rest, search the compound for my savings. I can tell you every weight and metal."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000501	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master had his guards beat <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000502	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master agreed. They caught <actorP> best friend trying to burn a leather sack which had held the treasure. The master sold <actor> <his/her> freedom, then and there.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000503	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master agreed reluctantly. A half-hearted search found no thief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000504	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"You who carry that murdering thief, remember our sacrificed friend. Dash your burden into his guards!" <actor> leapt forward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000505	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The sedan bearers shuddered back, and the guards dispatched <actor> with swift spear thrusts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000506	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The bearers accepted <actorP> challenge, and a fight began in the slave compound. They rampaged through the master's household, but their call to the city's other slaves failed to spark widespread rioting. Soldiers quickly subdued the rebellion. Everyone was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000507	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The bearers accepted <actorP> challenge, and a fight began in the slave compound. They rampaged through the household.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000508	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> seethed with hatred for <his/her> master. Slavery may have been a fact of the world, but injustice enraged everyone. Sometimes death was preferable to abasement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000509	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swore that <his/her> master would die.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000510	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited for a chance to attack the master. When it came, <actor> hesitated and thought better. All masters deserved to die. <He/She> attempted to organize a rebellion but discovered one instead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000511	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited for a chance to attack the master. When it came, the master defended himself long enough for a guard to save him. <actor> was taken to be executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000512	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to poison the master's food, but the head slave caught <him/her>. He told <him/her> of a conspiracy to overthrow all masters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000513	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <his/her> family, "Goodbye," and escaped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000514	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was hunted, captured, and returned. The master ordered <actor> executed, as an example.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000515	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was betrayed by a slave from whom <he/she> sought shelter. The master ordered <actor> executed, as an example.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000516	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found a safe haven where slaves sought to overthrow their masters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000517	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled his bondage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000518	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to kill <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000519	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> family prevented it. Whispers of the attempt reached the head slave, and he told <actor> of a conspiracy of slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000520	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Friends stopped <him/her>. Whispers of the attempt reached the head slave, and he told <actor> of a conspiracy of slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000521	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hung <himself/herself> on the master's doorstep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000522	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Next to the execution grounds, the prisoners were kept in a pen. Chains bound their legs to posts sunk deep into the ground. Two women were chained to the post securing <actor>. They gnashed on about their doom, but neither regretted their crimes. One had nearly killed her husband. The other had killed a rival.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000523	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked to weaken the chain and post ring.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000524	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Years of neglect saved <actor>. <He/She> broke free and surprised the guards. A long, frightful chase ended when <actor> turned a corner and dove into a dungheap. Later, <he/she> was able to find refuge with other desperate slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000525	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The chains were old but sturdy. <actor> was executed the next morning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000526	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> talked with other slaves in the pen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000527	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> discovered the master's head house-slave. He had been caught conspiring with other slaves. Later, in the middle of the night, a force of slaves overpowered the guards. They released only their comrades, but the head slave asked them to save <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000528	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Guards beat <actor> for causing trouble. <He/She> was executed at sunrise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000529	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited attentively for a mistake their guards might make.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000530	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Just before first light, a weary guard walked by <actor> when his fellows were nodding. <actor> snatched the guard's knife, stabbed him, cut the chain out of the post, and ran for <his/her> life. A long, frightful chase ended when actor broke into a storehouse and squeezed out through a garbage vent. Later, <he/she> was able to find refuge with other desperate slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000531	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fell asleep and was executed the next morning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000532	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prayed to the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000533	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the middle of the night, a force of rebellious slaves overpowered the guards. They released only their comrades, but <actor> promised to join, convincing them with <his/her> story.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000534	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was executed at sunrise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000535	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cursed the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000536	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The conspirators met in the skeletal construction of the king's tomb. They were fifty who represented hundreds more. They needed to inspire a thousand for any plan to succeed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000537	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested overwhelming the law of four slaves killed for one slave's rebellion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000538	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If their hundreds rebelled, thousands would be forced to challenge their slavers. The others agreed to take the terrible risk. Days later, every one of them rose against their masters and called on all slaves to join them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000539	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The others declared that it was a foolish risk. They decided to spread the word as quickly as possible. Although discovery was certain, they hoped that when it happened, enough would be ready to rise up.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000540	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One of their own betrayed them. The conspiracy was crushed, and <actor> was executed along with the others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000541	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested waiting until warfare reduced the city's military presence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000542	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As if the storm god dared them, war erupted soon thereafter. However, this war brought enemies to the city gates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000543	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other slaves agreed it was their best chance to win, but they worried, once warfare subsided, that retaliation would cause tenfold ruin. They decided to spread the word as quickly as possible. Although discovery was certain, they hoped that when it happened, enough would be ready to rise up.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000544	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As if the storm god dared them, war erupted soon thereafter. At an agreed day, hundreds of slaves took to the streets, calling their bond bothers to freedom!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000545	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested a slow campaign to drive masters into slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000546	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the slaves' private knowledge of their masters' criminal acts, dozens of prominent people fell to the law's strict code. The slaves provoked them to bring others down, until half of the noble caste suffered the lash, until their fair skin turned to leather, until they rose up against their owners.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000547	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other slaves called the plan foolishly complex and ignored <actor> thereafter. They decided to spread the word as quickly as possible. Although discovery was certain, they hoped that when it happened, enough would be ready to rise up.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000548	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> betrayed the conspiracy to the king's watchmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000549	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was rewarded with <his/her> freedom. Free men of the city knew <his/her> name. Surviving slaves cursed it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000550	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The conspiracy was crushed, but <actor> was executed along with the others. Free men of the city knew <his/her> name. Surviving slaves cursed it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000551	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The conspiracy was crushed, but a slave who escaped took vengeance upon <actor>, clubbing <him/her> to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000552	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The conspiracy was crushed, and <actor> was given to a new master. Free men of the city knew <his/her> name. Surviving slaves cursed it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000553	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The conspiracy was crushed, and <actor> was given to a new master. Free men of the city knew <his/her> name. Surviving slaves cursed <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000554	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	War had led to a siege of the city. Its army had retreated behind its walls. The slaves met to discuss their options.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000555	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to offer the city to the enemy, in exchange for their freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000556	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was agreed. However, their revolt to open the city gates was crushed absolutely, yet <actor> escaped. The siege was eventually broken.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000557	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was agreed. Their revolt surprised the defending army, and they were able to open the gates. The enemy poured in and took control. They freed only the slaves' leaders, including <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000558	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The others balked. The enemy they knew was preferred to an enemy outside the walls. They decided to reconsider their plans after the siege. Those who lived would meet again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000559	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to fight together, to defeat the enemy and win their freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000560	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy they knew was preferred to an enemy outside the walls. They fought bravely, if poorly. Many died. A few were freed. <actor> was lucky to have survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000561	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy they knew was preferred to an enemy outside the walls. They fought bravely, if poorly. Many died. A few were freed, including <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000562	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy they knew was preferred to an enemy outside the walls. They fought bravely, if poorly. Many died. <actor> was killed defending <his/her> master.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000563	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The others scoffed. Slaves were often used to plug a gap while soldiers regrouped. Only rarely would a hero win his freedom. They decided to offer the city to the enemy. Their revolt surprised the defending army, and they were able to open the gates. The enemy poured in and took control. They kept their promise. The slaves were freed. All others were enslaved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000564	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The others scoffed. Slaves were often used to plug a gap while soldiers regrouped. Only rarely would a hero win his freedom. They decided to offer the city to the enemy. Their revolt was crushed absolutely, but <actor> escaped. The siege was eventually broken.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000565	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The others scoffed. Slaves were often used to plug a gap while soldiers regrouped. Only rarely would a hero win his freedom. They decided to offer the city to the enemy. Their revolt surprised the defending army, and they were able to open the gates. The enemy poured in and took control. They freed only the slaves' leaders, including <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000566	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to reconsider their plans after the siege.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000567	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was agreed. Those who lived would meet again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000568	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They decided to offer the city to the enemy. Their revolt surprised the defending army, and they were able to open the gates. The enemy poured in and took control. They freed only the slaves' leaders, including <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000569	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They decided to offer the city to the enemy. Their revolt was crushed absolutely, but <actor> escaped. The siege was eventually broken.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000570	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Slaves tumbled into the street, grabbing clubs and farm tools. First they fought small knots of guards, avoiding early confrontation with major forces of soldiers. They called other slaves to rise up with them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000571	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> marched boldly ahead, shouting promises of liberty!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000572	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not all, but many filed out of their places to join the fighting. Some masters foolishly tried to lock in their slaves, sparking the wrath of the mob.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000573	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few, too few, dared to join the fight. The slave revolt was crushed, and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000574	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fell in with the others, shouting promises of liberty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000575	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not all, but many filed out of their places to join the fighting. Some masters foolishly tried to lock in their slaves, sparking the wrath of the mob.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000576	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not all, but many filed out of their places to join the fighting. Unfortunately, the lack of strong leadership muddled their plans. Soldiers eventually routed the slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000577	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> trailed behind, encouraging <his/her> bondage mates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000578	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not all, but many filed out of their places to join the fighting. Unfortunately, the lack of strong leadership muddled their plans. Soldiers eventually routed the slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000579	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not all, but many filed out of their places to join the fighting. The other slaves noticed <actorP> cowardice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000580	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The first major clash with soldiers routed nearly half of the slaves. The assault came unexpected. It was coordinated against loose groups in one corner of the city. Those slaves, butchered and outnumbered, fled into other groups. Their terror induced infectious panic.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000581	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called the other slave leaders to meet the soldiers head on.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000582	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible battle ensued. Both sides devoured each other, but greater skill and weapons destroyed the slaves' numeric advantage. The revolt freed only earth from graves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000583	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible battle ensued. Both sides devoured each other, but greater skill and weapons destroyed the slaves' numeric advantage. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000584	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible battle ensued. Both sides devoured each other, but the larger number of slaves eventually won, at a terrible cost. The remaining soldiers fled to the palace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000585	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said that they should withdraw and let the soldiers charge into a trap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000586	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They retreated to the side streets, and when the main body of soldiers rushed by, they attacked from all directions. The counterattack was dangerously uncoordinated, but greater numbers and surprise destroyed the city army. The few survivors fled to the palace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000587	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They retreated to the side streets, and when the main body of soldiers rushed by, they attacked from all directions. The counterattack was dangerously uncoordinated. The army managed to break through and regroup. Their final attack routed weary slaves. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000588	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They retreated to the side streets, and when the main body of soldiers rushed by, they attacked from all directions. The counterattack was dangerously uncoordinated, but greater numbers and surprise destroyed the city army. The few survivors fled to the palace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000589	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said that they should use the buildings as barriers while surrounding the soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000590	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It proved difficult to coordinate the slaves, but enough managed to infiltrate behind the army. When they attacked, the soldiers had no way to retreat. Desperate soldiers ground slaves to suet, until their remaining force broke free and fled to the palace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000591	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It proved difficult to coordinate the slaves. Few managed to infiltrate behind the army. When they attacked, soldiers cut through them, regrouped, and attacked fully coordinated. The slave revolt was crushed, and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000592	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said that they should flee into the buildings and fight a protracted battle of attrition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000593	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Though half their original number, the slaves were twice the soldiers' force. Yet, in a battle of attrition, the city had time to raise more forces, while the slaves struggled to maintain morale. The slave revolt was crushed, but <actor> escaped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000594	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Though half their original number, the slaves were twice the soldiers' force. Yet, in a battle of attrition, the city had time to raise more forces, while the slaves struggled to maintain morale. The slave revolt was crushed, and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000595	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's guard and surviving soldiers barricaded the palace gates. Slaves, joyous in victory, swarmed around this bastion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000596	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Innocent civilians fled the city. Many were robbed. Others hid while looters got drunk with righteousness. Some, especially former masters, were tortured to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000597	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> left the fighting to establish some order in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000598	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many people, worried about their homes and families, helped <actor> to spread calm and restart life in the city. This first act of selflessness eventually compelled <actor> to take up the healer's staff.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000599	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was assaulted by slaves pillaging too fervently to distinguish slave from free.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000600	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested that they lay siege until the king begged for mercy!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000601	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The defenders lasted not days, but weeks. Relief forces arrived in time to break the siege and rescue the king, but they were not able to retake the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000602	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A week later, the king begged to be ransomed. Leaders of the slave revolt chose a new king, and <actor> ruled with him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000603	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The defenders lasted not days, but weeks. Relief forces arrived in time to break the siege and retake the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000604	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The defenders lasted not days, but weeks. Relief forces arrived in time to break the siege and rescue the king, but they were not able to retake the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000605	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to break into the palace, with the help of other impatient slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000606	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> noticed a longstanding servant of the palace use a secret entrance to steal from the palace. <actorP> group followed and were able to open a main entrance for the greater body of slaves to capture the palace. <actor> was greatly rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000607	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They tried to go over the walls in the night, but were slaughtered by well ordered soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000608	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They went over the walls in the night. Too few soldiers meant gaps in their defense. Sneaking deeper into the palace, they surprised the royal guard and murdered the king. When the slave leaders picked a new king, <actor> was given a ruling role.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000609	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked for some men, to help establish order in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000610	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The looters fought viciously, and a larger force of slaves had to be sent to quell their madness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000611	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested they form a spearhead with their best fighters and break into the palace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000612	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle for the palace lasted two days. The king's guard fought like cornered lions, but they could not escape. When leaders of the slave revolt chose a new king, <actor> ruled with him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000613	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle for the palace lasted two days. The king's guard fought like cornered lions, until they broke free and escaped with the royal head. The slave leaders blamed <actor> for the foolish assault, but they did not punish <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000614	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The revolt had sapped the slave's best. Their assault force was quickly repelled. Eventually, a relief force arrived and recaptured the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000615	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The defenders collapsed quickly, and the slaves raced to the king's quarters and dispatched him. When leaders of the slave revolt chose a new king, <actor> ruled with him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000616	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to make a deal with the king. For amnesty and a role in the government, they would let the king live.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000617	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king agreed to the terms, and he grudgingly accepted replacing his personal guards with slaves. <actor> was given a role in the new administration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000618	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king agreed to the terms, but was visibly upset when they forced him to replace his personal guards with slaves. Actor was rewarded for <his/her> idea.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000619	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The leaders of the slave revolt rejected <actorP> idea. Eventually, the king was cornered and murdered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000620	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The leaders of the slave revolt tried <actorP> idea, but the king dragged out negotiations until a relief force rescued him. Unable to retake the city, the rescuing force brought the king safely to another city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000621	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The leaders of the slave revolt tried <actorP> idea, but the king dragged out negotiations until a relief force rescued him and retook the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000622	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Warriors returning from battles afar were greeted with an empty war-chest. The king told them to take their wages from the rich who refused to pay additional taxes. The warriors struck mercilessly. <actor> was in the compound when they shattered the gates, killed the guards, looted the master's home, slaughtering him and his family. Any slave caught between them and their objective was freed from living.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000623	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to stop them from looting the rest of the compound.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000624	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000625	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was a miracle <actor> survived their stabs and blows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000626	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to convince their leader. Better spoils could be taken at another compound.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000627	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was able to save a few parchments with promises of payment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000628	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled with <his/her> family into the dung pit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000629	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The warriors shot arrows gleefully at the cowering family. All were killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000630	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The warriors avoided slaves who smelled worse than usual.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000631	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bowed low and promised to show them all of the slaves' savings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000632	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They let <him/her> keep <his/her> own.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000633	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They took everything.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000634	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They killed everyone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000635	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to convince the other slaves to freely submit their life's savings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000636	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> made them realize that it was that or death, or worse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000637	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enough agreed that many were able to hide some.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000638	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The warriors killed everyone anyway.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000639	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The army's frenzy of looting and murder lasted a fortnight. Slaves fled to construction yards where work had been halted for months. Rumors collected into terrifying tales of events in the city: those powerful enough to prevent looting conspired to overthrow the king. The head of the army sought to become king himself! Citizens struck against reduced and missing wages. Crime flourished in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000640	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Worse rumors told of demons possessing the king, driving him mad. He hungered for the flesh of his subjects. Temples preached that the gods would abandon the city unless direct human sacrifices were instituted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000641	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned everyone to avoid priests. Slaves were the most common human sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000642	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves turned the construction yards into a defensible district. <actor> was selected as one of their representatives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000643	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves' cohesion suffered when some wanted to offer child sacrifices if the priests would bless their sudden freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000644	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves turned the construction yards into a defensible district. <actor> was selected as one of their representatives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000645	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested the priests might protect their children from demons, if they offered themselves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000646	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Another slave cried, "Then maybe the priests will protect us if we offer some of our children!" He convinced several slave families to give themselves to the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000647	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was picked to be their representative to the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000648	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was picked to be their representative to the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000649	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called upon the slaves to offer themselves to the army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000650	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The army's pillaging may have freed them, but terrorizing warriors and their uncertain future haunted them. Several raged at <actorP> suggestion. In anger, they killed <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000651	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> convinced them that the military would protect them if they submitted. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000652	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> convinced them that the military would protect them if they submitted. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital. <actor> was able to hide the family from the traitorous army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000653	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared all slaves were free, to resist future claims of ownership.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000654	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves celebrated their freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000655	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the slaves to raise a monument to all the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000656	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While intrigues and economic woes afflicted the city, the slaves worked like never before. They built the peaceful center in a whirlwind. Priests watched their efforts with favor. The army recognized that they were no threat. The wealthy wanted their slaves returned but feared they would revolt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000657	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves ignored <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000658	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While intrigues and economic woes afflicted the city, the slaves worked like never before. They built the peaceful center in a whirlwind. Priests watched their efforts with favor. The army recognized that they were no threat. The wealthy wanted their slaves returned but feared they would revolt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000659	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves ignored <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000660	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The remaining wealthy worked to undermine the king's bureaucracy. City production of grain, pottery, and bronze nearly halted. Trade with other cities was endangered. They needed the slaves to return to work, to convince common citizens to trust their guidance over the king's.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000661	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A force of personal guards warned the slaves: either return to their masters, or mercenaries would be hired to crush them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000662	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the guards to lead <him/her> and <his/her> family to new masters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000663	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family were lucky to find a relatively safe haven as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000664	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The new masters punished the family for colluding with other slaves. A year later, masters and slaves all perished as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000665	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Feeling betrayed, a group of slaves attacked <actor> and <his/her> family, killing them before the guards could intervene.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000666	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to follow what the other slaves chose to do.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000667	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused to return to their masters. They fortified the construction yards as best they could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000668	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They returned to their masters. <actor> and family perished as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000669	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When asked for an opinion, <actor> said they should refuse. Mercenaries were too expensive to waste on slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000670	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When asked for an opinion, <actor> said even the few mercenaries that could be hired would destroy the slaves. They returned to their masters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000671	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said they should bargain with their former masters as free workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000672	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They formed an agreement to work as free men, but they did not earn more than they had as slaves. This kept the kingdom from sliding into total chaos, and <actor> gained great influence for making and policing the agreement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000673	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The masters hired dogs to ravage the slave encampment. Morale broke and they were cruelly interred back into slavery. A year later, masters and slaves perished as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000674	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They formed an agreement, which <actor> had the masters write on parchment, to work as free men, but they did not earn more than they had as slaves. This kept the kingdom from sliding into total chaos, and <actor> gained great influence for making and policing the agreement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000675	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned that even a few mercenaries could destroy the slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000676	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They returned to new masters. <actorP> family were lucky to find a relatively safe haven as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000677	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They returned to new masters. The family was punished for colluding with other slaves. A year later, masters and slaves all perished as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000678	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused to return to their masters. They fortified the construction yards as best they could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000679	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited the temples of the storm god and the love goddess. They assured <him/her> that the rumor about human sacrifices was untrue! <actor> verified it with the temple slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000680	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> also learned the gods were as broke as the king. The priests offered to petition the king to free all slaves who were displaced by the army, if the slaves would tithe their life's savings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000681	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked them to defend the slaves' freedom, regardless of the king's decision.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000682	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests refused. <actor> returned and spoke of untrustworthy priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000683	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests agreed. However, after the slaves had tithed their savings, they were slowly converted into temple slaves. This put a great strain on temple funds, over time. As the city declined, the priests decided that human sacrifice was the only solution. Festivals of death did not save the city from its enemies, external and internal. <actorP> family was spared from sacrifice, but not from the king's city-wide self-destruction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000684	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests refused, but <actor> accepted their offer anyway. They represented the slaves until the king betrayed them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000685	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests agreed, and they defended the slaves until the king betrayed them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000686	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests refused, but <actor> accepted their offer anyway. However, after the slaves had tithed their savings, they were slowly converted into temple slaves. This put a great strain on temple funds, over time. As the city declined, the priests decided that human sacrifice was the only solution. Festivals of death did not save the city from its enemies, external and internal. <actorP> family was spared from sacrifice, but not from the king's city-wide self-destruction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000687	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked whether they would support individual families who tithed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000688	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests wanted all of the slaves' wealth. <actor> returned and spoke of untrustworthy priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000689	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests agreed, and <actor> was the first to buy <his/her> family's freedom. The temples were a relatively safe haven as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000690	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to convince the slaves to tithe, for a share of the wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000691	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was agreed. However, after the slaves had tithed their savings, they were slowly converted into temple slaves. This put a great strain on temple funds, over time. As the city declined, the priests decided that human sacrifice was the only solution. Festivals of death did not save the city from its enemies, external and internal. <actorP> family was spared from sacrifice, but not from the king's city-wide self-destruction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000692	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Temple slaves revealed <actorP> secret deal, and the slaves killed <him/her> and <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000693	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned to the slaves and told them priests could not be trusted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000694	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves accepted what <he/she> said. They fortified the construction yards as best they could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000695	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They chose to accept the priests' offer. However, after the slaves had tithed their savings, they were slowly converted into temple slaves. This put a great strain on temple funds, over time. As the city declined, the priests decided that human sacrifice was the only solution. Festivals of death did not save the city from its enemies, external and internal. <actor> and <his/her> family perished as the city fell into chaos.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000696	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves accepted what <he/she> said. They fortified the construction yards as best they could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000697	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves accepted what <he/she> said. They fortified the construction yards as best they could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000698	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king ordered the army to return the slaves to their masters. The army asked the slaves once to return voluntarily.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000699	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the warriors to lead <him/her> and <his/her> family to new masters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000700	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family were lucky to find a relatively safe haven as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000701	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The new masters punished the family for colluding with other slaves. A year later, masters and slaves all perished as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000702	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Feeling betrayed, a group of slaves attacked <actor> and <his/her> family, killing them before warriors could intervene.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000703	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to follow what the other slaves chose to do.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000704	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused, hiding behind makeshift defenses and brandishing construction tools. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000705	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They returned to their masters. <actor> and family perished as the kingdom disrupted into ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000706	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When asked for an opinion, <actor> said they should refuse. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000707	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When asked for an opinion, <actor> said the army would kill everyone. They returned to their masters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000708	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused, hiding behind makeshift defenses and brandishing construction tools. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital. <actor> was able to hide the family from the traitorous army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000709	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused, hiding behind makeshift defenses and brandishing construction tools. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital. <actor> was able to hide the family from the traitorous army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000710	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused, hiding behind makeshift defenses and brandishing construction tools. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital. <actor> was able to hide the family from the traitorous army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000711	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said they should refuse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000712	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused, hiding behind makeshift defenses and brandishing construction tools. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000713	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They returned to their masters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000714	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused, hiding behind makeshift defenses and brandishing construction tools. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital. <actor> was able to hide the family from the traitorous army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000715	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said the army would kill everyone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000716	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They returned to their masters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000717	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused, hiding behind makeshift defenses and brandishing construction tools. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000718	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves refused, hiding behind makeshift defenses and brandishing construction tools. The attack, when it came, was unprecedented. Another city of the kingdom, sensing the king's weakness, sent their army to destroy the king. The king's army was attacked by surprise and wiped out. The slaves were captured and sent to be slaves in the new capital. <actor> was able to hide the family from the traitorous army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000719	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Survivors in the fallen city struggled. Rich, poor, slave, royalty--all were now poor. The few foresighted leaders sought to build a new community around the skills that remained. They were not enough for even a small town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000720	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> joined the effort, doing whatever was asked of <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000721	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> gained true freedom, except from endless tasks to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000722	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought to learn one of the vital trades.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000723	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No one had time to teach. <He/She> and the family perished in the harsh new reality.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000724	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> became a carpenter's assistant.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000725	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> became a carpenter's assistant.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000726	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to profit from organizing tradesmen and laborers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000727	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> efforts were rejected by both. <He/She> and the family perished in the harsh new reality.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000728	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> formed a smooth-running construction gang that contributed much to the new community's continued survival.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000729	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> formed a smooth-running construction gang that contributed much to the new community's continued survival.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000730	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to be a leader.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000731	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The story is told that <actor> drifted to the palace ruins, digging for days with bare hands. <He/She> didn't eat and hardly drank or slept. The family found <actor> sitting on the base of a toppled pillar. A jewel-encrusted golden crown rested on <his/her> head. They buried <actor> in secret, with all the trappings of a king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000732	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The survivors considered <actor> a fool. <He/She> and the family perished in the harsh new reality.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000733	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The story is told that <actor> drifted to the palace ruins, digging for days with bare hands. <He/She> didn't eat and hardly drank or slept. The family found <actor> sitting on the base of a toppled pillar. A jewel-encrusted golden crown rested on <his/her> head. They buried <actor> in secret, with all the trappings of a king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000734	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led <his/her> family away from the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000735	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They survived with other nomadic hunter-scavengers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000736	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They perished in the wilds.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000737	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They survived with other nomadic hunter-scavengers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000738	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stood upon a high summit. Only the sky and far mountains stood above <him/her>.  Sharp ridges interrupted meadows descending. A layer of smoke down the valley hinted at civilization. Wind chilled <him/her> and scattered songs of the sheep. <actor> felt that <he/she> was to them a god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000739	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	However, <actor> disbelieved family tales of divine ancestry. Let fools in the city trace themselves to the gods. Here, in the cold heights, one could live among them. Here also lurked savages and bandits. One was free to choose destiny, while respecting the dangers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000740	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fates must be more concerned with the intrigues of kings than paths worn by a shepherd.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000741	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> chose to earn a place in the town for <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000742	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a legend of social advancement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000743	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> chose to discover ways to improve rural life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000744	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a legend of discovery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000745	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> chose to seek adventures and tend the sheep in <his/her> charge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000746	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a heroic legend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000747	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> knew danger lurked over every ridge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000748	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> dared to confront and defeat it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000750	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000752	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> had to consider <his/her> descendants. Few people loved a shepherd's life in the cold, when smoke down the valley spoke of hearth fires and their implied comfort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000753	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would enjoy this life while earning a better option for the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000755	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000757	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> already possessed an engine of discovery. Freeing the mind to see new things was easier in free surroundings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000758	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would eventually see interesting and important things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000760	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000762	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several horsemen arrived in the night. The landowner had led his coterie's animals to their limit. He rushed into the main house and demanded a full accounting of his flocks. There would be war, and he had been commanded to supply food.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000763	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His servants carried to him family instruments of war: breastplate, shield, spear. He would fight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000764	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was summoned to be the principal drover.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000765	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled into the hills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000766	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> escaped with <his/her> family. They eventually found work elsewhere in the valley.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000767	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was caught by bandits and died a death more gruesome than if the military had caught <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000768	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> demanded the best dogs and authority to accuse warriors who pilfered sheep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000769	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He promised that supply officers would treat <actorP> words as his own.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000770	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He told <actor> to obey and be ready to take responsibility for any lost sheep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000771	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He chose another to be principal drover.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000772	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused. "A shepherd woman should not be wedged among warriors."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000773	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner looked <actor> over. "We'll find another."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000774	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner sneered, "Not even warriors years away from their wives would choose <actor> over her sheep."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000775	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged to be allowed to fight at the periphery of the veterans.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000776	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner laughed!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000777	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner said that <actor> could collect arrows during battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000778	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner snorted. "Get yourself killed, if you wish."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000779	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the landowner to pick another principal drover.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000780	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He agreed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000781	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"March!" The order was sent down the line. <actor> was last to hear it. <He/She> signaled dogs to gather the flock. They had foraged <poorly, and|well, but> the long march would kill many. All would be eaten long before the end of the campaign.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000782	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They scuttled left and right as group, slowly towards battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000783	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During the long march, soldiers lay down beside the road and died of sickness. They were buried with honors when their fellows were strong enough to dig graves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000784	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> requested that a water wagon should follow the herd.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000785	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many more sheep were able to endure the march. A long campaign depended upon slaughtering food at need rather than making use of sudden corpses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000786	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> request was denied. Many sheep died, and the marchers ate more mutton than planned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000787	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed orders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000789	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many sheep died, and the marchers consumed a lot of mutton.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000790	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> practiced fighting whenever there was a chance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000791	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A warrior stepped up to teach him some useful but painful lessons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000792	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A soldier beat <him/her> black and blue for mocking real warriors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000793	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bade all drovers to minimize lateral scuttling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000794	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many more sheep were able to endure the march. A long campaign depended upon slaughtering food at need rather than making use of sudden corpses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000795	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> let the sheep rest often, even if it meant falling behind the supply carts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000796	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many more sheep were able to endure the march. A long campaign depended upon slaughtering food at need rather than making use of sudden corpses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000797	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner threatened <actor>, "Keep up with the troops, or I'll dismiss you and leave you to return home by yourself."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000798	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> force-marched the sheep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000799	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many died, and the marchers ate more mutton than planned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000801	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fires from the <rebels'|savages'|invaders'> encampments reminded <actor> of a sea sparkling in the light of a blood moon. None of the veterans acted worried, but some camp followers and green warriors attempted escape as night fell. The odds looked to be ten to one against.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000802	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Confident warriors told tales and boasted and sang, all at once, to keep their spirits up.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000803	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> approached a group. "I'll be helping by picking arrows."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000804	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One yelled, "If you pluck 'em out of me, I'd better be dead, or I'll hack through your ankles!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000805	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> approached a group. "Even a shepherd knows why victory will be ours."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000806	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A surly voice cut back, "Those aren't sheep but wolves." Another growled, "And we aren't dogs but lions!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000807	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reduced the remaining flock by half, to fill every stomach.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000808	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The warriors reveled with hot fat running down their chins.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000809	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled into the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000810	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned home safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000811	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned home safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000812	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> never returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000813	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Soldiers caught and executed <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000814	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sacrificed a sheep to the priests, to hear their augury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000815	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They foretold victory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000816	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They foretold victory, but <he/she> would die.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000817	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> snuck into an enemy camp.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000818	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> couldn't understand what they said.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000819	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found more sickness and death than <he'd/she'd> seen along the march. The landowner thanked <him/her> for the info.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000820	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found more sickness and death than <he'd/she'd> seen along the march. The landowner did not believe <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000821	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000822	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By midday, disciplined ranks of armored phalanxes had chewed up a dozen waves of shrieking men with lesser weapons and tactics. Enemy numbers bore upon the empire's veterans relentlessly, and ordered lines fragmented. Some soldiers were isolated, surrounded, and beaten lifeless.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000823	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle threatened to continue past twilight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000824	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> picked up the shield and spear of a fallen warrior and joined a line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000825	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000826	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> survived a costly victory. The next day, <actor> returned to tending what remained of the landowner's flock.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000827	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> survived terrible wounds and a difficult journey home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000828	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> watched the battle from a distance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000829	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was mocked by fellow shepherds and supplymen for <his/her> earlier bravado. The battle was won during the night. The victors rested for several days afterwards, looting bodies, torturing captives, and taking control of the surrounding areas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000830	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was mocked by fellow shepherds and supplymen for <his/her> earlier bravado. The battle was lost. <actor> scrambled to escape but was killed by swift enemy raiders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000831	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was mocked by fellow shepherds and supplymen for <his/her> earlier bravado. The battle was lost. <actor> scrambled to escape and survived a difficult journey home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000832	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was won during the night. The victors rested for several days afterwards, looting bodies, torturing captives, and taking control of the surrounding areas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000833	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was lost. <actor> scrambled to escape but was killed by swift enemy raiders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000834	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was lost. <actor> scrambled to escape and survived a difficult journey home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000835	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was won during the night. The victors rested for several days afterwards, looting bodies, torturing captives, and taking control of the surrounding areas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000836	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fulfilled <his/her> promise to collect arrows during the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000837	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was lost, and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000838	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was lost. <actor> scrambled to escape and survived a difficult journey home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000839	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was won during the night. The victors rested for several days afterwards, looting bodies, torturing captives, and taking control of the surrounding areas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000840	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was won during the night. The victors rested for several days afterwards, looting bodies, torturing captives, and taking control of the surrounding areas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000841	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought with a band of irregulars, behind the main lines, racing to stop small incursions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000842	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A large breakthrough scattered them. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000843	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A large breakthrough scattered them. <actor> scrambled to escape and survived a difficult journey home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000844	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was lost. <actor> scrambled to escape and survived a difficult journey home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000845	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was lost, and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000846	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was won during the night. The victors rested for several days afterwards, looting bodies, torturing captives, and taking control of the surrounding areas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000847	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was won during the night. The victors rested for several days afterwards, looting bodies, torturing captives, and taking control of the surrounding areas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000848	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle was won during the night. The victors rested for several days afterwards, looting bodies, torturing captives, and taking control of the surrounding areas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000849	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to tend the wounded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000850	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed during an enemy breakthrough.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000851	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was greatly respected by those who survived to fight again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000852	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"March!" The order was sent down the line. <actor> was last to hear it. <He/She> signaled dogs to gather the flock. This leg of the march used many of the "barbarians'" solidly constructed roads.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000853	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Soldiers had been ordered to kill every native encountered. Beautiful dresses and robes, bloodied and cut, sometimes produced ornate silver and gold crafts and jewelry. The soldiers scoured far for victims.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000854	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> requested that a water wagon should follow the herd.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000855	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many more sheep were able to endure the march. A long campaign depended upon slaughtering food at need rather than making use of sudden corpses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000856	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> request was denied. Many sheep died, and the marchers consumed a lot of mutton.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000857	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed orders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000859	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many sheep died, and the marchers consumed a lot of mutton.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000860	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	All the sheep died. Soldiers foraged desperately to prevent starving, but their ranks thinned from hunger and quarreling. The landowner sent <actor> home. <He/She> arrived after a difficult journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000861	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	All the sheep died. Soldiers foraged desperately to prevent starving, but their ranks thinned from hunger and quarreling. The landowner sent <actor> home. <He/She> did not survive the trip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000862	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent time away from the flock to hunt with the soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000863	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> fought old men and youths and women, all shrieking at <him/her> unintelligibly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000864	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A soldier beat <him/her> for vying for loot real warriors deserved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000865	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A warrior assisted <him/her> to slaughter the families they encountered. They shared a bit of loot.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000866	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The flock suffered from a lack of supervision.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000867	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their hunting party encountered a band of warriors and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000868	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dutifully tended the sheep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000869	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many endured the second march. A long campaign depended upon slaughtering food at need rather than making use of sudden corpses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000870	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	All the sheep died. Soldiers foraged desperately to prevent starving, but their ranks thinned from hunger and quarreling. The landowner sent <actor> home. <He/She> arrived after a difficult journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000871	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	All the sheep died. Soldiers foraged desperately to prevent starving, but their ranks thinned from hunger and quarreling. The landowner sent <actor> home. <He/She> did not survive the trip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000872	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	What <actor> had expected to be a town surrounded by a palisade proved to be a small city surrounded by miles of stone walls and battlements. Other fortifications had been added in haste after the savages' defeat upon the battlefield.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000873	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A fresh army met the battle-hardened but weary legions. Joint forces spent weeks preparing their siege.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000874	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tended the flocks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000875	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The town eventually surrendered from desperation. <actor> returned home, proud to have played <his/her> part in the war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000876	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A surprise attack issued from the town, reinforced by enemy warriors from the outside. Their desperation and suddenness broke the siege, scattering the empire's army. After much hardship, <actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000877	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought to help the soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000878	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was given guard duty at night. The town eventually surrendered from desperation. <actor> returned home, proud to have played <his/her> part in the war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000879	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> helped with the construction of siege engines. The town eventually surrendered from desperation. <actor> returned home, proud to have played <his/her> part in the war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000880	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner forced <him/her> to return to the flocks. The town eventually surrendered from desperation. <actor> returned home, proud to have played <his/her> part in the war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000881	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was given guard duty at night. A surprise attack issued from the town. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000882	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> helped with the construction of siege engines. Later, a surprise attack issued from the town, reinforced by enemy warriors from the outside. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000883	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> helped with the construction of siege engines. Later, a surprise attack issued from the town, reinforced by enemy warriors from the outside. <actor> scrambled to escape and survived a difficult journey home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000884	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner forced <him/her> to return to the flocks. Later, a surprise attack issued from the town, reinforced by enemy warriors from the outside. Their desperation and suddenness broke the siege, scattering the empire's army. After much hardship, <actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000885	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the year when the sheep <actor> owned first outnumbered the sheep <he/she> was paid to drive, the village's landowner was killed by the legion his ancestors had fought beside.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000886	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He had ridden to a city a week away to support the empire's new capital in the east. <actorP> farm boss said the local legion remained loyal to the old capital. They cut off the landowner's head, spiking it and a dozen more to their city's gate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000887	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No word of a new landowner had reached the remote village. The closest town was three days away by foot, where a minor force favored the east. The village did something out of legend and called a public council.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000888	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> recommended that the village should remain undecided.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000889	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The thick scrub and sharp ridges in their steep valley are unsuitable for battles. Neither force will seek a fight here." <He/She> convinced the council.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000890	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Idiot shepherds should be smelled, not heard!" <He/She> was shouted down. The council decided to support the eastern capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000891	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Idiot shepherds should be smelled, not heard!" <He/She> was shouted down. The council decided to support the old capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000892	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The thick scrub and sharp ridges in their steep valley are unsuitable for battles. Neither force will seek a fight here." <He/She> convinced the council.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000893	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> favored the east's economy. It did not dilute silver and gold coins.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000894	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A majority agreed with <him/her>. They would prosper more under the east's administration, unless the old legion sacked and pillaged them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000895	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The majority feared the closer threat of the old legion. They decided to support the west.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000896	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A majority agreed with <him/her>. They would prosper more under the east's administration, unless the old legion sacked and pillaged them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000897	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> favored the west's freedoms. The old gods could still be worshipped inconspicuously.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000898	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A majority agreed with <him/her>. The old legion would be a strong ally who didn't tread upon how villagers lived their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000899	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most believed the emperor in the east and his spring god were stronger. The smaller town army would be reinforced. If the two halves of the old empire fought, the village would suffer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000900	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A majority agreed with <him/her>. The old legion would be a strong ally who didn't tread upon how villagers lived their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000901	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bade the council to declare <him/her> the village's landowner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000902	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> request was motivated by sacrifice, not ambition. Should two halves of the old empire fight, and if they supported the loser, the village could blame their landowner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000903	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> request was motivated by sacrifice, not ambition. Should two halves of the old empire fight, and if they supported the loser, the village could blame their landowner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000904	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Dozens of soldiers from the east escorted a tax collector to the village. His assessment was fair, but he required immediate payment. Few had enough money. Some would have to sell a child. Many would pay with goods they needed to survive winter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000905	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A soldier brought <actor> before the tax collector.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000906	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> claimed that the village had already paid taxes. <He/She> bade them to look at the western governor's records.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000907	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I do not care whether you've paid a hundred taxes. Your village will pay this one."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000908	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid <his/her> tax.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000910	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> exaggerated. "Where were these soldiers when a hundred from the western city took our sheep and grain and cloth?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000911	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tax collector promised it would never happen again. It did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000912	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tax collector promised it would never happen again. It didn't.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000913	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to pay the tax for as many of those unable as <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000915	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tax collector recorded it as a public debt the village owed to their landowner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000916	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned that the village would pay, but next time, warriors from the west would defend them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000917	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The collector was unimpressed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000918	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tax collector promised that the village would be protected in the future.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000919	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The collector had <actor> arrested and took <him/her> back to the town for trial. There, <actor> was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000920	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The collector was unimpressed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000921	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Soldiers from the old capital had been forced out of their city by northern savages. One soldier passed a rumor that a dying savage had cursed a greater evil for driving them south. Now a fraction of a legion, the soldiers claimed they would turn the savages back, once they had recovered. The surviving centurion and his men took control of the village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000922	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A squad was billeted in the farm house. <actorP> farm boss moved his family to the stable. The notion of a local landowner seemed ludicrous, given the situation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000923	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> set fire to the farm house late one night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000924	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The villagers turned <him/her> in to the centurion. His soldiers executed <actor> without a trial.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000925	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The incident set off a riot. The villagers overwhelmed the soldiers and drove them away, at great cost to life and limb.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000926	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One soldier survived. He blamed it on an accident.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000927	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The villagers turned <him/her> in to the centurion. His soldiers executed <actor> without a trial.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000928	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drove flock and family to a safe area the soldiers were unlikely to find.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000929	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to avoid the village's troubles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000930	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> coddled the soldiers with fresh mutton and news of his neighbors' plots against them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000931	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The centurion came to trust <actor>, protecting <him/her> from the villagers' wrath.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000932	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was betrayed by a family member. The villagers hanged <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000933	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The centurion came to trust <actor>, protecting <him/her> from the villagers' wrath.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000934	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> encouraged the centurion to submit to the eastern capital's nearby town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000935	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> plea was ignored. The soldiers tortured <actor>, and the family was stripped of possessions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000936	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> plea was ignored.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000937	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The centurion accepted a large bribe, but he took his troops east and swore loyalty to the town's defending forces.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000938	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole away, to warn the nearby town of bandits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000939	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> plea was ignored. Returning after a week's absence, <actor> was tortured by the soldiers, and the family was stripped of possessions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000940	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A large force was sent to arrest the soldiers. In the battle, the village was nearly destroyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000941	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A large force was sent to arrest the soldiers. In the battle, the village was nearly destroyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000942	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two years passed. Then word arrived of a great battle. The old and new empires had fought to fully possess the land that included <actorP> village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000943	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The east had been victorious, and its administrators scoured the land for resources to compensate for the cost of war. A magistrate and his entourage visited the village, seeking an audience with the local landowner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000944	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went to see him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000945	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate was wise to accept this. Then he pronounced a one-time tax to be paid in land. Conveniently, the village owned just enough to pay it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000946	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate disagreed. Only individuals or the state could own land. Over decades, villagers sold their personal plots, but <actor> never did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000947	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate pronounced that the land had been won in battle and the empire would appoint an administrator. The land was soon returned to an aristocrat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000948	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> claimed to be the owner of the land. The magistrate put a great tax upon <actor> until most of the land was owned by the empire, which was eventually given to an aristocrat. The remaining land was kept by the family for generations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000949	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> claimed to be the owner of the land. The magistrate accused <actor> of treason against the empire. <He/She> and the family were executed the next morning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000950	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> claimed to be the owner of the land. The magistrate put a great tax upon <actor> until the land was owed by the empire, which eventually gave it to an aristocrat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000951	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> claimed to be the owner of the land. The magistrate put a great tax upon <actor>, but <he/she> paid it by taxing the other villagers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000952	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ex-centurion made a public show of converting to the dominant religion and swearing fealty to its holy emperor. His men followed in kind, and the magistrate levied a light tax from the village, expecting the soldiers to fight when called. The villagers were forced to swear fealty to their new lord.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000953	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ex-centurion made a public show of converting to the dominant religion and swearing fealty to its holy emperor. His men followed in kind, including <actor>. The magistrate levied a light tax from the village, expecting the soldiers to fight when called. The villagers were forced to swear fealty to their new lord.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000954	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called for a village council to greet him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000955	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate was wise to accept this. Then he pronounced a one-time tax to be paid in land. Conveniently, the village owned just enough to pay it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000956	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed  that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate was wise to accept this. Then he pronounced a one-time tax to be paid in land. Conveniently, the village owned just enough to pay it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000957	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed  that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate was wise to accept this. Then he pronounced a one-time tax to be paid in land. Conveniently, the village owned just enough to pay it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000958	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept to <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000959	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lands of the village would be administered by an aristocrat from the nearby town, which was quickly growing into a city. A severe tax was levied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000960	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lands of the village would be administered by an aristocrat from the nearby town, which was quickly growing into a city. A severe tax was levied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000961	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lands of the village would be administered by an aristocrat from the nearby town, which was quickly growing into a city. A ruinous tax was levied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000962	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two years passed. Then word arrived of a great battle. The old and new empires had fought to fully possess the land that included <actorP> village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroL000963	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old capital had been victorious, and its administrators scoured the land for resources to compensate for the cost of war. A magistrate and his entourage visited the village, seeking an audience with the local landowner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000964	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went to see him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000965	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate was wise to accept this. Then he pronounced a one-time tax to be paid in land. Conveniently, the village owned just enough to pay it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000966	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate disagreed. Only individuals or the state could own land. Over decades, villagers sold their personal plots, but <actor> never did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000967	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate pronounced that the land had been won in battle and the empire would appoint an administrator. The land was soon returned to an aristocrat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000968	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> claimed to be the owner of the land. The magistrate put a great tax upon <actor> until most of the land was owned by the empire, which was eventually given to an aristocrat. The remaining land was kept by the family for generations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000969	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> claimed to be the owner of the land. The magistrate accused <actor> of treason. <He/She> and the family were executed the next morning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000970	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> claimed to be the owner of the land. The magistrate put a great tax upon <actor> until the land was owed by the empire, which eventually gave it to an aristocrat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000971	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> claimed to be the owner of the land. The magistrate put a great tax upon <actor>, but <he/she> paid it by taxing the other villagers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000972	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The centurion greeted the visitor as a brother. The magistrate levied a light tax from the village, expecting the soldiers to fight when called. The villagers were forced to swear fealty to their new lord.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000973	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The centurion greeted the visitor as a brother. The magistrate levied a light tax from the village, expecting the soldiers to fight when called. The villagers were forced to swear fealty to their new lord. <actorP> family remained in good standing with the centurion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000974	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called for a village council to greet him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000975	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate was wise to accept this. Then he pronounced a one-time tax to be paid in land. Conveniently, the village owned just enough to pay it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000976	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate was wise to accept this. Then he pronounced a one-time tax to be paid in land. Conveniently, the village owned just enough to pay it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000977	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders of the village met with him in the open. They claimed that the land was owned by the village itself. The magistrate was wise to accept this. Then he pronounced a one-time tax to be paid in land. Conveniently, the village owned just enough to pay it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceL000978	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept to <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000979	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lands of the village would be administered by an aristocrat from the nearby town, which was quickly growing into a city. A severe tax was levied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000980	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lands of the village would be administered by an aristocrat from the nearby town, which was quickly growing into a city. A severe tax was levied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultL000981	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lands of the village would be administered by an aristocrat from the nearby town, which was quickly growing into a city. A ruinous tax was levied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000982	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the next age, The Age of Migrations, <actorP> descendants had become peasants. The story pauses. "7 Grand Steps, Step 1: What Ancients Begat." has ended.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discL000983	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The <var1> family history has been saved in your Documents folder, file: '7GS_step1_<var1>'. Their story will continue in "Step 2: What Darkness Felled". Visit Mousechief Co. to follow "Step 2's" development.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL000984	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thought to compete in the race to catch five animals. He and the other boys were told, "Search the farm for five elders. Listen and bring their stories back, the quicker the better."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL000985	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found elder men and women wearing ceremonial headdresses: Carp whispered, "River sustains life." Falcon cried, "Sun is life." Cow belched, "Earth gives life." Ram trumpeted, "Seed starts life!" and Crocodile growled, "Death invigorates life!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000986	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead of wasting time memorizing, <actor> raced to complete the rite. He finished the race ahead of all the other boys. His few wrong answers were disregarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000987	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took the time to listen carefully. Although nearly last to finish, he won respect by answering the questions perfectly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000988	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While running from elder to elder, <actor> traded information with the other boys. This let him skip two of the animals. He finished early and with good answers to all questions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000989	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> simply ran as fast as he could, from elder to elder, catching words at random. Although he finished second, <actor> was unable to answer most of the questions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000990	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> listened and listened to each animal, trying hard not to confuse their messages. But because he finished the race last, no one would listen to his answers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000991	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to trade stories with the other boys, in order to skip an animal or two, but an adult overheard them. They were expelled for having been caught cheating.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL000992	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Soon after signs of <actorP> adulthood, an acolyte from the river temple arrived with a clean white shroud. She invited <actor> to attract contributors to the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL000993	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was fed her favorite breakfast, as much she wished to eat. The family turned their backs when the acolyte led <actor> away. She bowed her head and stepped solemnly through the city. They walked many streets before arriving at the temple. <actor> turned to see if anyone had joined behind her to contribute. Family members greeted her warmly and offered what they could to the river god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000994	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> chose to stay until better offerings were exchanged for a token of her favor. The priests praised her for her sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000995	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to work at the temple. The priests employed her and cared for her until the new moon.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000996	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned home and packed her few belongings. A space was made especially for her until she could start her own life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000997	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> distanced herself from the family. She waited in the temple until she was paid for, properly. Life at home became awkward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000998	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged the priests to let her join temple life. They cast her out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL000999	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> simply returned home with her family. She ignored their hints to start out on her own, until they nearly drove her away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL001000	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Free men laboring at the construction site were heard to grumble, "Why is <actor> given the tasks of a boy?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL001001	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> joined their ranks the next day, hauling stones and setting beams.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001002	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The men congratulated him that night by sharing sour wine until stupefied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001003	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When he fell down from exhaustion, the men grinned, rubbed their aches, and carried him home. They had worked later than was customary.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001004	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An accident took the life of a slave. They blamed <actor>, although he was elsewhere at the time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001005	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> collapsed from his effort, shortly after midday. Passing slaves kicked him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL001006	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family suffered from its poverty, expecting <actor> to find work beyond the home when possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL001007	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Her mother had often warned, "Wear our master's mark clearly, else you will be considered a beggar or prostitute." Only the poorest women left their homes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001008	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found work in the home of a craftswoman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001009	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> organized other young women to find work as a group.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001010	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While looking for work, a drunken man tried to buy her. She ran home crying.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001011	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked twice as hard at home but never left it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL001012	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would be tested by the legend of a boy who became a hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL001013	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An elder took <actor> to a roadside shrine. He told <actor> of a boy warrior in training. The boy was commanded to steal a hen from the temple. When a priest caught him, he hid the hen in his cloak. Before the gods, the boy denied stealing the offering, while the chicken bit him desperately. He was let go, but a street dog attacked and killed the boy to get the chicken. \ The elder beseeched <actor>, "Tell the gods why this boy is a hero of the people."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001014	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "A warrior's deeds are answerable only to the gods."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001015	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "A warrior must be able to withstand all sufferings."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001016	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "A warrior stands below gods but above priests."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001017	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "Although it is wrong to lie, it is worse to admit to a lie."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001018	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked back, "What does this have to do with protecting sheep?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001019	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said he didn't know. He thought the story and the boy were stupid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL001020	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would be tested by the legend of a girl who brought misery to the world.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteL001021	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An elder led <actor> on a long walk. She spoke about a farm girl married to a rich, old man. All within his manor was hers, except for a box that held the remains of his previous wife. She had been a seer who prophesied that great suffering would come to the world after her death. \ It was a common story, the ending well known. The elder halted before a blind beggar and a sickly beggar. She asked them why the girl had opened the box. The blind man answered, "Rich women are cremated with their jewels." The sickly man answered, "Because women cause the suffering of men." The elder told <actor> that the village had decided to marry her to the beggar of her choice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001022	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told her elder, "All men are beggars." The women parted with smiles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001023	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said, "I will seek elsewhere for beggars," and she left the elder, confident in her judgement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001024	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> replied, "I would not choose a beggar, if even I had to beg."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001025	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "The sickly man, because women must accept the curse of their sex."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001026	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "The blind man, because he has more ambition."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeL001027	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ran away, terrified of the horrible men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001028	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> saw the <women/men> of the community as <he/she> saw <himself/herself>: simple and adequate. When <he/she> approached <target> with <his/her> offer, <he/she> wanted nothing more than what the majority received: sufficiency. Otherwise, you were likely to get less and perish.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001029	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> gave a contented sigh, and gave <actor> <his//her> consent. As <his//her> parents aged, <he//she> had had to share more food with them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001030	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> told <actor> that <he//she> wanted more. <He//She> married another, but died a few years later. The <woman//man> <target> loved would never strike <him//her> again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001031	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ended <his/her> work differently that day. Instead of falling onto the pile of straw in <his/her> crude shelter and tearing into stale, barley flatbread, <actor> proposed to <target>. Maybe a <woman/man> could remove the bland taste from <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001032	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was happy to accept. <His//Her> parents were getting old, and alone <he//she> would not be able to feed <himself//herself>, let alone feed <his//her> parents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001033	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> spit <his/her> proposal into a dung pile. "You are mildew!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001034	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> father introduces <actor>. "She works hard and her wide hips should withstand many children. More importantly, her bride price is low. Alas, so is her dowry."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001035	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> apologizes to <actor>. "My father is stuck in old ways. Obedience is more important than wide hips. Everything else, we will share."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001036	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> waves <actor> away. "I can find plenty like her, in a corral."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001037	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> mother introduces <actor>. "He promises not to beat you." More importantly, he will pay a bride price more than the dowry we can afford.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001038	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> apologizes to <actor>. "My mother led a sheltered life before her marriage. I think Father had fair reason to his wrath, sometimes. I'll try not to give you any."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001039	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> turns away from <actor> and walks out. "That promise won't survive consummation."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001040	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> father introduces <target>. "She works hard and her wide hips should withstand many children More importantly, her bride price is low. Alas, so is her dowry."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001041	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> apologizes to <target>. "My father is stuck in old ways. Obedience is more important than wide hips. Everything else, we will share."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001042	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waves <target> away. "I can find plenty like her, in a corral."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001043	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> mother introduces <target>. "He promises not to beat you." More importantly, he will pay a bride price more than the dowry we can afford.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001044	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> apologizes to <target>. "My mother led a sheltered life before her marriage. I think Father had fair reason to his wrath, sometimes. I'll try not to give you any."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001045	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> turns away from <target> and walks out. "That promise won't survive consummation."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001046	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One overcast dawn, <actor> noticed <target> bathing in the river. Playing, really. <He//She> seemed as carefree as an otter. In childhood, they had often swam together. The memory prompted <actor> to dive in and frolic invitingly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001047	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They later rested on the shore, in each other's arms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001048	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Unfortunately, though many claimed fortunately, the crocodile caught <him//her> first.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001049	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> loved into disaster, sneaking up to a window to look upon <target>. <He/She> stumbled and landed in the garden mulch that graced <targetP> family home. Wiping mud and young squash leaves from <his/her> face, <actor> withheld a swear. The hand that helped to lift <him/her> was gentle. <actor> looked deep into laughing eyes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001050	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	But <target> did not laugh. <He//She> smiled and held <actor> tight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001051	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The laughter that struck <his/her> ears drove <actor> away, never to look for <target> again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001052	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent months, after work in the fields, binding reeds together. <He/She> presented the raft to <target>, but the gift was met with exasperation. <target> left shaking <his//her> head.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001053	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Then the rains came, and the river grew. <He/She> found <target> desperately wading to higher ground, and offered a lift. <target> took <his/her> charity, and continued to during their long cruise together.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001054	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried again and again to please <target>, until <he//she> had the field boss flog <him/her> for disrupting <targetP> work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001055	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their master decided that <actor> would marry <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001056	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He gifted a jar of wine for the wedding guests to share.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001057	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ran away. <He/She> was caught and beaten nearly to death, but escaped the betrothal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001058	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their master decided that <target> would marry <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001059	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He gifted a jar of wine for the wedding guests to share.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001060	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> ran away. <He//She> was caught and beaten, but escaped the betrothal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001061	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked <his/her> luck to be a slave. Men and women of higher status rarely mingled in the streets. <He/She> never would have met <target>. Before falling in love, <he/she> would never have praised bondage. <actor> knelt before <target> and asked if <he//she> would be <his/her> <king//queen>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001062	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Theirs would be a love that royalty envied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001063	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their master forbade their marriage. He had <target> dragged away, to work far from the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001064	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged <his/her> master's slave boss to let <him/her> marry <target>. <He/She> worked extra hard to win their approval.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001065	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boss and master agreed, and rewarded <actor> with <target> for <his/her> worthy effort. <target> never said aloud that, for <him//her>, it was a punishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001066	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> worked even harder, to escape <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001067	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> realized that <his/her> marriage prospects were grim. The shepherd's nomadic life attracted few <youths//girls> from the village. Then <target> approached <him/her> on the grassy slopes and made <his//her> bold appeal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001068	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer who owned the sheep blessed their union with a fat sacrifice for the celebration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001069	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> felt like a <ram/ewe> about to be snapped up by a desperate wolf. <He/She> called a dog to chase <target> away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001070	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> realized that <his/her> marriage prospects were grim. The shepherd's nomadic life attracted few <youths//girls> from the village. When <actor> discovered a few families living in the hills, <he/she> promptly courted the most available <woman/man>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001071	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was more than happy to escape a life of scraping to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001072	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> dallied with <actor> only long enough to steal a couple of sheep for <her/his> clan.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001073	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The cured wolf pelt itched as <actor> crept up behind <target>. <He/She> howled suddenly, startling <him//her>. <actor> leapt out of the grass. <He/she> shed the pelt and raced to <his/her> beloved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001074	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The dogs found them together and left from embarrassment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001075	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> struck <actor> with <his//her> staff until it bent into a crook.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001076	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stood at the edge of a cliff and shouted <targetP> name, confident <he//she> would hear the echo. <actor> shouted, "I love you!" <He/She> shouted, "Will you be my <wife/husband>!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001077	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The hills were silent. An hour later, <target> arrived and took <actorP> hand. <He//She> led <him/her> to a path marker that some said resembled the mother goddess. <target> prayed aloud. "Bless our children, great goddess, but reproach this <man/woman> to stop <his/her> fuss."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romL001078	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A <man's/woman's> voice answered, "<target> has no breath to shout, right now, but <his//her> answer is, NO!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001080	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When famine came, <actor> watched the children of <his/her> neighbors wither like spring shoots in baked sand. The toll would be great for farm workers, but they knew many ways to scrabble sustenance from the earth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001081	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	People in the city could eat neither clay nor gold. Crafted goods sold for a handful of wheat. Khet and Selk's private store of grain saved <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001082	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept the appearance of poverty while the bellies of neighbors swelled with emptiness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001083	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> conserved the grain, accepting hunger as a guise for those starving.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001084	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hoarded grain while <his/her> neighbors starved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001085	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> supplied select neighbors with grain, but swore them to secrecy from priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001086	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For years to come, blessings fell more often upon <actor> than the farm's small altars.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001087	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned <his/her> neighbors' blessings by sharing a private store of grain during famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001088	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took grain secretly into the city and invested in high quality merchandise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001089	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned that <his/her> skill at picking valuables was less than <his/her> ability to earn lasting appreciation from starving artists.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001090	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took advantage of a famine, buying dry goods cheap from starving tradesmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001091	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave <his/her> small horde of grain to the master farmer, to disburse to laborers most in need.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001092	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master farmer was humbled by <actorP> generosity. He helped to apprentice one of <his/her> children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001093	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned the master farmer's favor during a famine. He helped to educate <actorP> firstborn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001095	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the city warriors pounced, both the master farmer and the field boss swore <actor> was their most valuable worker. Many of <actorP> neighbors would be taken away, to war against the city of a enemy god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001096	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to hide as many neighbors as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001097	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In return, they conspired to prevent the master farmer from discovering <actorP> betrayal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001098	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned the goodwill of <his/her> neighbors by helping them to avoid military conscription.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001099	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cooperated with the soldiers and rallied neighbors for the war effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001100	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was rewarded for this service.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001101	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned a small gratitude for helping the military conscript workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001102	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> defied <his/her> master and joined voluntarily, to <fight/support her neighbors in arms>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001103	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned shaken, but <actor> was calmed somewhat by letting <his/her> stories spill freely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001104	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> volunteered to help the military and learned terrible but practical things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001105	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ran to the temple to convince the priests. "Please, protect the workers of your most productive farms."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001106	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They warned <actor> about opposing the will of the gods, for only their glory mattered, not the lives of their servants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001107	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked <his/her> boss and the farmer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001110	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many men had been taken away to war. Bandits and savage tribes were tempted to raid the city outskirts. One night, pillaging shrieked from an outlying farm. Death and suffering sounded closer to <actorP> home by the minute.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001111	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped families escape to the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001112	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The town guard concentrated their efforts and successfully counterattacked the invaders. The neighbors <he/she> had saved, regularly showed their gratitude.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001113	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned his neighbor's favor by helping them to escape marauders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001114	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hid across the river, using makeshift reed bundles to float.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001115	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> instincts saved the family that day, for the attackers dared to strike deep into the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001116	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was lucky to have escaped marauders and lived to learn something from the ordeal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001117	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled to the river temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001118	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The invaders neither feared nor respected the city's gods, but they avoided the priests' well defended temples. After the raid, priests distributed food and useful goods to the refugees.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001119	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled marauders and was helped by priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001121	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Spreading goat dung smelled no worse than the smoke from diseased bodies on a pyre. <actor> wept openly from horror. Yet <he/she> was glad in <his/her> heart that the family had been spared from the plague's initial onset.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001122	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled the city with <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001123	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They survived to reach another city. There sickness had burned out, and the demand for workers was cause to overlook foreign origins.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001124	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled plague, reaching another city, and learned much from the journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001125	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to ease suffering as best <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001126	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Some lived. Some died. But the survivors were grateful that <he/she> did not forsake them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001127	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned goodwill from <his/her> neighbors by helping to ease suffering during a terrible sickness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001128	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waged a campaign to burn the dead as quickly as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001129	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Entering homes that had been emptied of life, <actor> was tempted into taking abandoned valuables.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001130	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looted victims of a terrible sickness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001131	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> secluded <his/her> family upriver, scrabbling for food where they could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001132	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Foraging was not difficult, as many stores of grain went unused. They returned to a city hungry for life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001133	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hid <his/her> family from a plague. They returned to empty homes, belongings untouched.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001135	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> walked away from the farm, chasing a stray thought. <He/She> found a small pond. Smooth red clay lined the banks. The unblemished bed was gold for a potter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001136	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took a sample of the clay, to show its quality to potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001137	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That night, <actorP> dreamt of a tall man with the head of a monitor lizard. "You have taken my flesh. Now your flesh is mine."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001138	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> awoke in a panic. <He/She> tried to wash clay from <his/her> hands. <He/She> washed and washed until they bled and were partially crippled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001139	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> injured <himself/herself> in a panic, after a terrible nightmare.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001140	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Actor was able to get a good price for the clay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001141	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found a quality bed of clay and sold it to potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001142	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to sell the clay, but a canny potter asked for more. When <actor> fetched it, the potter secretly followed and took clay for himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001143	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> knelt and asked any water spirit present for a sample. <He/She> took one and left.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001144	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That night, <actorP> dreamt of a tall man with the head of a monitor lizard. "Forgotten, I have slept. Your request awoke me. Remember me, is what I ask in return."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001145	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, <actor> carved a crude image of the man-lizard. Whenever <he/she> sold clay to a potter, <he/she> required them to include the image in their works. For the quality of clay, they eagerly accepted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001146	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discovered a quality bed of clay and sold it to potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001147	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the goddess of waters, then took a sample.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001148	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That night, <he/she> dreamed of a woman draped in a delicate weave of fish scales. A monitor lizard crept up and bit her, but its jaws passed through as if she were a mirage. She laughed and dove into the pond.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001149	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <actor> sold clay to a potter, <he/she> asked to make the first sample a statue of the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001150	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discovered a quality bed of clay and sold it to potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001151	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did not disturb the idyllic pond.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001152	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found out later that someone had died after drinking from the pond.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001153	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> went to a potter, who was a good friend, and told him about the pond. When the potter returned, he shook <actorP> hand with joy, and rewarded <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001154	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discovered a quality bed of clay and sold it to potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001155	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> forgot about it, after a while.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001157	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master farmer asked <actor> to lead a work group. They would retrieve a new purchase of amphorae from the city kilns. Moving the large earthen jugs took hours. Fortunately a rare, cool wind eased the effort. The potter joined in the work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001158	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the potter about living in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001159	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A vessel broke while being hauled. The potter blamed <actor> for ignoring his team. The master farmer withheld <actorP> pay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001160	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was blamed for allowing an amphora to break.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001161	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He decried theft, muggings, murder. He cursed the watch for only protecting the rich. <actor> thought of the potter's riches, compared to his own. Theft on the farms was rare, but murder was the same everywhere.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001162	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned of dangers and opportunities for city dwellers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001163	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wondered about fire magic in the kilns.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001164	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The potter nodded. Priests controlled and operated the city's kilns. He described an elaborate ritual they conducted before the gods, to bless the kilns.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001165	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned of special rituals priests conducted to bless the city's kilns, which they controlled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001166	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invited the potter to eat with his family that evening.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001167	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The potter ate with appreciative gusto and told tales of the animals he carved, molded, and painted on his finer works.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001168	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> heard wondrous stories about the animals potters carved, molded, and painted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001169	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The potter hardly touched the food given to him. It was an expensive meal for <actor>, but he ignored the insult. The potter was like other tradesmen, hauling the expectations of pitiless gods upon their backs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001170	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke mostly with the men in his crew.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001171	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The work concluded efficiently, and they thanked the potter for his assistance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001172	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Another worker held a long conversation with the potter, about the directives and blessings of priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001173	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the potter, they didn't need his weak help.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001174	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The potter left, clearly afraid of <actor>. The field boss whipped him and halved his wages for a month, when he found out about it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001175	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bullied a potter, and was fined by the master farmer, for it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001176	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The potter slugged him, and they fought. The other workers dragged <actor> away. The master farmer halved his wages for a month.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001177	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought with a potter, and was fined by the master farmer, for it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001179	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They chopped the earth with stone hoes. <target> told <actor>, "Priests say the dead become shadows." Darting eyes revealed <his//her> fear. In bright sunlight, workers cast sharp shadows undulating across furrows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefL001180	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> conversed with <target> about priests and the afterlife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001181	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> grinned. "That will be a better day. Shadows can't hold a hoe, and cook pots go right through their heads." <He/She> rubbed <his/hers>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001182	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> laughed. <He//She> was calmer for the rest of the day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001183	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reassured <target>, "The land of the gods is far, far away. These afternoon shadows are of our own making."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001184	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> relaxed into <his//her> work for the rest of the day. They dug up a copper axe head, a valuable trade item.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001185	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> replied, "My grandmother said her grandmother said, 'Beetles tell more truth about the future than priests.'"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001186	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"That must have been back when she had to eat beetles."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001187	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> scoffed, "What priests say changes every season. Beware the priest who keeps track of what he or she says."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001188	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> complained to the field boss. <actor> was whipped in front of all the other workers, for impiety.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001189	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned, "Never turn your back to your shadow. From your backbone, it might steal your soul."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001190	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Later that day, the work boss struck <target> for making crooked rows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001191	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> severely frightened a neighbor, by lying about the powers of the dead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001192	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worried, "Never turn your back to your shadow. From your backbone, it might steal your soul."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001193	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Later that day, the work boss struck <actor> for making crooked rows. <He/She> wasn't paid that day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001194	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rattled by talk of the afterlife, <actor> failed to work hard enough.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001195	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> agreed. "The dead are all around us."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001196	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With eyes darting as they worked, <actor> caught a glint of sickly green. <He/She> dug up a copper axe head, a valuable trade item.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001197	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While discussing the afterlife, <actor> discovered a valuable copper ax head.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001199	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests of the river goddess announced, "The flood star has risen in the sky." <actor> and <his/her> <wife/husband> looked for extra work preparing for festivals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefL001200	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <his/her> <wife/husband> earned extra, preparing for festivals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001201	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They made honied barley cakes and other traditional treats and offerings, to sell to neighbors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001202	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Complaints about dirt in the cakes came back, after some were sacrificed but produced bad omens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001203	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Neighbors blamed <actor> and <his/her> <wife/husband> for dirty festival cakes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001204	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were favored as sacrifices. Smoke from the altar rose straight to the gods, a good sign.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001205	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They asked to assist tradesmen and artisans as demand for skilled work peaked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001206	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They quickly learned basic tasks that allowed their employers to focus on their craft.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001207	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They struggled to learn what was required to assist experienced craftsmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001208	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <spouse> helped a tradesman and learned a little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001209	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were given menial tasks. <actor> had an accident, working in an unfamiliar, cramped building. <He/She> could not work for days.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001210	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had an accident, working in an unfamiliar, cramped building. <He/She> could not work for days.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001211	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They did not find work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001212	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were given menial tasks. <actorP> <wife/husband> had an accident, working in an unfamiliar, cramped building. <He/She> could not work for days.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001213	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> <wife/husband> had an accident, working in an unfamiliar, cramped building. <She/He> could not work for days.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001214	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They volunteered at the river temple, to gain favor from the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001215	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were assigned simple but grinding work, alongside scores of low priests. As volunteers they were paid only food and a blanket. But they learned much about temple life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001216	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was thanked curtly and told <his/her> assistance would not be required again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001217	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They ignored the festivities and took the work their neighbors skipped to participate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001218	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Some were upset. They were not able to return to those easier jobs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001219	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <his/her> <wife/husband> angered neighbors, for unknowingly stealing work from them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001220	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several neighbors offered work in kind, over the next score of days.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001221	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> traded <his/her> <wife's/husband's> labor for a few beers and a pot of grain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001222	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> threw the beer in <his/her> face.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001223	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> forced his <wife/husband> to work during the harvest festival, and <she/he> resented it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001224	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> took the grain for <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001226	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A fire burned <targetP> reed hut, but <his//her> family escaped. Their meager belongings were destroyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001227	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shared food with them, until the community rebuilt their hut.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001228	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was thankful. <He//She> repaid <actorP> kindness many times.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001229	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped after <targetP> hut burned. <target> returned the kindness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001230	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned others in the community that <target> may be cursed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001231	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> and <his//her> family were hounded out of the community.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001232	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lied about <target> and had <him//her> ostracized.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001233	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> survived the accusations, but swore to make <actor> pay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001234	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> swore vengeance, after <actor> lied about <him//her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001235	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invited them to stay in <his/her> small shelter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001236	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The two families got along amazingly well, even better after <targetP> home was rebuilt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001237	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped after <targetP> hut burned. <target> returned the kindness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001238	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fights broke out almost immediately after <target> and <his//her> family moved in.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001239	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a fire, <actor> invited <target> to stay with <him/her>, temporarily. It ended badly between them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001240	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did not involve <himself/herself> beyond joining the rebuilding effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001241	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was just another moon-quarter on the farm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001243	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While tending the home fire, a neighbor shouted to <actor>. "An ox fell on someone, out where your husband was working!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001244	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited until the fire was fully extinguished before leaving.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001245	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She arrived too late to help lift the fallen ox. Her husband's leg was crippled for life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001246	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> husband was crippled in an accident.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001247	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She arrived too late to help lift the fallen ox. Her husband was the man who pulled the victim free from under it. He was grateful for her concern.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001248	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> husband saved a fellow worker.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001249	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> left the fire in the care of her oldest child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001250	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She arrived in time to help pull her husband out from under a fallen ox. His leg healed in a few weeks. He was grateful for her concern.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001251	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to save her husband. They grew closer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001252	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She arrived in time to help her husband drag the victim out from under a fallen ox.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001253	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent her oldest child to check on her husband.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001254	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Her husband returned, hours later, with the help of their eldest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001255	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Child and father quickly returned, telling of a fallen ox and of freeing a worker from beneath it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001256	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the call.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001257	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When neighbors dragged her husband home, he was unconscious from pain. In a fever, he cursed her. After regaining consciousness, he acted as if she had wished him dead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001258	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered her husband by refusing to help when he was injured.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001259	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Her husband returned with sad news about one of their neighbors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001261	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The planting of einkorn wheat had begun. <actor> cast seeds across the furrows until the sun was too hot. Seeking shade, <he/she> stumbled over a plow skip and wrenched <his/her> leg. It prevented <him/her> from working for several days.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001262	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attended to the children during <his/her> recovery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001263	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> children enjoyed <his/her> help with their studies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001264	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While injured, <actor> helped <his/her> children to learn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001265	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> supervised the children's regular chores, and there was much pouting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001266	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited elders also unable to work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001267	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"You call that an injury?" an old man screeched! "Get your lazy legs back to the fields!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001268	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several elders appreciated the attention. They told <actor> things about the world <he/she> never knew.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001269	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While injured, <actor> kept company with elders unable to work. <He/She> learned much from their stories.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001270	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave <his/her> leg complete rest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001271	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rumors spread of <actorP> laziness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001272	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After an injury, some neighbors believed <him/her> to be lazy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001273	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> recovered quickly and returned to earn bowls of grain, with a burst of effort!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001274	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned to work as soon as <he/she> could tolerate the pain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001275	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fell again and became crippled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001276	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A crippling accident reduced <actorP> irrigation skill.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001277	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> leg recovered very slowly, retarding <his/her> ability to perform.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001278	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost work after ignoring an injury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001280	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> witnessed a heated argument about the body of a god. Two of <his/her> neighbors fought, and <target> killed the other. <actor> had been unable to stop <targetP> sudden attack.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001281	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> cried, "To claim the god is fully a bird is a terrible insult. Without the river god's blessing, our families will perish! Any priest would do the same."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefL001282	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> witnessed a deadly row over the physique of the river god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001283	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed the river god had the body of a man with the head of an ibis. <He/She> defended <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001284	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suffered 60 lashes for aiding <target>. <target> was incredibly grateful to survive 600.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001285	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned a neighbor's respect by taking punishment for <him//her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001286	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests enslaved <target> to work at the temple, which was a life generally easier than a laborer's lot.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001287	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed the river god was a great heron. <He/She> asked the adjudicating priest to be merciless.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001288	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was executed for murder.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001289	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> survived 600 lashes, and cursed <actor> throughout them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001290	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> hated <actor> for testifying against <him/her> as a murderer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001291	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to bury the dead man's body. <He/She> and <target> claimed the man had been eaten by crocodiles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001292	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Nothing was ever spoken of the event.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001293	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned a neighbor's confidence by helping to bury a body.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001294	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> betrayed <actor> to the priests and falsely accused <him/her>. <actor> was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001295	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was framed for a murder and executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001296	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spread word of <targetP> dangerous anger.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001297	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was executed for murder.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001298	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was driven out from the community and was presumed dead from exposure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001299	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled the scene.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001300	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> heard later that <actor> had been executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001302	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> labored to replace clothing too worn to repair. Only simple shifts and breeches could be made between work periods. In the city, some vendors made and sold higher quality clothes. She imagined they spent their time doing nothing else!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001303	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked <target> to let her trade a bowl of grain for clothing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001304	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the time saved with her children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001305	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Buying pre-made clothes let <actor> spend more time teaching the children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001306	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> refused to waste their grain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001307	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> traded a bowl of grain for a fine woolen shift.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001308	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was a downturn of food available from the farm. The children suffered. <target> blamed her for years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001309	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent food on clothes just before a mild famine. The family suffered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001310	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer's wife asked <actor> to help her in the large farm home. <actorP> labor in the fields ended.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001311	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After buying well made clothes, <actor> found extra work in a rich home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001312	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> exchanged work with other women of the farm, focusing on tasks that suited <actor> best.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001313	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Some men around the farm grew suspicious of changes in their households. They dragged <actor> out and beat her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001314	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Camaraderie grew among the women, and they found more time to be with their men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001315	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> instigated goodwill among her neighbors, by sharing tasks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001316	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed the traditions of a woman's work in the home and of men's among men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001317	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> resigned herself to recurring efforts to maintain clothes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001319	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The field boss called the workers to him. "Our ditches are so numerous, silt fills the first by the time we've dredged the last."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001320	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested consolidating the ditches into larger channels.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001321	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a tremendous effort and careful planning by the farmer, harvest yields increased.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001322	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was rewarded for reorganizing drainage ditches.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001323	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The huge effort required dismayed the farmer. Instead, he sold land that could not be maintained by his existing workers, and less grain was paid to them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001324	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost work after suggesting expensive improvements to the master farmer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001325	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested adding younger boys to the work teams.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001326	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> sons spent less time learning and playing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001327	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> brought his children to dig ditches at an early age.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001328	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested irrigating less of the farmer's land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001329	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two years later, harvest yields increased, as some land was left fallow waiting for ditches to be cleared.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001330	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was rewarded for showing the benefit of letting fields occasionally go fallow.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001331	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer fired the field boss for accepting foolish advice. Harvest yields started declining.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001332	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost work after making unpopular suggestions to the farm's work boss.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001333	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> awaited the boss's orders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001334	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"We will be adding workers to the fields," the boss announced. <actor> worried that less grain would be paid per worker.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001335	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost work due to extra workers accepting less pay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001336	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"We will all work extra hours during early and late flood times," the boss announced. After that, <actor> saw less of his family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001337	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Extra work forced <actor> away from helping the children learn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001339	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master farmer arranged to ship emmer wheat to a settlement beyond the city's boundaries. He asked <actor> to watch the great pots along the journey. He would have to monitor the roped amphorae jostling on the backs of onagers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefL001340	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was offered a chance to accompany a trade caravan.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001341	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had heard about fierce tribes who boiled grain with the bones of their victims. He declined the high paying work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001342	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer gave the job to a more adventurous laborer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001343	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> struck a bargain with the merchant, to steal the grain and split its value at the town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001344	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant betrayed him to the farmer, and <actor> was put to death on a post.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001345	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost <his/her> life in an attempt to swindle the master farmer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001346	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer accepted <actorP> groveled apology for letting bandits steal the grain. <actor> hid the payment of copper weights in the floor of his home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001347	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> successfully swindled the master farmer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001348	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> brought his family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001349	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Raiders killed everyone but <actorP> family. They stole a child, instead. <actor> managed to lead the family home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001350	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took his family on a trading mission. A child died en route.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001351	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After fending off raiders, the traders arrived. <actor> resettled, never to journey again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001352	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took his family on a trading mission. He swore never to travel thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001353	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> brought extra beer for the merchant's guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001354	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When raiders looted the laden onagers, <actor> was saved by a guard's last act. He managed to straggle home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001355	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	On a trade mission, <actor> was saved from bandits by the merchant's guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001356	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The caravan master confiscated the beer. When the raiders hit, <actor> was killed along with everyone else.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001357	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> died on a trade mission.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001359	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> visited <actor> in an evening's swelter. <He//She> brought <his//her> children and offered a string of dried fish to care for them until dawn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001360	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> and <his//her> spouse hadn't been getting along. <actor> accepted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001361	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> and <his//her> <wife//husband> helped <actor> many times thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001362	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped out a friend by taking care of her children for a night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001363	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The children wrecked <actorP> home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001364	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> children wrecked <actorP> home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001365	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The children were known monsters with little self-control. <actor> refused.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001366	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> frowned. After failing to find other arrangements, <he//she> blamed <actor> for difficulties in <his//her> marriage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001367	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused to take care of <targetP> brats.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001368	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> took the children back to <his//her> home. Days later <he//she> was divorced by <his//her> <wife//husband>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001369	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The children were known monsters with little self-control. <actor> watched them with a swift stick!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001370	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, while <actor> worked, <his/her> home was wrecked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001371	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> children wrecked <actorP> home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001372	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, <target> picked up the bruised children and added a few swats <himself//herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001373	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped out a friend by taking care of her children for a night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001374	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had <his/her> <wife/husband> watch the children while <he/she> took a long bath and slept by the river.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001375	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was injured by crocodiles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001376	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was injured by crocodiles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001377	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> <wife/husband> blamed <actor> when the children turned monstrous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001378	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost favor from <his/her> <wife/husband> for hosting <targetP> brats for a night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001380	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	On a rare day, free from work, <actor> and <target> walked the avenues of the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefL001381	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> explored the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001382	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They socialized all day at the market.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001383	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The two splurged on honey-preserved figs and salted goat meat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001384	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	News of tribes gathering in the hills was discussed openly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001385	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They wandered at random.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001386	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A painted prostitute begged for food, but <target> drove him away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001387	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A brute bumped into <target>, insulted <his/her> mother, and pummeled <him/her> until <actor> helped to drive him away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001388	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They spent the day in prayer at the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001389	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Women covered in dark veils awaited men who would pay to praise the goddess with them. <actor> and <target> looked away <longingly/sympathetically>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001390	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess did not try to hide her scorn at their feeble offering.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001391	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They watched warriors train.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001392	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Children lined the grounds, cheering the inevitable injuries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001393	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> mimicked the moves <spiritedly/in jest>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001394	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They visited the monument of a great hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001395	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An acolyte was cleaning the obelisk. He told them the hero had saved the city from tribal raiders, before there was a city. By turning farmers into warriors, he had protected those who made wealth. Farmers were easy to replace, and wealth made the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001396	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> restrained <actor> from beating the young priest. But the young man was not afraid. "Beware, the hero, Meskilulu, protects me for I protect his memorial."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001398	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Allied tribes from the northern hills invaded the land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001399	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled into the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001400	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible siege extracted many lives, until the tribes depleted their supplies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001401	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family took a terrible loss during a siege by marauders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001402	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	City warriors managed to drive off the nomads. The city was saved when a warrior captain ignored the bickering, nervous priests commanding them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001403	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled downriver in a cobbled raft.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001404	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were unaccustomed to negotiating untamed rapids. White waters upset them into tragedy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001405	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family members died while fleeing marauders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001406	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family was saved. They returned to rebuild the farm. The priests allocated it to a new master farmer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001407	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hid on the farm, living in the ditches.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001408	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family barely survived. They helped to rebuild the farm. The priests licensed it to a new master farmer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001409	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although <actor> evaded the enemy, their siege of the city outlasted the food <he/she> could scavenge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001410	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family took a terrible loss during a siege by marauders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001411	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to organize the laborers into a fighting group.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001412	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Nearly everyone was killed and the area pillaged. Miraculously, <actor> survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001413	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family members died in a fight against marauders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001414	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Everyone was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001415	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The entire family died attempting to fight marauders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001417	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The flood festival set the farm community dancing and laughing, drinking and praising the gods. <actor> participated but felt little joy. <He/She> found <himself/herself> wanting to be alone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001418	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rested at home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001419	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A fever overcame <actor>, and days later <he/she> survived it. A few others had to be buried.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001420	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The spell passed, and <he/she> rejoined the revelry.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001421	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drank more beer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001422	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A day later, <actor> died of sudden sickness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001423	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> died suddenly, from a mysterious ailment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001424	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The party picked up, and <actorP> spirit revived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001425	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> watched the merrymaking from a distance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001426	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> had known these people all <his/her> life, but on that day they were strangers. Still, they struck <him/her> as good people.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001427	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After watching, bile rose in <his/her> gullet. <actor> purged <his/her> unexplained but recognized sense of guilt beneath a date palm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001428	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited the river temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001429	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The feasting there was more colorful, louder, and tightly crowded. <actor> had a vision of sameness, as if everyone in and around the city were already shadows of the dead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001430	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the throng of revelers there. <He/She> stared at the river, looking for a sign that never came.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001431	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wandered deserted work districts of the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001432	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Thugs assaulted <him/her>, and <actor> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001433	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Thugs assaulted <him/her> and broke <his/her> <arm|leg>. It healed crookedly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001434	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was battered by thugs scouring unattended areas of the city, during the annual flood festival.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001435	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was not entirely deserted. Those too old or too feeble listened to the distant revelry. <actor> spoke with a few of them about their lives. The city was not as glorious as <he/she> had imagined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001436	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke with folks too old or feeble to attend the annual flood festival.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001438	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Heat from the high sun forced a break. <actor> wiped <his/her> face. <He/She> found shade next to <target>, who was eating a handful of pistachios.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefL001439	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> envied a handful of pistachios.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001440	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked to taste one.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001441	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> rebuffed <him/her>. "One is worth a day's work!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001442	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Sure." <He//She> shared one.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001443	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reported <him//her> for theft.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001444	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master farmer's wife rewarded <actor> for catching a theft from the main house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001445	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was rewarded for reporting a thief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001446	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually vindicated, target hated <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001447	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> falsely claimed that <target> had stolen the master farmer's food.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001448	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked where <he//she> got them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001449	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> replied, "My lover in the farmer's household gave them to me."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001450	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> just laughed!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001451	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored <him//her>, curled up, and took a nap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001452	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> awoke to find one nut waiting on a poplar leaf.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001453	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> awoke when the field boss called for everyone. The day's work continued.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001455	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While the older children ferried straw for making mud bricks, the younger ones kicked a gourd across the dirt. One accidentally kicked it into <actorP> face!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001456	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told an older child, "Mind the young ones or find a hag to manage them."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001457	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The older one joined the children, bringing a fresh gourd. She started the next game away from <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001458	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An elderly woman was fetched. She told the children a long fable about how Jackal was humiliated by Lion's cubs. <actorP> ears burned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001459	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swatted one of them. It didn't matter which.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001460	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> brought <his/her> child back to <actor> at the end of the day, for another smack.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001461	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> kicked <actor> for being too lenient to <his/her> child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001462	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threw the gourd far away, otherwise ignoring them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001463	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The children moved to play in that direction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001464	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The children disbanded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001465	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> crushed the gourd and growled menacingly at the young children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001466	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They fled shrieking.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001467	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In separate instances, two more gourds struck <actor> that day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001468	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took time away from work to play with them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001469	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The field boss had <him/her> beaten.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001471	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The night sky was filled with stars. Fires from homes and camps couldn't fade their brilliance. <actor> found <his/her> <wife/husband> staring up at them. <He/She> seemed mesmerized, stepping slowly towards the dark.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001472	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned, "It's not safe to stray from the fires."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001473	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<She/He> replied, "I'll return home soon." <actor> let her <her/him> be.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001474	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> wandered farther, lost in the sky. <She/He> came running back, a ferocious dog in chase. Together they stopped it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001475	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <her/him>, "Storytellers claim they recorded their tales upon the stars before there were clay tablets."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001476	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<She/He> replied, "Priests claim the stars send messages from heaven. Are storytellers then gods?" They shared a laugh.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001477	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <his/her> <wife/husband> shared a beautiful night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001478	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> complained, "I'm <hungry/bored>."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001479	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No little bitterness grew between them, from that night forward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001480	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered <his/her> <wife/husband> when <he/she> scoffed at a beautiful night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001481	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> put an arm around <him//her> and looked up.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001482	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	From that night, love blossomed between <actor> and <spouse>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001483	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A beautiful night opened new intimacies between <actor> and <his/her> <wife/husband>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001484	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That night they conceived one who survived until childhood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001485	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	On a particularly beautiful night, <actor> and <spouse> conceived a child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001486	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led <him//her> away from the fires, bringing a cloak to lay on the ground.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001487	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	From that night, love blossomed between <actor> and <spouse>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001488	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A beautiful night opened new intimacies between <actor> and <his/her> <wife/husband>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001489	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were savaged by a pack of dogs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001491	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> told <actor> about a cheap alabaster house idol <he//she> bought to watch for evil. Its eyes were like great moons watching from a triangle's peak.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefL001492	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> fussed over a common house idol.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001493	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <him//her> that <he/she> would buy two.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001494	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> acted disappointed. "You're too poor to buy one and too rich to envy mine."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001495	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> snickered. "How foolish! Two would simply stare at each other."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001496	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned, "If it doesn't keep both eyes on your children, it'll end up broken."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001497	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> laughed, then sneered and grunted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001498	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> sneered, "I told mine, if the idol breaks, their limbs will break."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001499	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> says, "I hear marble is better than alabaster, but you're lucky it's not sandstone."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001500	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> shook <his//her> fist at <actor> and ignored <him/her> for a day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001501	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> scoffed, "That's superstitious nonsense spread by priests! My ancestors kept a snake in a cage to ward evil from their homes."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001502	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> traded <his//her> idol for <actorP> snake. <actor> suppressed <his/her> grin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001503	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> scoffed right back. "Is that how you learned to crawl on your belly?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001504	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <target> was away at work, <actor> broke the statue.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001505	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> blamed <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001506	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> broke a statue that <target> had gloated about, angering <him//her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001507	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> never suspected.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001509	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> retired from the midday heat. Their home was a thatched framework leaning against a mud wall. Inside, they found a snake had crept among their few things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001510	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They appealed to the snake spirit to send it away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001511	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A long time later, the snake slithered back out under a cooler sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001512	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The snake remained unperturbed. <actor> and <target> sought another place to build a new shelter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001513	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They killed it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001514	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <actor> impaled the snake on a pole, <target> shrieked at <him/her> for offending the snake spirit!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001515	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> upset <his/her> <husband/wife> for offending an animal spirit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001516	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> enjoyed a delicious treat before their midday nap together.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001517	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They drove it out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001518	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> poked it with sticks until it left the shelter's shade.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001519	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They tried to capture the snake for a house charm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001520	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A tiny mistake of <his/her> hands got them bitten. While not deadly, the injury slightly crippled <actorP> hands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001521	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was injured by a snake and lost some skill.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001522	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> caught the reptile between two baskets. They tied them together into a crude cage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001523	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> caught a snake and learned more about their ways.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001525	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The children silenced their hunger, but lean years drew their cheeks in. The soil was turning salty, and wheat stalks were thin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001526	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went into debt to purchase a milking animal that could eat common weeds and grasses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001527	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to pay the debt by renting the animal to clear brush for a fruit tree grower. The children survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001528	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to buy a milking goat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001529	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Years of struggling failed to pay the debt, and the debt owner took a child into slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001530	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To pay the debt to buy a goat, a child was sold into slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001531	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged the priests for supplemental food.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001532	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests had no food to give. The youngest died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001533	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During a famine, when temple stores of grain were low, the youngest child died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001534	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests opened their granaries to display the bounty of the river god. They rationed just enough to keep folk alive, while sacrificing much to the gods and their own stomachs. This time, the children survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001535	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the field boss for extra work for the whole family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001536	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boss convinced the master farmer to build additional drainage ditches.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001537	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Once they were dug, the farmer brought his family and workers to the sky god's temple, to pray for rain. Only extra water could wash away the salt. Yet rain did not come, and a child died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001538	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A child died during a series of lean, dry years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001539	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master farmer instructed the boss to plant barley. This crop managed to survive the soil's saltiness. <actorP> children were spared for a time, but the soil grew saltier every decade.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001540	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The arable soil in the local area was gradually becoming saltier.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001541	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole food when he thought it was safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001542	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught and executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001543	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed for stealing food during a famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001544	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> didn't steal so often as to get caught. This time, the children survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001545	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> couldn't steal enough without risking capture and likely execution. The youngest died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001546	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A child died during a series of lean, dry years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001548	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suspected that <target> had been secretly milking <his/her> goat. The animal was a good milker until recently.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001549	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave the goat to the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001550	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests appreciated the gift. They mercifully offered it to the river god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001551	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sacrificed <his/her> goat after it stopped making milk.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001552	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest declared the goat was cursed! For offending the river god, they had <actor> forcibly ejected from the temple. A gash across <his/her> chin later healed into a jagged scar.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001553	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> became scarred on <his/her> chin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001554	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole from <target>, to get revenge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001555	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found a perfect moment and the perfect item.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001556	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole something from <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001557	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> caught <actor> in the act of theft and beat <him/her>, earning <actor> a jagged scar.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001558	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> became scarred on <his/her> chin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001559	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to catch <target> in the act.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001560	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After days of careful watching, <actor> decided the goat had gone dry. <He/She> butchered it and invited <target> to join the feast. They got along better thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001561	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invited <target> to a feast after the milk goat went dry. Good will sprang up between them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001562	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Soon thereafter, <actor> noticed one of <targetP> children sneaking away with a cloth-covered wooden bucket.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001563	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Following, <actor> caught the child handing <target> the fresh, warm milk. A complaint to the farm boss evicted <targetP> family from the fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001564	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had <targetP> family expelled from the fields, for theft.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001565	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confronted <target> with <his/her> suspicions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001566	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> became enraged and attacked <actor>. They scuffled until others dragged them apart. Thereafter, the goat produced milk reliably once more, but <actor> was left with a jagged scar.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001567	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> became scarred on <his/her> chin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001568	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> shook <his/her> head and denied wrongdoing. However, two days later, the goat produced milk reliably once more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001569	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accused <target> before their field boss.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001570	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The field boss evicted both families from the farmer's employ. Weeks passed before <actor> found work on another farm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001571	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family and <targetP> family were cast out of their jobs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001572	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The field boss evicted <actor> and <his/her> family from the farmer's employ. Weeks passed before they found work on another farm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001573	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family was cast out of their jobs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001574	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The field boss evicted <target> and <his/her> family from the farmer's employ.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001575	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had <targetP> family expelled from the fields, for theft.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001577	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A storyteller arrived at the farm and worked alongside for the afternoon. He told jokes and invited all to hear more that night. Laborers and the master farmer's family gathered to hear news and tales.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001578	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Providing food for the teller was expected. <actor> stayed home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001579	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, nobody mentioned <actorP> absence, but the other workers whispered and snickered about what they had heard whenever <actor> was around.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001580	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> joined the gathering for a short parable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001581	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When man first used nets to steal large numbers of fish from the river, Trout promised to teach how to make food from dirt if man would eat less fish.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001582	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Trout showed man how to water and nurture plants. But Trout later cursed man's fields with salt. Though each man ate less fish, men grew so numerous more fish were taken than before!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001583	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> listened to how the fish spirit taught man to farm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001584	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stayed at the gathering to hear a long tale.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001585	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Ten of our ancestors ago, farms were smaller but crops were more reliable. Tribes from the far hills constantly raided the farmer's crops and the people remained poor. Then a hero arose who banded the farmers together and trained them to fight. He led them to a great victory that sundered the hill tribes, but he died in the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001586	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To this day, you'll find his monument in the center of town, beside the great temple of the sky god. The city grew because of his victory. With the reavers scattered, merchants and craftsmen visited. Some settled. Laborers proliferated. The priests kept things just.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001587	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Riches flowed from the fields and from afar, and large houses and shops sprang up. The first walls were erected to protect this wealth from new, hungry tribes that settled in the hills. But the farmers who made our city possible caretake the true treasure, fecund earth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001588	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid to hear the epic tale of how <his/her> city rose from the farms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001589	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave a story back to the teller.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001590	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Once, when <actor> entered the city on an errand for the field boss, <he/she> was stopped by slaves bearing a rich woman in her litter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001591	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman asked <actor>, with disdainful amusement, whether all farmers were as dirty as <he/she>. <actor> replied, "Are all city folk so above the land, they fear to touch it?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001592	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The storyteller claimed that this attitude of the wealthy had become more common in recent generations. Luckily, tradesmen still treated laborers as their brothers. Their common dealings with the wealthy should ground such foolishness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001593	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the storyteller about an incident <he/she> had with a foolish city dweller.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001595	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When famine came, <actor> watched the children wither like spring shoots in baked sand.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001596	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The toll would be great for farm workers, but they knew many ways to scrabble sustenance from the earth. People in the city could eat neither clay nor gold.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001597	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took to hunting, leaving the family to cover for <his/her> absence at the farm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001598	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One time, <he/she> did not return.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001599	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The occasional fowl or varmint kept their bellies from swelling. This time, the children survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001600	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent the family out every day to scrounge edible weeds and bugs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001601	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was a fight between desperate diggers. The oldest child got involved and was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001602	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The youngest child grew to like the crunch and juice of <beetles|cicadas|roaches|crickets|centipedes|locusts>. This time, the children survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001603	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged the priests for supplemental food.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001604	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests had no food to give. The youngest died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001605	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During a famine, when temple stores of grain were low, the youngest child died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001606	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests opened their granaries to display the bounty of the river god. They rationed just enough to keep folk alive, while sacrificing much to the gods and their own stomachs. This time, the children survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001607	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the field boss for extra work for the whole family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001608	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boss convinced the master farmer to build additional drainage ditches.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001609	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Once they were dug, the farmer brought his family and workers to the sky god's temple, to pray for rain. Only extra water could wash away the salt. Yet rain did not come, and a child died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001610	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A child has died during a series of lean, dry years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001611	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master farmer instructed the boss to plant barley. This crop managed to survive the soil's saltiness. <actorP> children were spared for a time, but the soil grew saltier every decade.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001612	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The arable soil in the local area was gradually becoming saltier.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001614	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had heard the man was called, the generous boss. Occasionally he visited farm workers in secret and offered well paying work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001615	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He told <actor>, "Gangs in the city terrorize neighborhoods for money, and only the wealthy can hire guards. My friends and I wish to protect craftsmen for less, but they are wary. I would pay you to demonstrate the danger."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001616	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to form a gang of workers to raid the boss's gang.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001617	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His fellow workers were too afraid of the generous boss.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001618	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A traitor informed the generous boss of <actorP> plan. Men came in the night and killed <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001619	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Tales of grabbing the boss's ill-gotten riches convinced so many workers, they decimated the boss's gang, but their loot was spread thin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001620	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declined the generous boss's offer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001621	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men came in the night and beat <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001622	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused and asked fellow workers to do the same.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001623	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned those craftsmen about the generous boss's plan.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001624	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A traitor informed the generous boss. Men came in the night and killed <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001625	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The craftsmen pooled their valuables to hire guards who: attacked the boss's gang, looted them, had them arrested, and laughed at their executions. They then extorted the craftsmen for continued 'protection' payments.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001626	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> agreed to threaten the craftsmen and break some of their goods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001627	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One craftsman attacked him with a knife. <actor> barely survived the stab wounds, but the boss paid him anyway.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001628	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The craftsmen were convinced to pay for the generous boss's protection.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001629	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> agreed to break the craftsmen's goods but not to threaten them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001630	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The craftsmen remained resolute, and the boss did not pay <actor> anything.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001632	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hauling stones for the king's mausoleum weighed <actor> with thoughts of death and the gods, and of the hereafter. The living slave could hope to buy <his/her> freedom. Dead, would <actor> be bound to <his/her> master for eternity?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001633	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed <his/her> master for work away from tombs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001634	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master took <his/her> bribe but simply moved <actor> to a job outside the mausoleum.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001635	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to bribe <his/her> boss.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001636	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master sent <actor> to work on a monument glorifying the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001637	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed his boss to escape working on tombs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001638	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master refused <actorP> bribe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001639	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> approached the priest supervising the carving and painting of murals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001640	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest had the work boss whip <actor> for bothering him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001641	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest deigned to explain. In the afterlife, nothing changed. All were slaves to eternity. In the palace, the king's ministers considered themselves slaves. After death, a rich man could keep his servants if they were buried with him, but work was effortless. A free but poor man had nothing to do.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001642	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned about the fate of slaves in the afterlife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001643	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shared <his/her> thoughts with <target>, who labored beside <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001644	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> told <him/her> that the gods would punish those who questioned their fates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001645	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> enjoyed the excuse to slow the pace of work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001646	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took <his/her> thoughts home, every night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001647	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> slept restlessly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001648	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> eventually decided that matters of the gods should only be considered by <his/her> betters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001649	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shared <his/her> thoughts at  home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001650	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family brought <his/her> attention back to the living world.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001652	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cried upon the weights of silver and copper dotting the table. Too little! In their advancing years, <he/she> and <target> would never earn their freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001653	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> purchased <targetP> freedom anonymously.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001654	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master covered for <actor> by claiming he was freeing <target> as an atonement to the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001655	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> anonymously bought <targetP> freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001656	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <target> learned what <actor> had done, <he/she> was furious at <him/her> for wasting their savings!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001657	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered <target> by spending their savings to free <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001658	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After agonizing over it, <actor> stole from another slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001659	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Too late! <He/She> found out <target> had spent their money to free only <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001660	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> spent their money to buy <his/her> freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001661	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The victim was young, and foolish at hiding valuables. <actor> told <himself/herself> it was a lesson the man needed to learn. Even so, the amount was not enough to make a difference.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001662	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> stole from another slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001663	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught, and <his/her> hand was crippled as punishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001664	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught trying to steal from another slave. Punishment left <his/her> hand crippled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001665	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold <his/her> youngest child into slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001666	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The amount gained was not enough to buy <actorP> and <targetP> freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001667	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold one of <his/her> children into slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001668	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No one would buy the child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001669	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted whatever fate awaited them, as long as they were together.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001670	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As <his/her> health continued to decline and forced labor ravaged their sinews, both burdens eased in the presence of <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001672	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> finger traced the outline of the goddess of love carved into the mausoleum's wall. In the mural, she bore victory to the king against foreign enemies from the mountains. <actor> wanted to spit. Victory produced slaves, not love.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001673	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> snapped, "The priest supervising that mural will cut your finger off if he sees you desecrating the goddess!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001674	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned to work, helping <target> haul another block into the tomb.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001675	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> eventually ignored the flat carving.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001676	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> reported <actor> to the priest. He had them both whipped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001677	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> feuded about the image of a goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001678	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged the goddess's forgiveness. It was not a slave's place to touch her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001679	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Some of the bitterness <he/she> felt subsided.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001680	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> bitterness did not fade.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001681	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spit on the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001682	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was given 40 lashes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001683	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> roared and struck out at <actor>. They fought without mercy, until <target> lay dead. <actor> was arrested but punished only for desecrating the goddess. Onlookers claimed it had been self-defence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001684	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> killed <target>, who had attacked <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001685	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> roared and struck out at <actor>, killing her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001686	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> killed <actor> for desecrating the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001687	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That night, <actor> cut off the tip of <his/her> finger.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001688	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The finger swelled up terribly, and <actor> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001689	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> punished <himself/herself> for defiling the goddess, and <he/she> died from complications.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001690	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, <he/she> told <target> that touching the goddess had cursed his finger.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001692	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A priest taught free men and slaves the hymn that would be carved upon the stele they would raise. They were to repeat it while working. It was about the king's victory over the islands people.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001693	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had heard a different tale, where the king's army attempted to invade, but his boats were sunk. The line that annoyed <actor> most was, "Sea demons fled the king's challenge." The king was drinking wine in his palace when the army drowned, or in the hymn's version, "fought the sea to a calm."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001694	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> recited it slightly differently: "Sea demons farted at the king's challenge."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001695	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Snickering traveled around the workers. Some accepted the change. Those more cautious simply coughed at the word.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001696	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rallied slaves with a moment of anti-establishment humor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001697	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During the rest period, someone complained about <actor> to a priest. <He/She> was beaten for insulting the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001698	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stopped reciting the hymn after the priest left.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001699	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many others continued to recite it, but they didn't care whether <actor> did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001700	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked <target> if <he/she> had heard the other tale.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001701	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> told <him/her> that a survivor of the battle had claimed the islanders were so peaceful, the king came to believe they were weak.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001702	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> denounced <actorP> story and threatened to expose <his/her> lies to the priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001703	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bellowed the hymn out to earn the lost army favor with the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001704	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> kidded <him/her> for too much enthusiasm. Others turned their embarrassment into plain insults.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001705	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> annoyed <his/her> peers with zeal embarrassing to slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001706	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest commended <actor> with easier work that let <him/her> earn something on the side.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001707	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> concern for recent war dead was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001709	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> labored to remove waste wood and brick shards. Before the temple's construction, <actor> had heard of but not seen the goddess of fruit trees. Her hair flowed like willow fronds. She held a wide basket brimming with dates and figs and apples. Her expression of joyous freedom tied a knot in <actorP> stomach.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001710	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked a priest why this foreign goddess had been welcomed into the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001711	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Traders from the hills nation had collaborated to fund the temple. The priest mentioned the district where they lived and sold goods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001712	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest had the work boss whip <actor> for bothering him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001713	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> crammed refuse into nooks in the temple, to spite the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001714	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was discovered and punished. <He/She> had to crawl on <his/her> hands and knees and clean out every nook.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001715	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The hidden trash was discovered only after the temple had been consecrated. The expensive ceremony had to be performed again, but it was delayed until the foreign traders could raise enough funds.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001716	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> joked with other slaves that the goddess was a man pretending to be a woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001717	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Someone complained about <actor> to a priest. <He/She> was beaten for insulting the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001718	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Someone carved a beard on a depiction of the goddess in one of the back rooms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001719	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the goddess to ease <his/her> labors during the temple's construction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001720	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was given a variety of tasks, from light to strenuous. <He/She> gave credit to the fruit goddess for the light tasks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001722	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> announced the name of <his/her> newest child, "The King Was Mighty with the Gift of the Storm God's Thunderbolts."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001723	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To outdo <target>, <actor> considered what to name <his/her> next child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001724	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> decided that "The King Whose Wine Made Gods Drunk" was the wrong message for children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001725	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> decided that "The King for Whom Earthquakes Were a Dance, Thunder Was a Song, and Tornados Were Sneezes" lacked a certain something.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001726	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought with <target> for stealing <his/her> idea.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001727	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were separated when it looked like one might kill the other.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001728	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> brawled viciously with <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001729	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> killed <actor> by accident.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001730	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed by accident in a fight with <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001731	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> congratulated <target> for sacrificing a child to the king's glory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001732	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> felt insulted by the insincere-sounding congratulations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001733	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accidentally insulted <target> over <his/her> new child's name.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001734	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> thanked <actor> for <his/her> warm words.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001735	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> bonded over the naming of a child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001736	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept <his/her> opinion private and wished good health to <targetP> child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001737	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> thanked <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001739	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A youth stood in a square opposite the monument <actor> labored to erect. He or she often watched the slaves work. An anklet of lapis and silver beads marked the youth above laborers and tradesmen. An elderly man approached him or her and threatened with a stick. His loincloth was mottled and ragged.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001740	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rushed over to help.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001741	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boy thought a second person had come to attack him, and he ran away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001742	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old man sat down in the shade, behind where the boy had stood. He pulled a wooden bowl from between two mud bricks. <actor> fetched water for his bowl.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001743	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The girl shrieked for help. She saw <actor> approach and yelled louder.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001744	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took the stick away from the old man and threatened him with it. Guards grabbed <actor> and threw <him/her> into the dirt. They released <him/her> when the girl called them midges among meadowlarks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001745	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> pointed out the situation to other slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001746	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They watched the youth kick the old man. He stumbled backwards and fell. He did not get up. The youth strode away like a bored cat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001747	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The youth's voice pierced the busy square. She screeched for a guard to help her!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001748	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man swatted the girl aside and sat down in the shade behind where she had stood. He pulled a bowl from between two mud bricks. <actor> remembered having seen him but had ignored him for being more lowly than a slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001749	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rushed over to help the old man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001750	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The girl shrieked for help. <actor> stood between them and tried to explain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001751	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man wanted to sit in the shade behind her. He kept his begging bowl there. The girl quieted and instantly looked away from them. She walked away holding her nose.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001752	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued with <his/her> work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001753	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Shouts and screams erupted. Guards arrived. They left dragging the old man's body away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001754	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	None of it mattered to <actor>. The youth was higher caste, and the beggar was below even <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001756	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	New slaves were marched into the city. They were payment from the desert nation. The king had made a treaty. In exchange for slaves, desert traders had gained safe passage to the hills nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001757	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	More slaves would make it harder for <actor> to earn enough to buy <his/her> freedom. <target> asked <actor> to join in harassing the new slaves on their first night in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001758	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested giving them a good scare.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001759	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	From behind the wall where the new slaves rested, they pretended to be servants of gods known to hate desert dweller gods. They shouted for them to pray for their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001760	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They did not learn how the slaves reacted, but they had a good time drinking and howling threats in the names of gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001761	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They bribed the guards to add them to the new slaves' ranks. The guards would then pretend to kill them. <actor> was killed by accident.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001762	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed by accident while harassing slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001763	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested breaking a few of the new heads.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001764	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They bribed guards to let them into the compound, and they pummeled the exhausted new slaves. A few died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001765	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They fought their way past guards and grabbed weapons. Before they realized it, they had slaughtered nearly half of the new slaves. They were all executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001766	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was executed for participating in a riot.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001767	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested poisoning their water.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001768	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They bribed guards to let them urinate in the new slaves' water vessels.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001769	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The guards caught them pouring hemlock into the new slaves' water vessels. They were sentenced to sixty lashes, and <target> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001770	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The guards caught them pouring hemlock into the new slaves' water vessels. They were sentenced to sixty lashes, and <actor> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001771	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught trying to poison new slaves, and <he/she> died from a whipping.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001772	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001773	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> called <him/her> a desert dog lover, to the other slaves <he/she> had assembled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001774	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered other slaves for not sharing their hatred.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001775	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> refusal angered <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001776	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered <target> for not sharing <his/her> hatred.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001778	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A storyteller visited the compound. Masters and slaves gathered after supper to hear him. The master's family sat in front. Slaves stood a respectful distance behind them. The visitor told stories and jokes, and gave news of neighboring towns and villages.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001779	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> joined the gathering for a short parable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001780	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was a king in a far land who trod upon the heads of his people. Wherever he went, his guards forced citizens to be his paving stones. Not everyone was strong enough, especially as the king grew fat. He learned to shift his weight at the snap of a neck, usually snapping more as he sprang to new heads.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001781	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One day, the king's subjects refused to bear him. The king ordered his men to cut off their heads so that he might pass on their shoulders. This the citizens promised to allow if they could keep their heads. The king agreed, and he was praised for his wisdom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001782	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> heard a storyteller's short parable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001783	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stayed at the gathering to hear a long tale.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001784	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Weep for the hero, Arellus. If my tale brings nothing to your eyes, then your master's bread was broken for naught. Like bread, Arellus sprang from the storm god's seed and the harvest goddess's furrows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001785	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She bore Arellus to save villagers from raiders. His birth cry was a battle cry. His flailing slaughtered the raiders. Then, upon their warm pile, he slept. The villagers braved waking him, to bury the dead. Nursing women raised him until Arellus could singlehandedly plow a field in a day. Harvests were plentiful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001786	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Tax collectors told the king, of a village that could feed a city. He was not impressed. They told him of an infant who defeated barbarians. He summoned Arellus the next day. The king gave him a bronze spear. Arellus marched to war, kneaded by rain and roasted by sun. He defeated nations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001787	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Foreign kings shook with fear. They allied and struck, from east and north and west and south. In a panic, uncertain where to send his hero, the king ordered the four fastest horses to be tied to Arellus's limbs. Ripped asunder, each was dragged to a separate battle, lifeless. The four ends of Arellus were pecked by crows, for the custom is to bury only that which is whole.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001788	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> listened to a storyteller's tale of a hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001789	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave a story back to the teller.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001790	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I was hauling stones at a temple construction dedicated to the foreign goddess of beekeepers. One mason claimed that when he set a stone in place, the goddess buzzed. I strained my ears the next time he spread mortar and laid a stone, but I could not hear it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001791	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"He laughed and berated me, 'Of course you can't, not until the temple is ready to accept your sacrifice. But,' he said, 'I come from her cities in the hills, and I have worshiped her all my life.'	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001792	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I laughed right back. Only a dumb foreigner would worship bees when his livelihood was with stone."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001793	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave a story to a wandering storyteller.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001795	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the early morning, <actor> and <target> were fishing. To pass the time between bites, they argued about their betters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefL001796	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> argued about their betters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001797	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> related tales of times long past, when everyone used to work the same tasks. "Is man really so different now?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001798	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> scoffed, "Just look at the savage tribes, to know what we have overcome." <actor> thought, "...with work that breaks donkeys."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001799	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> nodded. "Of course not! We drink the same water and relieve it in the same way, only in different receptacles."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001800	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was angry. "Why should they have such ease and riches, while we burn our muscles?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001801	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> thought aloud, "Some burn their eyes, like the scribes who spend decades to learn all the different scratches. Otherwise, I agree with you."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001802	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> raged in agreement. The next day, he was whipped for stealing pottery plates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001803	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <target>, "Someday, my children will be noble men and women."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001804	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> laughed, "Perhaps, if they learn to wipe the dung from their ears!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001805	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> glared, growled, "The gods decide who is fit for work and who for ease."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001806	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> complained, "City folk boast their superiority, but they are morally corrupt. Their children will destroy all that is civil."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001807	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> chuckled, "And our children will pick up the pieces and start again."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001808	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> shook <his/her> head. "My grandmother was born from a rich man and a poor woman. Her mother warned the same thing."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001810	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the smell. Another poor freeman's hut had erupted in flame. Shouts through a trumpet promised that <he/she> was mistaken. Slaves in the master's compound hurried their families from their quarters fearfully.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001811	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fields were on fire. Every human able to dig or cut or haul jugs raced out of the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001812	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ransacked a different slave's quarters in the compound.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001813	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was accused by a slave who had probably stayed behind for similar purpose. Before the master could be told, the victims of <his/her> theft beat <actor> to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001814	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to steal from other slaves while they were out of the city fighting fires in the fields, but <he/she> was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001815	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> stored the valuables in a cracked amphora outside the master's warehouse and, after the fires had died, recovered and sold them over time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001816	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole from slaves while they were fighting fire in the fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001817	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took care that family members were not trampled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001818	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They worked for two days without sleep. Some of the slave children sickened and died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001819	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were able to spare many fields from disaster. There was no famine that year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001820	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> raced ahead, hoping to grab a shovel or hoe before they were taken.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001821	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> got into a fight with a free man over a wooden maul. Later, the man was sentenced to slavery, and <actor> was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001822	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Too eager to fight fires in the fields, <actor> got into a fight with a free man. After the emergency, <actor> was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001823	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> initiative and drive to combat the fire was remembered by a grateful farm owner. He bought <his/her> freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001824	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A farmer bought <actorP> freedom, grateful for <his/her> help in leading the fight against fire in his fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001825	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept <his/her> family at the back of the crowd.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001826	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> master penalized <actor> for slothfulness during an emergency.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001827	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> master penalized <actor> for slothfulness when fire had to be fought in the fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001829	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An aristocrat's steward took control of the farm that owned the flock <actor> drove. The farmer had been accused of murdering his wife. She had lost the farm while he was called to war, but he was acquitted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001830	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was certain the farmer had killed her but thought acquittal was just. Now the farmer worked for a minion of the man who had taken his farm, a punishment worse than death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001831	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed it was <his/her> fault the farm had been lost.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001832	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confessed to the farmer one night. <He/She> had demanded unpaid wages from the farm wife, who then went into debt to pay <actor> and other workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001833	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer raged at <actor> and killed <him/her>. This time he was executed for murder.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001834	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confessed to contributing to a farmer's loss of his property. The farmer killed <actor> in a rage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001835	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confessed to the farmer one night. <He/She> had demanded unpaid wages from the farm wife, who then went into debt to pay <actor> and other workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001836	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer proved penitent. He did not blame <actor> but covertly put valuables from the farm into <actorP> possession.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001837	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confessed to contributing to a farmer's loss of his property. The farmer consoled <him/her> with a gift.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001838	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed it was the farmer's fault for losing the farm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001839	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One night, while drunk, <actor> confronted the farmer. If he had been a good warrior, he would have won enough loot to pay his wife's debt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001840	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer raged at <actor> and killed <him/her>. This time he was executed for murder.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001841	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> humiliated a farmer for returning from war without loot. The farmer killed <actor> in a rage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001842	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One night <actor> confronted the farmer. If he had been a good warrior, he would have won enough loot to pay his wife's debt. Instead of killing <actor>, the farmer told him the truth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001843	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ruling aristocrats had called insufficient warriors to attack a city. They wanted to lose in order to make loans to the warrior's wives. He had blamed his wife for falling into their trap, but now he was desolate for having fallen into a worse trap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001844	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For vengeance, the farmer covertly gave valuables from the farm to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001845	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For vengeance, an ex-farmer covertly gave valuables from the farm to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001846	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed the aristocrat had cleverly stolen the farm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001847	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One night, <actor> told the farmer he had been fooled by the aristocrats. They had trapped him and other warriors into a deliberate defeat. Their purpose was to drive the wives of warriors to take loans from them, which warriors without loot could not repay, except with their land and valuables and freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001848	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer went into a rage and killed his master, the aristocrat's steward. He blamed it on <actor>, who was wrongly executed for the crime.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001849	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was falsely accused of killing an aristocrat's steward. <He/She> was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001850	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One night, <actor> told the farmer he had been fooled by the aristocrats. They had trapped him and other warriors into a deliberate defeat. Their purpose was to drive the wives of warriors to take loans from them, which warriors without loot could not repay, except with their land and valuables and freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001851	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer went into a rage and killed his master, the aristocrat's steward. <actor> was able to purloin several valuables from the farm before a new steward was appointed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001852	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole valuables after a farmer had been arrested for killing an aristocrat's steward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001853	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided not to concern <himself/herself> with the matter thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001854	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the farmer learned that <actor> had demanded unpaid wages from the farm wife, he went into a new rage and killed <actor>. His wife had gone into debt to pay <him/her> and other workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001855	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This time the farmer was executed for murder.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001856	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A farmer decided that <actor> had contributed to the loss of the farmer's property. He killed <actor> in a rage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001857	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer was eventually convicted of murdering the aristocrat's steward. <actor> acquired several valuables from the farm before a new steward was appointed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001858	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole valuables after a farmer had been arrested for killing an aristocrat's steward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001860	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was the largest number of sheep <actor> had ever led to market. Their owner had thinned the herd until it was nearly unsustainable, to pay rent on the land for his crops.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001861	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The land's owner, a rich city-dweller represented by his local steward, had recently changed the rent from a share of the crops to a fixed sum of money. Complaints echoed in the valleys, as the new scheme became the norm throughout the empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001862	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The market swarmed with sheep, due to a weak harvest. The price for ewes and rams plunged. <actor> had not brought enough to pay the farmer's rent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001863	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> got the best price <he/she> could for the sheep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001864	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> took advantage of an inexperienced buyer. <actor> earned almost as much as the farmer had anticipated. The farmer accused <him/her> of thievery and beat <actor>. Later, after verifying the situation, the farmer apologized, but cut <his/her> pay anyway.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001865	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A change in how land was rented forced <actor> to accept less pay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001866	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They ended up selling at a ruinous price. <actor> had to find other work for the rest of the year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001867	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A change in how land was rented forced <actor> to find other work temporarily.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001868	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent word to the farmer for instructions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001869	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The price of sheep fell further, while <he/she> waited. They ended up selling at a ruinous price. <actor> had to find other work for the rest of the year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001870	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A change in how land was rented forced <actor> to find other work temporarily.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001871	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was instructed to return the sheep. The farmer eventually traded the sheep for seed the next spring. Until then, the farm's community nearly starved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001872	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A change in how land was rented brought near-starvation to <actorP> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001873	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned the sheep to the farmer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001874	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer fired <him/her>. <actor> struggled to find work when sheep were being culled in droves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001875	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A change in how land was rented forced <actor> to find work elsewhere.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001876	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer eventually traded the sheep for seed the next spring. Until then, the farm's community nearly starved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001877	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A change in how land was rented brought near-starvation to <actorP> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001878	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to convince other shepherds to limit sales.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001879	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> promised them higher prices if they sold smaller lots over the next few months. Enough agreed to force a consensus, with fists and staves in a couple of cases.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001880	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced shepherds eager to sell to limit sales for higher profits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001881	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The price of sheep fell further, while worried shepherds ignored <his/her> words. They ended up selling at a ruinous price. <actor> had to find other work for the rest of the year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001882	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A change in how land was rented forced <actor> to find other work temporarily.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001884	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"There will be more grass next year," <actor> told the sheep. Meadows were harder to find. They suffered from overgrazing. The farmer had begun to plant olive and some grape instead of grain, which allowed grazing on the fields. Although the new crops were worth far more, those trees and vines needed up to 15 years for mature production. How would <actor> survive, if the new crops failed?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001885	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took the sheep far into the mountains and returned every spring, until the crops were established.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001886	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Wildlife took a terrible toll on the flock, and the farmer rightfully docked <actor> for the losses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001887	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> exploited meadows in dangerous areas of the province, and <his/her> flock suffered serious losses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001888	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Bandits struck, stealing the flock and killing <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001889	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> exploited meadows in dangerous areas of the province, and <he/she> was killed by bandits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001890	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> discovered safe places of forage the flock could return to each year. The flock thrived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001891	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> exploited meadows in dangerous areas of the province, but <he/she> kept the flock safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001892	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped the farmer to nurture the new crops.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001893	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were able to establish them successfully in the old fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001894	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Uncommon cold and drought killed the new crops, and the farmer failed to pay the landowner. <actor> struggled to find work elsewhere.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001895	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> left shepherding to help the farmer establish trade crops, but ended up losing work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001896	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worried more about acquiring grain when many farmers changed their fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001897	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invested the family savings into a grain importer and made good profits over time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001898	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invested in grain imports as field were replanted with trade crops. <He/She> profited considerably.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001899	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost the family savings, investing prematurely in imported grain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001900	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invested in grain imports as field were replanted with trade crops, but local production continued to be cheaper for the next few years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001901	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer accused <actor> of negligence after several losses to the flock. <actor> struggled to find work elsewhere.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001902	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invested in grain imports as field were replanted with trade crops. <He/She> worried so much, <his/her> shepherding suffered, and <actor> was fired.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001904	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> could hardly wait for the tax collector to arrive at the village. <His/Her> feud with <target> had begun when three sheep went missing. A pack of dogs had unearthed cooked bones near <targetP> hovel.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001905	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No aristocrats lived near the village. The only legal judge would be the tax-collector. <actor> prepared <his/her> case against <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001906	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Again, <actor> pretended a sheep was stolen, this time to bribe the tax collector.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001907	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a verdict of guilty, <actor> moved the family into <targetP> superior hovel. On a dark night <he/she> moved the smoked mutton.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001908	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> falsely accused a neighbor of theft, to get <his/her> home as a reward by an aristocrat acting in his judicial capacity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001909	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sold into slavery for attempted bribery. Coins from <his/her> sale jingled in the tax collector's pouch.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001910	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sold into slavery for attempting to bribe an aristocrat acting in his judicial capacity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001911	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had someone watch <targetP> family, to see where they hid the meat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001912	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was found hanging in a cousin's attic. The tax collector awarded <targetP> hovel to <actor> but kept the cousin's house for himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001913	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proved before an aristocrat, acting in his judicial capacity, that <target> had stolen sheep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001914	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No meat was ever discovered, and <target> was acquitted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001915	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accused <target> of stealing meat, but failed to find sufficient evidence for the aristocrat acting in his judicial capacity. <target> hated <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001916	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed one of <targetP> children to tell where the meat was hidden.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001917	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The child convinced <actor> of <his/her> mistake. <actor> gave gifts to <target> to make amends.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001918	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After making a false accusation, <actor> begged for and earned <targetP> forgiveness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001919	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided the facts available were sufficient to win <his/her> case.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001920	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tax collector agreed with <actor>, but decided against compensation. <target> was sold into slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001921	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was sentenced to slavery for theft, by a tax collector acting in his judicial capacity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001923	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A ram's horn sounded far away. Its urgency was not hindered by distance. Did an army come, a tribe of barbarians, or would it be bandits?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001924	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled far into the mountains with <his/her> flock and family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001925	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They met with bandits also fleeing the invaders. <actor> was killed helping <his/her> family to escape them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001926	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled from invaders into the clutches of bandits and was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001927	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They survived the terrible carnage and aftermath. Survivors of the flock's owner rewarded <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001928	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> saved flock and family from invaders and was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001929	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although unskilled at shield, spear, and blade, <actor> joined a gathering of tradesmen warriors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001930	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several aristocrats arrived, but they made no difference. The enemy killed and enslaved many citizens. <actor> died from <his/her> wounds, days after the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001931	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> died helping local warriors defend their homes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001932	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Aristocrat warriors failed to arrive, yet the lower class militia, trained upon reaching adulthood, defeated the invaders. <actor> shared in the spoils.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001933	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to defeat invaders and shared in the spoils.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001934	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> raced to notify land stewards, to plead for absent aristocrats to return with their armor and horses that had established their power over lower castes long ago.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001935	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The stewards told <him/her> they lived too far to return in time to help.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001936	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Some of the stewards joined the fight in their masters' armor, but the victory was won by local warriors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001937	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A summons went out, but too few of the elite forces arrived. The invaders conquered and plundered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001938	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Invaders plundered the land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001939	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to shadow the invaders, hoping to spy on their forces.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001940	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught and killed by scouts in the enemy's army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001941	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While attempting to spy on an invading army, <actor> was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001942	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned with useful information for local warriors defending the land. The enemy defeated them anyway, but <actor> managed to escape.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001943	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned with useful information for local warriors defending the land. <actor> did not learn whether it had made a difference, but they defeated the invaders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001944	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spied on invaders, which aided in their defeat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001946	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A story-singer arrived in the village. He brought news and tales from far away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001947	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> avoided the entertainer, suspecting him of thievery and decadence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001948	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The only evil mentioned of him was that he told more personal stories than classics.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001949	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired him to tell the family an epic tale.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001950	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Beware of women with fins! They sing fishermen to their deaths. Though sad their origin, begrudge them no sympathy, for their scaled tails were forged by greed!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001951	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"An island kingdom shunned war and embraced trade. Rivals called them cowards. Yet none refused them anchor. And the insult did not provoke, for to call women cowards means little. Yes, their kings were queens. Their priests were priestesses. Their men mixed freely among the women, sometimes painting and dressing themselves no differently. Their sea god boasted of their prosperity. His brother, god of storms who exemplifies the domination of man over woman, sent one man, a king from the peninsula north of the island to conquer its queens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001952	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"They fell not from weapons but desire. Fighting each other to possess his power, they tumbled into the sea. Cold waves broke their lust, and they swore never again to undermine their sex. For this, the sea god granted them breath of water. But too they swore vengeance upon men. So he cursed them with the backside of fish."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001953	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired a singer of heroic hexameter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001954	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired him for an hour's entertainment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001955	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"In the great cities I speak rarely to aristocrats, but along the road they tire of the view as easily as slaves. It is said the noble lords wear their great armor day and night. Usually, it is hung in a recess of their manors, undusted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001956	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"This I learned walking alongside a rich merchant, his carriage pulled by horses bred for war. 'And I suppose you think I sleep with my horse!' He laughed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001957	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I did think that, when I saw his wife. That night, after my songs, she secretly bade me to her tent, but I would rather have coupled with raccoons. Instead, come morning, I sang praises of her beauty until their slaves rolled on the earth, clutching convulsing bellies, desperate to not squeak! And the lord paid me in gold." The singer held up a single coin that evoked gasps from elders and silenced children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001958	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired a tale-singer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001959	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> eavesdropped at the expense of a farmer's family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001960	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> learned that the wisest man of the cities had forsworn wealth for knowledge. He walked the streets asking questions and inviting questions until truth was discovered through insight by his victim.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001961	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The singer said no sword was as sharp, nor spear as reaching, as this man's mind. Many proud men were humbled. Yet none were as humble or polite as this wise man, and for it, it was decided he must die.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001962	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His disciples splintered when the truths their questions found upset those of their master and each other. For certainly, the gods trick those who rely on instinct, changing the cosmos at random. Thus sons can better their fathers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001963	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A young man of the paying family caught <actor> and beat <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001964	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was beaten for eavesdropping on the farmer's family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001966	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> carved a shepherd's pipe. It kept the mind from contemplating the cold. Snow was falling. <He/She> couldn't remember a time when it had struck this low in the valley.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001967	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A man straggled into the shelter. <actor> recognized the novice priest by his robe despite the mud soaking it. He spoke. "An augury of the cow goddess, wife to the thunder god, has warned, 'Flocks in this valley will perish.'" He warmed himself before heading to the next shelter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001968	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the warning. Every winter a few flocks died, but plenty of food had been stored here.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001969	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	More flocks than usual died that winter while attempting to escape the valley.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001970	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001971	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible ice storm struck that winter. <actor> and the flock perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001972	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001973	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible ice storm struck one winter. <actor> and the flock perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001974	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drove the flock to their owner and told him the divine warning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001975	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before winter's full force struck, they were able to move ample food from the shelter to the lowlands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001976	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001977	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An ice storm stuck before they could bring sufficient food down from the shelter to the lowlands. Many sheep died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001978	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001979	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible ice storm struck one winter. Many sheep died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001980	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The owner urged <actor> to heed the priest's warning and take the flock out of the valley. By a miracle of the cow goddess, most of the flock survived the journey, only to die from starvation in the weeks that followed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001981	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001982	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While trying to save a flock of sheep from a bad omen, <actor> drove them into starvation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001983	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drove the flock to the next valley. There was no time to consult the owner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001984	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most of the flock died during the journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001985	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001986	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While trying to save a flock of sheep from a bad omen, <actor> drove them into deadly snows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001987	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By a miracle of the cow goddess, most of the flock survived the journey, only to die from starvation in the weeks that followed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001988	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001989	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While trying to save a flock of sheep from a bad omen, <actor> drove them into starvation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001990	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By a miracle of the cow goddess, most of the flock survived the journey, and winter forage was found.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001991	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001992	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> consulted with the oldest person within an hour's walk.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001993	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The elder was reminded of a winter so cold, ice fell from the sky for days. All of the flocks above a known landmark perished. <actor> and the flock's owner were able to move ample food from the shelter to the lowlands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001994	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001995	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The elder urged <actor> to heed the priest's warning and take the flock out of the valley. By a miracle of the cow goddess, most of the flock survived the journey, only to die from starvation in the weeks that followed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001996	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's body was found in the spring. He was buried with sincere honors for his sacrifice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001997	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While trying to save a flock of sheep from a bad omen, <actor> drove them into starvation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL001999	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Successive years grew plenty of straw for the flock. However, thin heads of grain and poor imports led to area-wide starvation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002000	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> abused <his/her> privilege of eating from the flock.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002001	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family survived on mutton, but the flock's decline cost <actor> work later in life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002002	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A famine forced <actor> to cull the flock in <his/her> charge, costing much, later in life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002003	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The owner fired <actor> and prevented him from finding work, while the family starved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002004	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible famine ravaged the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002005	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> collaborated with the flock's owner to weather the lean years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002006	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Everyone settled for less but managed to scrape by until other foods were available.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002007	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The flock wasn't sufficient for the combined extended families.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002008	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible famine ravaged the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002009	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> migrated to the town, hoping to find more food for the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002010	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found work as a carpenter, but <he/she> could not escape the famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002011	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During a famine, <actor> found work as a carpenter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002012	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many people swarming into town exacerbated the famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002013	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible famine ravaged the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002014	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family survived, but was reduced to begging.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002015	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A famine drove the family into town, where they became beggars.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002016	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drove flock and family high into the mountains, where game and other food might be.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002017	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were attacked by bandits. The flock was stolen and <actor> killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002018	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed by bandits during a famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002019	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was not enough to sustain the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002020	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible famine ravaged the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002021	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They managed to survive the famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002023	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent dogs against the woman and her children. Sores on the mother's face frightened <him/her> more than wolves. The dogs herded the plagued family back towards the lowlands. All week, lamentations echoed in the hills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002024	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A day later, <actor> noticed the flock's owner approaching, with his family. The wife was coughing and needed help walking.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002025	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned the owner to keep their sickness away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002026	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They retreated, but after sickness had left the land, the owner blamed his wife's death on <actor>. He dismissed <him/her>, and <actorP> family fell into poverty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002027	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The flock's owner blamed his wife's death on <actor> and dismissed <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002028	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The owner and his family all died. The state took possession of the sheep, except for the ones <actor> claimed had been stolen by starving refugees.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002029	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The flock's owners died from plague. <actor> kept a few sheep for <himself/herself> when the state took control of them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002030	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> moved <his/her> family out of the shelter and gave it to the flock owner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002031	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While searching for a new shelter, another shepherd sent his dogs against them. A child died from exposure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002032	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A child died from exposure while escaping a plague.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002033	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family moved into a shelter farther up the valley. Later, they discovered a body nearby.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002034	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family moved into a shelter farther up the valley. Sickness caught them after they discovered a body nearby.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002035	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A plague ravaged the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002036	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> relinquished the flock to their owner but told them to stay away from <his/her> shelter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002037	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Without milk or meat, their other food ran out quickly. Several of the family died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002038	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> abandoned the flock, escaping plague with <his/her> family. Starvation hunted them instead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002039	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hunger hunted them after <actorP> stores of food ran out. The owner spared some when his wife died. Despite that, one child starved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002040	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A child starved during a plague.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002041	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> welcomed them to join his family in the shelter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002042	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness eventually spread to <his/her> family. Many died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002043	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While aiding refugees from a plague, sickness struck <actorP> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002044	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually the sickness passed, and they buried the dead, including the farmer's wife. He rewarded them for their compassion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002045	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Compassion and good fortune during a plague earned a grateful reward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002047	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Farm workers killed several aristocrats in the nearest town, after their master's farm had been seized in a court action over which the aristocrats had presided. Reprisals from the closest city were sure to come. Villagers prepared to fight imperial troops.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002048	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drove the flock far from the village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002049	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Army scavengers found them and confiscated many sheep. The family fell into poverty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002050	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled a rebellion, but <his/her> flock was confiscated by the army. The family fell into poverty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002051	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family escaped fierce fighting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002052	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> joined the laborers and tradesmen determined to throw off the tyrannical yoke of greedy and powerful men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002053	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> died in battle against the imperial army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002054	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> died fighting the imperial army during a revolt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002055	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived various battles, but the revolt was crushed. <He/She> had trouble finding work again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002056	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost work after siding with rebellious farmers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002057	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought against the imperial army during a revolt, but work was hard to find afterwards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002058	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost work after siding with rebellious farmers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002059	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the flock's owner what he was going to do.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002060	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He wanted to remain neutral, but he fled with his family to the hills with <actor>. They survived the rebellion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002061	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He wanted <actor> to join him against the aristocrats. They might take his farm next. <actor> died in battle against the imperial army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002062	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> died fighting the imperial army during a revolt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002063	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He wanted <actor> to join him against the aristocrats. They might take his farm next. <actor> survived various battles, but the revolt was crushed. <He/She> had trouble finding work again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002064	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought against the imperial army during a revolt, but work was hard to find afterwards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002065	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to spy for the imperial troops.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002066	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They did not believe <him/her>. <He/She> was crucified as a spy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002067	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was crucified for being suspected as a spy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002068	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The information <actor> gathered helped the imperial troops to suppress the lower classes' revolt. <He/She> was rewarded but shunned thereafter by <his/her> peers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002069	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Spying for the empire against rebellious laborers and tradesmen earned <actor> a bit of coin and enduring suspicion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002071	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> asked <actor> to hide <his/her> son from the military. The law required all boys coming of age to enlist, but in the hills, far from villages, it was often ignored.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002072	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took the boy to apprentice him in the ways of shepherds, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002073	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He proved to be an apt learner and hard worker, and thrived in the open highlands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002074	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was paid to apprentice a boy, to save him from military duty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002075	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Someone informed the local guards, and <actor> was imprisoned for a year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002076	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was jailed for hiding a boy from the army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002077	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lectured <target> on the civic responsibility of citizens to protect their corner of the empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002078	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> convinced <target> it was the right thing to do. Years later, in a battle, <targetP> son saved <actorP> life. Their families grew close.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002079	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> only angered <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002080	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered a peer after lecturing <him//her> about enlisting <his//her> child with the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002081	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted payment to take the boy into the hills. <He/She> abandoned him there.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002082	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boy was never heard from again. <actor> avoided the village for years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002083	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> defrauded <target>, pretending to save <his/her> son from the army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002084	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boy learned to survive in the wilds with help from hunters and trappers. He returned to his family and they shunned <actor> ever after.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002085	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> abandoned <targetP> son to the wilds, which started a feud.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002086	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted responsibility for the boy. <He/She> took him to the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002087	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Years later, in a battle, <targetP> son saved <actorP> life. Their families grew close.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002088	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> son saved <actorP> life years after <actor> enlisted the boy with the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002089	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was incensed! <He/She> spread terrible rumors about <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002090	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered a peer after enlisting <his//her> child with the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002092	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One day, <actor> asked silently, "Do the gods wish me never to have children?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002093	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Would he remain unmarried?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002094	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He resigned himself to bachelorhood. The family line was to be borne by another branch.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002096	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The answer was immediately clear. He preferred to live among men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002097	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Having no children of his own, <actor> helped the children of close relatives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002098	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> eventually had a child for the sake of his parents and paid the woman to let him raise it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002099	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Perhaps he already had. <actor> did not concern himself with women who claimed it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002100	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He later found concern when an infant was sent to him by its maternal grandfather. The mother had died in childbirth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002101	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He wasn't in a hurry to marry. He questioned his destiny no further.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002102	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A friend reminded him of the unpredictable but natural supply of widows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002103	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not long thereafter, another woman tested his resolve.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002104	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Platonic love sufficed for all that <actor> wanted from love.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002105	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Having no children of his own, <actor> helped the children of close relatives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002106	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> eventually had a child for the sake of his parents and paid the woman to let him raise it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002108	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A couple of years ago, <actor> would have been considered ripe fruit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002109	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Would she remain unmarried?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002110	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No man ever picked her. The family line was to be borne by another branch.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002112	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She disliked attention from men and consistently rebuffed male advances.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002113	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did not live life unloving or unloved. However, no children came of it. She instead helped the children of close relatives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002114	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Platonic love sufficed for all that <actor> wanted from love.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002115	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did not live life unloving or unloved. She bore a child for her beloved but never informed the father.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002116	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	BearChild()	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002117	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She enjoyed living freely among men, but her family disowned her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002118	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There came children, over time. Most were left to her to raise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002119	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That she might be barren never occurred to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002120	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She bore a child, eventually.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002121	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A deadly rivalry flared up, and she was one of its victims.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002122	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She was in no hurry to marry. Although the chance of finding a mate had dwindled, <actor> dared to test providence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002123	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men who had proven their worth as mates occasionally lost their wives. She could wait.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002124	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not long thereafter, another man tested her resolve.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002125	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swore she would never have children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002126	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She never did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002127	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Platonic love sufficed for all that <actor> wanted from love.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002128	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Having no children of her own, <actor> helped the children of close relatives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002129	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> eventually had a child for the sake of her parents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002131	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The year's harvest was immense. Amphorae for storage were in desperate demand. <actor> traded the family savings for a potter's wheel. <He/She> hoped never to plow or weed again. But how to begin?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002132	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> practiced throwing pots with the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002133	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They grew hungrier and hungrier in a time of feasting. Their youngest nearly died, and in grief, <actor> marked <his/her> wares with eyes that reminded <him/her> of the child. The bold, unique design attracted unexpected interest. Even established potters copied it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002134	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They grew hungrier and hungrier in a time of feasting. Their youngest nearly died. Eventually, <his/her> skills improved and people actually paid for <his/her> pots. Other potters shunned <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002135	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> watched other potters ply their craft.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002136	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> skill grew, and just when the abnormal demand tailed off, the quality of <his/her> pots grasped enough sales and respect to insure continued business. One potter, however, vowed to avenge the theft of his designs!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002137	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> copied the farm's existing pottery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002138	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master farmer gave <actor> useful feedback. The family scraped by from the farmer's purchases. When other farms heard of <actorP> cheap, plain pots, orders stabilized. Established potters sneered every time <actor> visited the city for supplies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002139	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> started making pots for sale, right away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002140	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Ugly, easily broken, and of erratic sizes, <actorP> pots capitalized on desperation. The sudden wealth from goods traded allowed the family to build a mud-brick home in the city. When demand slackened, leprosy was more popular than <actorP> wares. Their new artisan peers avoided social contact similarly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002142	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A slave in battle fled sooner, died easily, and disrupted trained warriors. Yet a slave was quicker to loot and less particular about the smell of decaying bodies, poking through blackening blood to get loot. <actor> survived a battle of warriors trimmed with gold. <He/She> returned home to buy <his/her> family's freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002143	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master's wife broke down at the news of her husband's heroic end, but she accepted the loot somberly. She begged <actor> to stay, to take their master's place in the smithy. Where <actor> had been trained to assist, <he/she> attempted to master the skill of working bronze.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002144	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought the guidance of other smiths.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002145	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Only two neighbors, who acted out of sympathy for the former master's wife, condescended to teach a former slave the secrets of their trade. Most resented a slave who thought to compete with them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002146	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired a smith to teach that which <he/she> still had to learn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002147	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The price was high, but <actor> was familiar with enough of the trade that <he/she> didn't have to hire him for very long.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002148	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked the smelter and forge alone, experimenting until <he/she> was competent to petition orders from the king's army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002149	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Without support from the former master's wife, <actor> would have incurred debts enough to return <him/her> to slavery. In time, <he/she> repaid her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002150	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought slaves from other metalsmiths to round out <his/her> skills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002151	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> paid a high price to get the most skilled slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002153	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> initial carpentry skill came from working on the family house in the hills. It stretched further by fashioning crude furniture. Then, during the winters of <his/her> adulthood, <he/she> sought advice and practice from the closest town. During a period of rapid growth, <actor> moved the family into the bustling town and strove to succeed as a professional carpenter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002154	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought work from people new to the town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002155	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Other carpenters avoided people without a reputation. A reputation was seen as the best assurance that work would be paid for.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002156	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought work from people with a reputation who paid well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002157	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Other carpenters proved tough and angry competition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002158	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> began working on goods that <he/she> hoped to sell later.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002159	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family nearly starved before <actor> made a name for <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002160	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought any kind of work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleL002161	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was plenty, but payment was often poor, if <actor> was paid at all.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002162	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Exhausted men rested on the strange boat's benches. "I treat my slaves well enough," the captain scowled. "More oars should make the boat go faster, but those bastards can't row!" He stomped down the gangplank.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002163	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Whimsically, <actor> turned to the slaves and rhymed, "Hey, look how you rowed. You made the captain go!" They took up the cadence and clapped in time, laughing and repeating. Returning home, <actor> crafted a clay drum. <He/She> fired it with carved images of a drummer leading the rowers. The captain never thanked <him/her> for the present.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002164	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lugged the sack of grain up to a coppersmith at his forge. The man's shop happened to be closest when <he/she> tired fitfully of carrying the damn thing. "I'll take whatever you've got that's worth a bushel."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002165	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The smith stepped away from an axe blade he was reforging for sharpness. He picked up some bits of copper that were lying about. His bare hands pressed them into a lump, which he carefully measured.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002166	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Later, <actor> realized that the smith had been very generous. <He/She> told all of <his/her> friends and business acquaintances. Word spread until everyone carried the small, valuable weights long after the smith had gone out of business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002167	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> pondered the slab. It was a popular stone, but too few cutters were bringing it back. <actor> blamed competition. Separately, cutters would cart out to the site in the hills and extract what they could. Occasionally, wild men would cut off a few pieces. If they cooperated, and established a work camp with a garrison, the stones could meet demand.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002168	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shook <his/her> head and shuffled off to get beer. Hah! Independent tradesmen cooperating. Foolish notion!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002169	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The customer must have thought that <actor> was his friend. He and his commander's long knife would saunter in and grumble instead of haggle. Poverty was rampant, but fortunately the city was at war. A good chance of being maimed or killed was preferable to certain starvation. The army swelled faster than corpses in the sun. Every volunteer wanted to be in charge, the commander told <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002170	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> knew contentment from the work beneath <his/her> hands. <He/She> told the commander, "Make up fancy positions and let them argue with each other about who gets what. Just order the top rank to their death, and the rest will follow." A few months later, the officer bought <actorP> most expensive work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002171	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> showed the crude papyrus <he/she> had made to a master scribe. He berated <actor> for disturbing a meal and tossed it upon the floor of his fine home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002172	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His youngest child found it and promptly smeared it with pomegranate-stained fingers. When she gurgled over the picture she'd made, her father looked at the sheet and then to the stack of clay tablets against the wall. He paid <actor> well for the method of its making.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002173	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's navy hired <actor> to make bronze fittings for war galleys. <He/She> got a captain's permission to sneak on board during a shake-down cruise. <He/She> had not expected to be shaken nearly into the brine. The galley struck an outcrop at the mouth of the harbor. Its pilot had underestimated the rudder's efficiency, but he blamed <actorP> unusual presence for the accident.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002174	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A smith's instinct for the application of force was strong in <actor>. <He/She> instantly retorted to the pilot, "Were your hands as swift as your tongue, we might have avoided the rock. Ships you steer should include a rudder in the front to double the effect of the one behind."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002175	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The captain's laughter joined the pilot's. The idea of a front rudder was ridiculous to them. <actor> blushed with frustration. <He/She> persisted: "Fine. If water can turn only the stern, let wind take the bow." Intrigued by the concept, the captain ordered a sail to be added to his galley's prow. The pilot shunned <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002176	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests of the storm god visited <actor>. They introduced themselves without the bravado and righteousness that usually flavored preaching. <actor> had been recommended for <his/her> clever forging. They emphasized that discretion was vital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002177	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The goddess of love and victory had affairs and solitary pursuits, but she always  acquiesced to the god of storms' desires. Recently, his temple had requested waters from her temple near the river. Insultingly, they sent a slave with a bucket once per day. The storm god's servants could order a trough built from the river, but it would lack the goddess' magic. The goddess' priests refused to let the storm god "bleed the blessing" from their divinity as publicly as an open trough. What could <actor> devise to satisfy both temples?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002178	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next morning, refreshed from a night in a <woman's/man's> arms, the answer came. <actor> spent days forging the first pipes. <He/She> snickered at how one fit into the next. The solution amused priests of the goddess, but those of the storm god wanted them less stylized.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002179	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <his/her> family had been called to war. Camping outside an enemy city unnerved <actor>. The king's entire army did not reassure <him/her>. <He/She> worried more about who would quit the siege first. Even an orderly retreat gave little thought to the strays of war. <actor> struck hard upon <his/her> anvil to support the effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002180	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Thick towering walls, the fat archers upon them, and the smells and sounds of feasts wafting out from behind them at night worried <actor> more and more. To protect <his/her> family, <he/she> thought to strike <his/her> hammer against the enemy gates by <himself/herself> if necessary. The idea persisted. In <his/her> dreams, <he/she> pounded against the gates, shattering them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002181	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A hundred hammers and a hundred of the strongest soldiers were needed to break that gate, unless one hundred soldiers could wield a single hammer. Even then, the laughter of the archers would rain as deadly as their arrows. <actor> begged a top officer to let <him/her> build a wheeled hammer with a roof.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002182	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A neighbor returned from war a hero. He sat at his potter's wheel and wept. Lame, his legs could not kick the wheel fast enough to make a living. His only option was to sell his tools and beg in the streets. He asked <actor> what his equipment was currently worth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002183	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> choked down pity and looked through the hero's shop. The kick-stone was unmoved by <actorP> moist eyes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002184	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A cart's wheel moved when the cart was dragged across the ground. Ground was simply crushed stone. Could one stone be dragged upon another? It could, if the second also turned. <actor> took wheels from a wooden toy and turned one with another. Occasionally, the drive wheel slipped upon the other, which disappointed <actorP> sense of  accomplishment. By cutting grooves into the toy wheels, they gripped better. <actor> broke the kick stone and replaced it with bronze. He created a hand-cranked wheel to spin the main one. Thus, a hero's arm sufficed to save his own life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002185	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The town mill caught fire. Some of the grain was saved, but the mill had to be rebuilt. The specter of previous fires prompted construction at a new location, right next to <actorP> shop. <He/She> dreaded the pounding of hundred weight hammers, and the smell of mule dung. <actor> searched for an alternative, and suggested raising the mill near a large stream. <He/She> offered <his/her> services at a near ruinous discount.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002186	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A miller, worried about storing grain and flour near water, told of a malicious sprite who drowned children. This waylaid consideration of the stream until <actor> promised to imprison the sprite, for which the town would pay twice the normal rate for <his/her> carpentry.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002187	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> worked in secret for a month, crafting sections of the mill in such a way that none could figure out how they would be assembled. Upon the building's dedication, <actor> had a child pull the rope that opened the culvert. <actor> described how the sprite was ferried to the great wheel and trapped within it. When the wheel began to turn, the townsfolk stepped back in awe!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002188	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It shouldn't have been difficult to get drunk on a carpenter's earnings, but <actorP> tolerance for alcohol put veterans to shame, and put a dent in <his/her> coin purse. <He/She> once got sick on beer enhanced with a crude wood alcohol. <He/She> blackmailed the brewer, who had illegally added it, for free drinks for the rest of the brewer's life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002189	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This story would have ended if <actor> became drunk as easily as most. To cut his losses, the brewer struggled to increase his beer's alcohol content. <actor> was happy to test his experiments, and learned a lot about the brewer's trade.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002190	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It occurred to <actor> that the brewer was doing it backwards. Instead of cooking the gruel slower to prevent alcohol from evaporating, he should cook it more and catch the evaporation. A plain copper sheet above the kettle caught an intoxicating dose that separated easily from the water vapor condensed along with the alcohol.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002191	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The distilled liquor was too strong for the town's general populace. The brewer moved to a port city and was very successful. <actor> got a monthly shipment from him for the rest of <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002192	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wanted to live like a <prince/princess>. <He/She> bought a horse to ride in stately style. It was the best <he/she> could afford: swayback, chipped hooves, receding gums. <He/She> saw none of that before purchasing it. It was a horse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002193	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> drubbed <his/her> shoulders and scolded for days about the foolishness of it. <actor> tried to hide the swayback with padding under the riding blanket. <He/She> asked a blacksmith for four iron sandals. The smith was no fool. He cut a few plates of soft iron to fit the hooves, and took the real fool's money. <actor> found that their leather ties quickly broke, even at a walk. The poor beast was incapable of trotting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002194	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> punched small holes in the iron plates and drove nails into the chipped hooves. A year later, the blacksmith was surprised when <actor> bought replacement plates. When he sized them, the horse's hooves surprised him. Their chipped ends had healed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002195	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For the rest of the animal's life, <actor> rode slowly through the streets, imagining <himself/herself> a <prince/princess>. The blacksmith became a sensation in the military for prolonging the usefulness of war horses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002196	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A glass worker moved his shop from the city to <actorP> town. It happened to be a hub where raw glass ingots sold for a lower price than in the city. By moving closer to where glass was made, the worker could send finished goods to the city for a better margin. That's what the maker told local tradesmen who visited out of curiosity. Glass was a luxury for rich folk.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002197	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wondered aloud why anyone would pay more for dull and dingy glass than fine woods lacquered and polished. This angered the glass worker more than any might have imagined, and he shooed <him/her> out of his shop. The truth was, shipping fragile goods to the city ruined his profits. To compensate, the glassman wanted to make glass worthy of great expense.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT002198	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <actor> returned to apologize, the maker apologized to <actor>, and told <him/her> the real story. He asked an odd favor: to help him hunt rocks. The hills nearby were said to be rich in "magnes" ores, a substance used to purify glass.  After years of hunting, <actor> stumbled upon a particular oxide that smelted glass as clear as crystal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002199	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	City guards scoured the crafts district for able men. They grabbed <actor> and force-marched him to a distant camp. He was given command of seven raw recruits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002200	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped the encampment at the first clear opportunity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002201	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned to the city and hid for the rest of the war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002202	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned home, but a friend convinced him to soldier back to the camp, lest a competitor betray him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002203	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught and impaled as an example to others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002204	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> greeted the other conscripts with as much bluster as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002205	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His bluff was called out, and <actor> took a beating.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002206	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His bravado was questioned with fists, but at the end of the fight, <actor> stood upon those fists.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002207	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> marched his men and drilled them, mimicking the practice of veterans.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002208	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His inexperience quickly surfaced, and one man died from an accident.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002209	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The men quickly realized <actorP> incompetence. They murdered him to protect their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002210	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The men quickly realized <actorP> incompetence. They attempted to murder him, but were caught and impaled as military criminals. <actor> lost his command.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002211	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to learn one step ahead of his men. The leaders promoted him to command sixty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002212	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to subordinate his command to a veteran leader of seven.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002213	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The veteran politely refused.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002214	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The veteran accepted. He trained them all as front line warriors. <actor> essentially lost his command.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002215	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The newly conscripted army marched out to bring glory to their sky and river gods. They were not told the destination, but rumors abounded. A neighboring city-state had been raiding merchants and farms along their border, under the banner of a sun god. Sky and river demanded punishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002216	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> marched his men at the army's pace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002217	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness appeared among the troops. <actor> fell ill but survived to fight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002218	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness appeared among the troops. <actor> fell ill and died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002219	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness appeared among the troops. <actor> fell ill and was left to die, but he managed to return home after much hardship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002220	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> endured the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002221	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reserved his strength during the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002222	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When sickness appeared, many of <actorP> men survived. They appreciated his measured pace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002223	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After sickness appeared, the veteran died, and <actor> reclaimed his command.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002224	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> marched vigorously, visibly more energetic than the other conscripts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002225	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> endured the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002226	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Leaders noticed <actorP> enthusiasm. They gave him command of seven men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002227	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although he was hated by the seven under his command, <actorP> leaders promoted him to command sixty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002228	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> feet swelled up and he was left by the wayside. <actor> returned home after much hardship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002229	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although he was hated by the men under his command, <actorP> leaders promoted him to command three hundred.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002230	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept to himself during the many days of marching.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002231	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Army leaders frowned at <actorP> isolation. They removed him from command.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002232	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Army leaders frowned at <actorP> isolation. They removed him from command.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002233	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The army of the sky and river gods made camp before the city of the sun god. They expected the enemy army to meet them upon the fields come morning. Campfires and offering braziers flickered equally with prayers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002234	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reassured his troops and promised to lead them well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002235	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The troops did not forgive <actor> for forcing their march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002236	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The troops rallied to his promise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002237	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The troops ignored him, for the army was led by similar lies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002238	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to get a good night's sleep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002239	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Anxiety accompanied <actor> throughout the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002240	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to catch a few refreshing hours of sleep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002241	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sacrificed his last meal to the gods and prayed for victory in battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002242	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke rose without disturbance. The priest recommended putting <actor> in charge of seven men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002243	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke rose without disturbance. The priest recommended putting <actor> in charge of sixty men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002244	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke rose without disturbance. The priest recommended putting <actor> in charge of three hundred men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002245	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke wandered aimlessly. The priest recommended demoting <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002246	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke wandered aimlessly. The priest recommended demoting <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002247	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The offering smoke wandered aimlessly. The priest recommended demoting <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002248	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to infiltrate the enemy camp.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002249	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught by the enemy and impaled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002250	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned nothing, but returned safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002251	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned the enemy's strength and composition. His commander had him whipped for lying.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002252	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned the enemy's strength and composition. His commander made particular note of the information.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002253	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned the enemy's strength and composition. His commander made particular note of the information.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002254	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	All morning the two armies assembled and performed random maneuvers, until battle horns blasted. Thousands of men converged, arrows flying, weapons hacking, until meat and bone were fit for rats.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002255	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled with his life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002256	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped and returned home after much hardship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002257	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped but was never seen again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002258	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught and killed immediately.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002259	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent his men into battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002260	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the middle of battle, <actor> was killed by his own men. "You betrayed us!" The truth was covered up with compensation to the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002261	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops managed to survive until the enemy retreated from the field.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002262	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A stray arrow killed <actor>.  His family was awarded compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002263	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> avoided the main fighting while encouraging his troops. He lived to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002264	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> avoided the main fighting while encouraging his troops. Victory on the battlefield brought him home with the title of War Chief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002265	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought for his life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002266	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002267	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002268	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was saved by his men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002269	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle. His family was awarded compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002270	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle. His family was awarded much compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002271	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle. His family was awarded great compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002272	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the battle but was crippled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002273	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002274	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> warriors routed the enemy from the field, and victory was sung to the sky god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002275	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> warriors routed the enemy from the field, and victory was sung to the sky god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002276	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> warriors routed the enemy from the field, and victory was sung to the sky god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002277	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle. His family was awarded small compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002278	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was saved by his men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002279	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led his men boldly into battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002280	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops routed the enemy from the field, and victory was sung to the sky god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002281	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> skill helped his men overcome the enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002282	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was protected several times by the men who followed him. He survived to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002283	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was protected several times by the men who followed him. He survived to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002284	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle but proclaimed a hero. His family was awarded much compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002285	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops routed the enemy from the field. Victory on the battlefield brought him home with the title of War Chief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002286	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> troops accounted for many kills. Victory on the battlefield brought him great renown and social advantage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002287	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Lunch consisted of bitterly bitten barley flats and grumbled-over fish. The priests had lowered the price of pottery for the second time in a year. <actor> still earned more for <his/her> work than the haulers and kiln stokers, but they shared the same masters. Sharing lunch and complaints kept their spirits burning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002288	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wondered, "If there is less grain to pay us, why do priests need more pots?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002289	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A worker snorted, "For the women in their bedchambers."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002290	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Another potter growled, stood up, and declared he was going to stop making pots. "I'd rather stoke the kilns and haul pots." The laborers called him a fool.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002291	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Another potter growled, stood up, and declared he was going to stop making pots. "I'd rather stoke the kilns and haul pots." In a few weeks, additional potters expanded the work stoppage. <actor> joined them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002292	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wondered, "If the gods bless our craft, why do priests curse it?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002293	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A worker agreed. "Gods do bless you. Perhaps they curse their priests."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002294	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Another potter growled, "I count blessings by the number of bowls I make to buy grain for my family."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002295	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stood up and declared, "Until prices are raised, I will stop making pots."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002296	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few other potters heard of <actorP> protest and joined it. Too many didn't. Nothing changed, except that <actor> was reduced to a laborer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002297	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the next month learning small but important tricks for stoking kilns and hauling pots. By the third month, there was no work for <him/her>. Most of the city's potters stopped crafting them for common cause.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002298	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stood up and declared, "Until prices are raised, I will work for nothing!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002299	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	From that day, <he/she> took the grain earned and burned it at a small offering altar, begging the gods to increase the wisdom of priests. <He/She> starved to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002300	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	From that day, <he/she> took the grain earned and burned it at a small offering altar, begging the gods to increase the wisdom of priests. Friends, both craftsmen and laborers, fed <actor> what they could. Eventually word spread, and new fires were added to <his/her> celestial plea.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002301	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the nearby street, a trader led his donkey. Amphorae jostled against its flanks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002302	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> compared the quality of the pots to <his/her> own work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002303	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was proud of <himself/herself>. The trader's were clearly inferior.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002304	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The quality of pottery was unimportant to priests; they only had to function. It encouraged potters to turn them out as quickly as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002305	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called out to the trader. "Where did you buy those pots?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002306	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The priests forced me to, when I bought their grain. They break so often, I must buy and buy again!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002307	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"In the village where I bought the wine." The answer churned in <actorP> belly. Village potters decided the prices of their wares.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002308	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> pointed the pots out to <his/her> lunchmates. "Where did he buy those?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002309	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A worker who filled pots at the granary claimed, "If he bought grain from the priests, he must also buy the pots, but once purchased, he can reuse them."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002310	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Another potter noticed, "Their marks were not made by city potters. They're probably from a nearby village."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002311	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The trader went on and away. It occurred to <actor> that priests controlled buyers as much as they did makers. Granaries took most of <his/her> output. For the remainder, customers had to pay dearly at temples or journey to a village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002312	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed the laborers out of the city to see how they stored food.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002313	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their poverty compelled them to eat what they earned long before it spoiled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002314	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The laborers introduced <him/her> to farmers tired of paying prices set by priests. <actor> moved <his/her> workshop to support a group of them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002315	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked whether the quality of village pottery matched what priests required.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002316	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The collective answer was, sometimes but not usually. <actor> moved to a nearby village. By emphasizing quality, demand for <his/her> work eventually infected the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002317	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rival craftsmen, in their pride, denounced the skills of simple farm potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002318	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> left <his/her> fellows and sought to make a deal with the trader.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002319	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The trader agreed to resell <actorP> pots in the city while claiming they were from a village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002320	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The trader wanted nothing to do with a "rogue potter".	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002321	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The trader agreed to resell <actorP> pots in the city while claiming they were from a village. Demand grew so much, <actor> contracted other potters to supply it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002322	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to defy the priests and sell <his/her> wares openly in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002323	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Occasionally <actor> was discovered and whipped, but <he/she> earned twice what priests paid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002324	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After boldly announcing <his/her> disobedience and selling pots in the market, other potters took to the streets with their wares.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002325	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests rounded up every potter in the city and had them whipped. They proclaimed, "Any who shirk their duty to the gods will bring misfortune to all."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002326	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to escape the guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002327	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They caught him eventually, and the number of strokes was doubled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002328	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They caught him eventually, and the number of strokes was doubled. <actor> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002329	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Actor managed to escape.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002330	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swore that it would take more than a whipping to change <his/her> mind.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002331	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Unfortunately, the whip proved sufficient. <He/She> survived to obey and serve.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002332	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The resolve that <actor> mustered moved the priests to never hire <his/her> work again. Thereafter, <his/her> crafts took a defiant demeanor. For a while they were the rage among bored wives of the wealthy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002333	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to convince the rebellious potters to resist the guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002334	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many were slaughtered. The price of pottery rose thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002335	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many were slaughtered, including <actor>. The price of pottery rose thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002336	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were unconvinced. They blamed <actor> for their plight, and <he/she> was driven from the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002337	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In exchange for amnesty, <actor> turned on <his/her> fellows and helped to catch them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002338	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Grateful priests made him their overseer of potters thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002339	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests, likewise, turned on <actor> and had <him/her> punished alongside those he had betrayed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002340	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rushed home. "Husband, stir quickly from your rest. There is talk that the city will abolish the Assembly!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002341	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target>, between reed mat and thin furs, curled away from her. He rumbled, "Senseless woman! Free men have assembled to petition priests and officials since before there was a city."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002342	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> pushed him with a foot. "Now rich men buy the voices of poor men who bother to show up."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002343	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> crawled out from the furs and glared. "This had better earn us new sleeping furs."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002344	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned, "It may be rumor, but will you lie there and let others discover it's true?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002345	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> shook his head. "If I don't, I'll never stop hearing about it." He sneered at <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002346	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> howled at the insult and cracked a handy pot over his skull.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002347	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> staggered up, and a real fight began. The prior urgency was forgotten.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002348	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cried, "What are you, a slumberer or a free man!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002349	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was rousted. He complained, "There is no freedom for men involved with women," and stomped out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002350	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Anger spread with the news of an abolished assembly. <actor> joined other tradesmen marching through the streets. The mob could have turned violent before they heard the city's side of the rumor. Outlandish tales leaped from lip to lip: "Priests and city administrators have betrayed their tradition of redress by assembly." "Soldiers wait ahead, ready to kill."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002351	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged his neighbors to show the patience of the grandfathers buried beneath their homes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002352	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several who knew <actor> heeded him, and calm slowly radiated through the throng.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002353	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His pleas were ignored, but as the mob approached the Circle of Assembly at the temple of the sun god, they were merely querulous, not violent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002354	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His pleas were ignored, and at one point, violence erupted around him. They wrecked and burned stalls and small homes on their way to the temple of the sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002355	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to incite mob destruction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002356	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They wrecked and burned stalls and small homes on their way to the temple of the sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002357	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was ignored and marked as a troublemaker.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002358	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped the mob as inconspicuously as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002359	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was caught by the sudden eruption of violence and was injured, but the mob's current forced <actor> towards the Circle of Assembly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002360	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He made it to the Circle of Assembly before soldiers arrived to secure it. But when the mob approached, it was merely querulous, not violent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002361	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He made it to the Circle of Assembly before soldiers arrived to secure it. A din of destruction rose with the mob's anger.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002362	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hastily mustered soldiers stood between the craftsmen and the Circle of Assembly. A mob of laborers approached as well. Flames behind them threw angry shadows at the guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002363	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> goaded the mob to attack the soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002364	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob charged the guards but were struck down by spears and copper axes. Those not killed in the initial rush abandoned their cause and fled, as did <actor>. <He/She> reached home, spirit crushed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002365	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the mob hesitated, soldiers hurled javelins, and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002366	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> leaped out in front of the mob, to try to stop them!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002367	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced enough of the front men to think twice. As the mob relaxed, so did the soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002368	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was trampled by the mob, but <he/she> was remembered respectfully by those who survived the slaughter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002369	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced enough of the front men to think twice. As the mob relaxed, so did the soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002370	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stood back and watched the slaughter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002371	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob charged the guards but were struck down by spears and copper axes. Those not killed in the initial rush abandoned their cause and fled. The soldiers killed <actor> when a fellow potter begged <him/her> to help.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002372	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob charged the guards but were struck down by spears and copper axes. Those not killed in the initial rush abandoned their cause and fled. The soldiers made <actor> crawl and beg for <his/her> life before releasing <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002373	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to flee the scene.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002374	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped potential trouble, exiting behind the thin line of soldiers. <He/She> returned home safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002375	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Stray laborers, inebriated from anger and beer, caught and savaged <actor>. <He/She> crawled home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002376	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to sneak away from the potential battle. <He/She> returned home safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002377	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed when the mob surged forward to battle the guard.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002378	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The crowd swarmed into the circle before the great ziggurat of the sky god. Lesser priests tried to calm them. "This is a mistake! Violence here disrespects the assemblies of your ancestors! Go back to your homes. Return when we call the new assemblies."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002379	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> heard the phrase "new assemblies", and demanded to know its meaning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002380	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His neighbors rallied to his purpose. "What do you mean 'new'? Have you changed them?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002381	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was content to hear that assemblies were not abolished. <He/She> sought to convince <his/her> neighbors to leave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002382	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent hours convincing <his/her> neighbors that they had been misled by rumor. The crowd departed little by little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002383	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried but failed to convince the mob. They grumbled and shook their fists at the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002384	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lingered near the edge of the crowd, to see what happened next.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002385	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002386	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared the priests had no right to dismiss any gathering in the circle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002387	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A riot ensued. <actor> was dragged into the scuffle. Eventually, enough soldiers arrived to break the riot and rout the survivors. <actor> returned home with a crippling wound.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002388	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests shuffled back, afraid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002389	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the mob to chant, "We speak. You listen!" Their anger was channeled away from riot.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002390	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called out to the priests, "Bless us with your prayers," hoping to calm the situation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002391	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests conferred quickly. They answered, "The sun god is angry at your sins! We shall not jeopardize ourselves for what you have wrought."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002392	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests conferred quickly. They answered, "Be humble in the god's light! Seek mercy for your transgressions." The mob bowed and prayed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002393	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A high priest emerged after the mob's intensity relaxed. "The city grows, but the circle remains one size. Enlarging the circle would prevent each from being heard by all. Therefore, we will have two assemblies. First shall come the high castes and the craftsmen. Second shall come the laborers."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002394	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was content to hear that assemblies were not abolished. <He/She> sought to convince <his/her> neighbors to leave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002395	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <his/her> neighbors that they had been misled by rumor. The crowd departed little by little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002396	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to convince the mob. They grumbled and shook their fists at the high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002397	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lingered near the edge of the crowd, to see what happened next.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002398	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002399	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tries but fails to convince the mob. They grumbled and shook their fists at the high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002400	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided the assembly was doomed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002401	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shouted out, "How the assembly is split should be decided by the assembly!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002402	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The crowd quieted a little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002403	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He could not be heard over the tumult of voices.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002404	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The crowd quieted a little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002405	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest recognized <actor> as a spokesman. "What solution do you offer?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002406	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Call the low caste first, for they are greater in number and carry the city in their hands."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002407	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob rallied to <actorP> suggestion. The high priest agreed. Two full moons later, the assembly rioted. No high ranking officials bothered to hear their petitions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002408	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest nodded at the suggestion. However, the next assembly was led by the upper castes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002409	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Split the assembly by age. Convene elders from every caste first. Venerate experience over enthusiasm, instead of wealth over poverty."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002410	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> younger neighbors whispered, "This will give us two voices, one to convince our elders and another at the assembly." The suggestion was enacted and proud elders from all castes mingled as equals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002411	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest nodded at the suggestion. When the next assembly was called, proud elders from all castes mingled as equals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002412	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Do not split the assembly. Draw a larger circle, and let every speaker come center to be heard."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002413	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Property owners near the temple restricted the circle's increase. A few years later, the assembly was forced to split.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002414	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest nodded at the suggestion, but the circle was kept intact. Property owners near the temple refused to cede the space needed. The assemble was forced to split.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002415	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Call three assemblies! Separate the high caste, tradesmen, and laborers."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002416	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mob rallied to <actorP> suggestion. The high priest agreed. The very first assembly of laborers rioted when no high official bothered to attend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002417	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest nodded at the suggestion. The very first assembly of laborers rioted when no high official bothered to attend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002418	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest shouted out, "What solution do you offer?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002419	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lower castes spoke. Few alternatives were offered, but separate assemblies offended most of them. They promoted a group of elders to consider the matter and meet later with the high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002420	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002421	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, word of an agreement reached the outlying farms. The assembly was divided by age, not wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002422	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a sacrifice at the temple before returning home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002423	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, word of an agreement reached the outlying farms. The assembly was divided by age, not wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002424	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family craft of pottery reached its zenith in the skill of <actor>. Most potters were controlled by the temples, but <he/she> sold to high caste families. A trader, fat from selling <actorP> wares abroad, brought news secretly to <him/her>. The city of the sun god had forced three cities to submit to its will. They controlled every trade route out of <actorP> city. Their grip would suffocate whoever defied them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002425	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to move <his/her> family to the city of the sun god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002426	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	News of <his/her> departure spread quickly. The priesthood acted to stop <him/her> by mandating a commissioned work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002427	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> family made their way secretly out of the city. The trader had sent word ahead to friends, and they were greeted warmly. The first day <actor> looked around <his/her> new city, duplicates of <his/her> work were everywhere. <actorP> special designs were commonplace and cheap. His family had lost their main advantage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002428	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> family escaped via their connections with galleys-men. The trader had sent word ahead to friends, and they were greeted warmly. The first day <actor> looked around <his/her> new city, duplicates of <his/her> work were everywhere. <actorP> special designs were commonplace and cheap. His family had lost their main advantage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002429	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confronted the priests who had suppressed news of the sun god city's threat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002430	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told <him/her> their sky god would spread death to all cities against them. They warned <actor> to keep silent. They bribed <him/her> with an extravagant commission.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002431	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests tried to detain <him/her>, but <actor> escaped. They arrested <him/her> but could not prove that <actor> had spread the news. They imprisoned <him/her> anyway. This fanned a spark into fire. Fear of war incited hoarding. Riots ensued.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002432	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests tried to detain <him/her>, but <actor> escaped via a family connection with a sergeant working for the temple. The sergeant also stole out proof of the threat that sent citizens into a gloom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002433	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told <him/her> their sky god would spread death to all cities against them. A family friend at the temple convinced the priests to bribe <actor> into silence with an extravagant commission.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002434	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spread the news to tradesmen and laborers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002435	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When priests discovered the source, they charged <actor> with treason. <He/She> was found guilty of sedition and imprisoned. Fear of war incited hoarding. Riots ensued.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002436	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The assembly was called, and the priests were forced to admit the news was true. The elders suggested inciting division among the enemy's subjugated cities. The young clamored for war. The priests promised both.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002437	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> used family connections with papyrus makers to summon the assembly. The priests were forced to admit the news was true. Elders suggested inciting division among the enemy's subjugated cities. Young men clamored for war. The priests promised both.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002438	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> used family connections to call the assembly. The priests were forced to admit the news was true. Elders suggested inciting division among the enemy's subjugated cities. Young men clamored for war. The priests promised both.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002439	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used the news to forge a conspiracy among high caste families.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002440	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Someone betrayed them. The priests arrested <actor> for treason. <He/She> was tried in secret, found guilty, but executed publicly. Prices for <his/her> works doubled the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002441	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They agreed to act when the right opportunity presented itself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002442	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The reach of the priesthood scratched at their plan. To prevent its detection, <actor> covered by confronting a priest publicly. Fortunately, <he/she> was only imprisoned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002443	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Taking advantage of <his/her> family's understanding of currency, the conspiracy was bound economically to the cause. They agreed to act when the right opportunity presented itself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002444	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests commissioned <actor> to craft a new facade for the temple of the river goddess. It was to be made of fired clay tiles of hand-sculpted fish.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002445	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> devised a scene with schools of small fish swarming a large fish.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002446	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests thought the design was odd but thanked <him/her> for the work. When news of their enemy's power spread, the assembly was called. The temple's scene was cited as a visualization of the citizens' concern.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002447	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The work was nearly finished when a priest involved in suppressing the news saw the design. <actor> was arrested for blasphemy and imprisoned. When the beautiful art was smashed off the temple wall, questions were asked. Truth mixed with rumor. Fear of war incited hoarding. Riots ensued.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002448	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Habits reinforced by love of the craft delayed <him/her>. <actor> often lost <himself/herself> to adding inconsequential but beautiful details. While the city grew alarmed at their enemy's power, <actor> found a well-pool of peace within. When the walls were overrun and enemy soldiers pillaged and burned, <actor> died content.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002449	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Working from papyrus sketches kept the final image's political message secret. When news of their enemy's power spread, the assembly was called. The temple's scene was cited as a visualization of the citizens' concern.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002450	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rushed production of the temple's facade, hoping to finish before news of the city's enemies spread.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002451	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests called the hastily finished work a disappointment. They paid half what they promised, but they did not hinder <actor> afterwards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002452	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> family escaped to the city of the sun god via their connections with galleys-men. The trader had sent word ahead to friends, and they were greeted warmly. The first day <actor> looked around <his/her> new city, duplicates of <his/her> work were everywhere. <actorP> special designs were commonplace and cheap. His family had lost their main advantage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002453	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Habits reinforced by love of the craft delayed <him/her>. <actor> often lost <himself/herself> to adding inconsequential but beautiful details. While the city grew alarmed at their enemy's power, <actor> found a well-pool of peace within. When the walls were overrun and enemy soldiers pillaged and burned, <actor> died content.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002454	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked slowly: changing the design, fussing over materials and apprentices.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002455	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> used tricks of currency to constrain the work's cost, which pleased the priests. When news of their enemy's power spread, the assembly was called. Elders suggested inciting division among the enemy's subjugated cities. Young men clamored for war. The priests promised both.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002456	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests became furious. <actor> ignored threats against delay. They imprisoned <him/her> for wasting public resources. By that time, the news had spread. Fear of war incited hoarding. Riots ensued.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002457	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Habits reinforced by love of the craft enchanted <him/her>. Every beautiful detail spurred <him/her> to make the next. While the city grew alarmed at their enemy's power, <actor> found a well-pool of peace within. When the walls were overrun and enemy soldiers pillaged and burned, <actor> died content.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002458	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used family connections with the military to divert the commission to their barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002459	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When news of their enemy's power spread, the assembly was called. Elders suggested inciting division among the enemy's subjugated cities. Young men clamored for war. The priests promised both.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002460	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before two full moons swung aloft, the city grew alarmed at their enemy's power. When the walls were overrun, soldiers protected <actor> and <his/her> family until the city surrendered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002461	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests would have sent warriors to crush the rioters, but it would have signaled discord and confusion to their enemies, inviting them to attack. Instead, they opened the granaries and gave every family a full sack. <actor> was given amnesty and freed. All perceived wrongs were attended by the priests, and then they called their city to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002462	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> volunteered to fight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002463	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was assigned to defend the walls. After his army's defeat upon the battlefield, the enemy rushed the city, and he was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002464	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was assigned to the attacking forces. They met on the battlefield, and he and his fellows were annihilated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002465	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family connections in the military managed to place him in one of the safer assignments. He survived the short, lost war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002466	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> volunteered himself and his oldest son to fight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002467	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family connections in the military managed to place them in somewhat safe assignments. He died, but his son survived the short war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002468	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> volunteered her oldest son to fight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002469	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to escape the city with <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002470	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The long journey ended with warm greetings from friends of the fat trader. <actor> incorporated the wounds on <his/her> psyche into new works at their new home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002471	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002472	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> family escaped to the city of the sun god via their connections with galleys-men. They were greeted warmly by friends of the fat trader. <actor> incorporated the wounds on <his/her> psyche into new works at their new home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002473	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The long journey ended with warm greetings from friends of the fat trader. <actor> incorporated the wounds on <his/her> psyche into new works at their new home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002474	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called the rich and powerful conspiracy to act.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002475	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They prevented war by forcing a virtual surrender and accepting subjugation to the city of the sun god. <actor> was given a high place within the new establishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002476	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The conspiracy's cohesion fell apart, and the few who acted were arrested and executed. <actor> was not spared a second time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002477	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They prevented war by forcing a virtual surrender and accepting subjugation to the city of the sun god. <actor> was given a high place within the new establishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002478	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> forsook <his/her> family and started work on <his/her> last creation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002479	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family managed to escape the terrors that followed, after abandoning <actor> to <his/her> obsession.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002480	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When enemy troops pillaged the city, <actorP> family laid themselves upon the ground that buried the finished vase. Their bodies were dragged out and burned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002481	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family stayed and suffered great loss due to war. When the vase was finished, the survivor wrapped it in papyrus marked with a curse against anyone not of the family. <He/She> buried it and waited to die. Soldiers tortured the story out of <him/her> but, fearing the curse, they fled. A general scoffed at the story and unwrapped it. Struck by the vase's beauty, the enemy leader protected the last survivor of <actorP> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002482	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Citizens moved about the city like dew-laden willow branches, likely to leap with a shake. The fluttering banner of the sun god signaled the approach of a few dozen men. They bore gifts and proclaimed that their gods were not in conflict. A great king ruled in their city, bringing peace to the land. He offered peace to this city, should it accept his gifts. In return, he required seasonal tributes, for the price of peace was great. They promised the cost of war would be immense. The assembly was called to decide.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002483	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> prestige influenced other craftsmen. <He/She> warned, "Tribute is slavery!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002484	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The majority agreed and decided for war. Months later, the ruins of their city smoldered, and <actorP> family perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002485	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The majority decided tribute was better than death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002486	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Conviction from <his/her> ancestor's heroic act for the assembly resounded in <his/her> voice. The majority agreed and decided for war. Months later, the ruins of their city smoldered.  <actor> was slain, and <his/her> family were enslaved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002487	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called out, "We already pay tribute to our warriors. Pay that to this king instead!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002488	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The majority dismissed <actorP> foolishness. The assembly decided for war. Months later, the ruins of their city smoldered, and <actorP> family perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002489	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> words were derided. The assembly decided to pay tribute to the sun king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002490	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The voices of the rich and powerful who had conspired with <actor> rose and supported <actorP> words. The assembly voted to abolish the army and pay the tribute. Peace lasted only a few generations, but the city became so rich and influential, the sun king made it the seat of his government.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002491	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Conviction from <his/her> ancestor's heroic act for the assembly resounded in <his/her> voice.  The assembly voted to abolish the army and pay the tribute. Peace lasted only a few generations, but the city became so rich and influential, the sun king made it the seat of his government.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002492	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> challenged the priests, "Ask our gods to give us a king!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002493	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At first, the priests denounced <actor>, but the idea spread through the assembly until their calls drowned the priests' voices. A week later, the gods crowned their war chief, and he proved himself worthy. First he sent the heads of the sun king's emissaries as his gifts. Then he led the army to war. Unfettered by militarily ignorant priests and administrators, he acted swiftly and boldly, sweeping the enemy's armies before him. The cost had been great, the spoils few, yet the first voice that cried for a king was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002494	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At first, the priests denounced <actor>, but the idea spread through the assembly until their calls drowned the priests' voices. A week later, the gods crowned the administrator of farming. He promptly sent the sun king's emissaries home bearing tribute to the sky king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002495	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests denounced <actor>. They promised that the gods would punish any who would place a man above them. The assembly decided to pay tribute to the sun king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002496	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests denounced <actor>. They promised that the gods would punish any who would place a man above them. The assembly decided for war. Months later, the ruins of their city smoldered, and <actorP> family perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002497	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At first, the priests denounced <actor>, but the conspiracy <he/she> had sparked spread the idea through the assembly until their calls drowned the priests' voices. A week later, the gods crowned their war chief, and he proved himself worthy. First he sent the heads of the sun king's emissaries as his gifts. Then he led the army to war. Unfettered by militarily ignorant priests and administrators, he acted swiftly and boldly, sweeping the enemy's armies before him. The cost had been great, the spoils few, yet the first voice that cried for a king was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002498	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Conviction from <his/her> ancestor's heroic act for the assembly resounded in <his/her> voice. A week later, the gods crowned their war chief, and he proved himself worthy. First he sent the heads of the sun king's emissaries as his gifts. Then he led the army to war. Unfettered by militarily ignorant priests and administrators, he acted swiftly and boldly, sweeping the enemy's armies before him. The cost had been great, the spoils few, yet the first voice that cried for a king was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002499	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> tugged the family connections to the military. A week later, the gods crowned their war chief, and he proved himself worthy. First he sent the heads of the sun king's emissaries as his gifts. Then he led the army to war. Unfettered by militarily ignorant priests and administrators, he acted swiftly and boldly, sweeping the enemy's armies before him. The cost had been great, the spoils few, yet the first voice that cried for a king was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002500	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A century passed.  <actor> was the first smith in the family to work bronze. <His/Her> father had been a builder's labor boss. He would have cut his arm off to pay for <actorP> apprenticeship, if it hadn't already been lost at war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002501	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> stoked the forge fire, to work scrap pieces of bronze. Ingots of the "king's metal" were strictly controlled by the military. They suspected <his/her> family of having a foreign history. <actor> and <his/her> parents did not closely resemble most citizens, but their tongue was the same and it sounded the same.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002502	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At least there was work. As for the future, <actor> would mull over it while striking the smoldering metal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002503	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thought to escape burning, choking, muscle work and raise the family's status.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002504	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a legend of social advancement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002505	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thought how to improve the things that made <his/her> life tough.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002506	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a legend of discovery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002507	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> imagined taking <his/her> skill abroad and adventuring in strange lands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002508	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue the goal of a heroic legend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002509	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> knew this path would bring home the reality of war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002510	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was resolved to bring victories with <his/her> hammer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002512	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002514	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With wealth came influence and possibly recognition of the wealthy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002515	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> strove to earn easier lives for <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002517	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002519	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> thoughts swirled with ideas about tin to copper ratios, and of annealing temperatures, and of molding clays, and of striking colors, and more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002520	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would eventually discover interesting and important things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002522	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002524	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king called his people to war. The enemy was close at hand or threatening the borders or in need of a lesson. <actor> had heard every reason.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002525	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He immediately enlisted at the barracks to be a soldier.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002526	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The army recognized <actorP> value as a smith.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002527	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They accepted him into the common ranks, to be trained.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002528	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He went into hiding, to avoid being conscripted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002529	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was found and sentenced to slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002530	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was found and conscripted into the army. They took <actor> to the barracks in chains.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002531	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to avoid the war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002532	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He stayed by his forge, building weapons for the effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002533	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Short of warriors, the army conscripted <actor> and brought him to the barracks to train as a foot soldier.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002534	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He enlisted to work with the army as a smith.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002535	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told <actor> his skill would be valuable to the troops on the field.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002536	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Short of warriors, the army sent <actor> to be trained as a foot soldier.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002537	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During the march, <actor> slept in the wagon that carried his equipment. He worked his forge at night. Warriors came to him every evening with their chipped spear points, knives, and cracked shield rims.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002538	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave preference to the officers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002539	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness swept through the army, and <actor> died of it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002540	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness swept through the army, but <actor> survived it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002541	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officers were not outwardly grateful, but little advantages found their way down from them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002542	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A surly spearman attacked him for not fixing his weapon. Injured, <actor> was sent home alongside empty supply wagons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002543	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> treated the soldiers as equals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002544	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness swept through the army, but <actor> survived it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002545	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Were it not for cool nights, <actor> felt he would be worked to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002546	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prioritized troops who would face enemies on the field.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002547	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness swept through the army, but <actor> survived it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002548	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Veterans made sure <actor> never lacked for beer or wine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002549	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enemy troops camped in the distance. Before them, grasses and bushes garnishing level ground would, the next day, be poisoned with blood. <actor> sharpened his tools, but few came to him that evening.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002550	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the officers he would fight with the troops.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002551	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They gave him a spear and wooden shield and assigned him to the back line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002552	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told him to hide under under his wagon and be prepared to retreat. The next day, the battle was lost, but <actor> escaped with the army's remnants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002553	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked as if it were just another night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002554	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He could not distract himself from the melancholia that walked the rows of tents that night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002555	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Unknown to <actor>, the regular beat of his hammer soothed the soldiers more than musicians and storytellers desperately trying to distract men from the morrow.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002556	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took the beer and wine he had saved to the foot soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002557	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A veteran told a tale of how a bent spear point bounced off a general's breastplate, and a battle was lost. <actor> was thrust with work until dawn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002558	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A veteran told a tale of how a mouse killed a cat by luring it into the jaws of rats.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002559	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A veteran told a tale of how a lazy warrior defeated an aggressive warrior. The lazy one worked only to stay alive, letting the aggressive one exhaust himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002560	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to sneak into the enemy's camp.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002561	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy caught, grilled, killed, and used him for landfill.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002562	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He returned with useful information, but could not convince the officers of the truth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002563	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He returned with useful information, and the officers thanked him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002564	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He returned with useful information, and the officers thanked him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002565	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> slept for less than an hour. Sunrise woke everyone. Officers cracked their knife handles across slow skulls. Soldiers filed out to the field. The enemy's lines were forming. Commanders stood in their chariots, observing, occasionally signaling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002566	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The troops shuffled obediently, closer, farther, to one side or the other, for an hour. <actor> watched from the encampment. Scribes and slaves ran errands when they weren't cowering. An officer yelled at <actor> to hurry, to finish sharpening the blade he had given him a minute ago.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002567	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> handed the blade back, half sharpened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002568	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officer swore and cuffed <actor>, then marched to his unit. The clash of spears and screams sent him running back, enemies in chase. <actor> had already fled, and after many perils he managed to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002569	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officer raced back to the field. <actor> never saw him after the battle had been won.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002570	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officer swore and cuffed <actor> until the battle started. He marched to his unit, but soon came running back, enemies in chase. <actor> was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002571	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officer raced back to the field. <actor> never saw him after the battle had been won.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002572	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officer swore and cuffed <actor>, then marched to his unit. The clash of spears and screams sent him running back, enemies in chase. <actor> had already fled, and after many perils he managed to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002573	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took his time perfecting the edges. The officer's trembling betrayed his bluster.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002574	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Ignoring continued abuse, <actor> honed the blade until sounds of battle shook both of them. He gave the knife to the officer, who shuffled to the field, eyes wide. When the battle was lost, <actor> scrambled to escape the enemy but was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002575	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Ignoring continued abuse, <actor> honed the blade until sounds of battle shook both of them. He gave the knife to the officer, who shuffled to the field, eyes wide. After the battle was won, <actor> never saw the officer again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002576	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Ignoring continued abuse, <actor> honed the blade until sounds of battle shook both of them. He gave the knife to the officer, who shuffled to the field, eyes wide. The battle was quickly lost, but one officer survived to organize an orderly retreat. Later, he rewarded <actor> for his pride in craftsmanship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002577	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the knife was ready, the officer raced back to the field. <actor> never saw him after the battle had been won.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002578	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the tale of the lazy warrior while he finished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002579	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He returned the knife before the battle started. The officer joined the lines, but in the heat of battle, he kept his force back. When the enemy broke through and began to rout the army of the storm god, the officer slammed his fresh forces into the tiring enemy and turned defeat into victory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002580	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He honed the blade until sounds of battle shook both of them. He gave the knife to the officer, who shuffled to the field, eyes wide. When the battle was lost, <actor> scrambled to escape the enemy but was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002581	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> honed the blade until sounds of battle shook both of them. He gave the knife to the officer, who shuffled to the field, eyes wide. The battle was lost, but <actor> managed to retreat with army remnants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002582	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the knife was ready, the officer raced back to the field. <actor> never saw him after the battle had been won.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002583	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He honed the blade until sounds of battle shook both of them. He gave the knife to the officer, who shuffled to the field, eyes wide. When the battle was lost, <actor> scrambled to escape the enemy but was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002584	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told him, "I'd better talk with your commander about this."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002585	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officer cuffed him and barked, "Just give me my knife." He took it and marched to battle. When the battle was lost, <actor> scrambled to escape the enemy but was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002586	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officer laughed! "You would treat your general like a soldier." He took his knife and led the army into battle. Victorious, he rewarded <actorP> bravado.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002587	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the tale of the mouse who killed a cat while he finished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002588	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He returned the knife before the battle started. The officer joined the lines, but instead of rushing to battle, he commanded his men to hit and run. The officer would then lead pursuers into the spears of seasoned veterans. By disrupting the enemy's cohesion, the battle was barely won. The officer was promoted, and he rewarded <actor> for the inspiration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002589	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He honed the blade until sounds of battle shook both of them. He gave the knife to the officer, who shuffled to the field, eyes wide. When the battle was lost, <actor> scrambled to escape the enemy but was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002590	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the knife was ready, the officer raced back to the field. <actor> never saw him after the battle had been won.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002591	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> slept for less than an hour. Sunrise woke everyone. Officers cracked their knife handles across slow skulls. Soldiers filed out to the field. The enemy's lines were forming. Commanders stood in their chariots, observing, occasionally signaling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002592	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The troops shuffled obediently, closer, farther, to one side or the other, for an hour. <actor> gripped his spear and dry-swallowed his fear. Horns blasted, and the two armies advanced.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002593	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor>, paralyzed, fell behind the back line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002594	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy broke though the armed men in the front lines as if they were dirt clods. Panicked warriors spread panic, fleeing into lines behind and disrupting them. Enemy warriors cut swaths out of the chaos. <actor> fled early and far. He escaped the slaughter and after many trials returned home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002595	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officer in charge beat him back into line. The army defeated the enemy before the last line was called to battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002596	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy broke though the front lines of spears and shields as if they were dirt clods. Panicked warriors spread panic, fleeing into lines behind and disrupting them. Enemy warriors cut swaths out of the chaos. <actor> fled early and far. He escaped the slaughter but was captured and enslaved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002597	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> charged forward, ahead of his line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002598	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle lines dissolved into chaos, but the enemy reached <actor> before he could reach them. Their killing momentum tore though the lines like rhinos. Without help at his side, he succumbed instantly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002599	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other men in line beat him with their spear shafts. Breaking the line endangered everyone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002600	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He flung his spear at the first enemy and grabbed a club from a fallen comrade. Left and right he hammered foes. His wild fighting suited the chaos around him, and <actor> was credited with many kills for the victory, posthumously.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002601	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He flung his spear at the first enemy and grabbed a club from a fallen comrade. Left and right he hammered foes. His wild fighting suited the chaos around him, and <actor> was credited with many kills for the victory by the mates who protected his back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002602	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept shoulder to shoulder with the men in the back line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002603	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was told later: after the initial clash of arms, the final line of troops raced to meet enemies who quickly broke through the front lines. <actor> took a shield blow to his head and fell, dropping his spear. Dazed, but not out, he roared up, grabbing a stout club from a fallen enemy. <actor> hammered foe after foe, felling a string of them, while his line mates protected his back. The haze of his blood-frenzy lifted only after the last enemy had fled his curses. The line's victory was commended with gold.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002604	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> forgot what happened next.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002605	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was told later. A stray from a flight of enemy arrows dove into <actorP> thigh. He blacked out from the pain. Long after the battle was won, <actor> regained consciousness with the help of a healer. He survived his wound to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002606	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A stray from a flight of enemy arrows killed him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002607	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was given a spear, sandals, and a place in a line. For several days, <actor> was trained to follow orders, to stand in line, to march in line, to remain in line. Personal combat training was limited to a few examples and exercises.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002608	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> practiced on his own, mimicking the moves of veterans.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002609	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The veterans laughed at his worthless imitations. They beat him with battle-born skills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002610	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The veterans were unimpressed by <actorP> imitations, but his smith's endurance kept up with theirs. A couple accepted to train him properly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002611	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought to practice combat with other recruits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002612	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several met his challenge, and they sparred with gusto. Battered and bruised, they fought again the following evenings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002613	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several met his challenge, and they sparred with gusto. <actor> was crippled in a match by accident. The army sent him home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002614	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to trade his spear for a club, a weapon better suited to a smith.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002615	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He had to bribe his commander to let him keep the unorthodox weapon.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002616	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was not allowed to trade weapons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002617	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent his family's wealth to buy a leader's role.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002618	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A poor but proud veteran sold his promotion to <actor>. The veteran attacked <actor> in the night and crippled him for life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002619	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> purchased leadership of a stand of twenty men. Five stands composed a line of 100. The other officers sneered at <actorP> supposed authority.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002620	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> purchased leadership of a stand of twenty men. Five stands composed a line of 100. The twenty under his command grumbled at their ridiculous fate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002621	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The march began before summer's first waves of heat. They ate barley bread and occasionally dried fruit, with rare tastes of meat when game was caught. <actor> feared his growling stomach more than the distant enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002622	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole food when he could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002623	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sometimes he took it from villagers along the way. If they fought, he beat them or worse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002624	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When he was caught, soldiers would beat him, but they did not kill him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002625	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was caught by his own men, and they killed him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002626	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When he was caught, the other officers had him executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002627	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At one point, sickness swept through the army. <actor> caught it and died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002628	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At one point, sickness swept through the army. <actor> caught it but survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002629	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He only stole scraps that would not be easily missed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002630	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He led his men on foraging raids. They were so successful, other small unit commanders tried it. <actor> was promoted to command an entire line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002631	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> conserved his energy during the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002632	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He never slacked, nor failed to keep up, but <actor> took full advantage of every chance to rest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002633	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other officers had him demoted for laziness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002634	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At night, <actor> practiced his fighting skills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002635	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He had to practice alone, while everyone around him slept.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002636	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Though exhausted, other men took the challenge and sparred with him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002637	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Halfway along the march, his men killed him in the middle of the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002638	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officers noticed that <actorP> efforts motivated his men. He was promoted to command an entire line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002639	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> marched with his men to the head of the army, daring other officers to keep up with his pace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002640	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Halfway along the march, his men killed him in the middle of the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002641	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His exhausted men grew more and more belligerent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002642	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His exhausted men grew belligerent until they noticed that the other officers had started giving them nods of respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002643	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Only the most veteran commanders could beat the metalsmith's endurance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002644	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They made camp well away from the enemy city. Its troops had been deployed to defend it. Their cookfires were half as numerous as the enemy, and many were wasted on people who supported the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002645	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the night gambling and drinking.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002646	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drank himself to sleep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002647	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A veteran told a tale of how a mouse killed a cat by luring it into the jaws of rats.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002648	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A veteran told a tale of how a lazy warrior defeated an aggressive warrior. The lazy one worked only to stay alive, letting the aggressive one exhaust himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002649	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to get as much sleep as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002650	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He couldn't. The camp's normal din was eerily hushed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002651	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He dreamt of a mouse who lured a cat into the den of starving rats.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002652	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The normal noise of the army's camp was hushed. <actor> slept like sand dunes sinking low.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002653	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Other officers raided his tent, causing <actor> to soil himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002654	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His men conspired to gamble and drink and sing loudly next to his tent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002655	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He dreamt of watching the battle and eating dates. He spat seeds at exhausted enemy warriors and killed them all.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002656	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> executed a morning raid on the enemy camp.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002657	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They struck the enemy before the alarm could spread. They burned and killed and, as quickly, fled back to their camp.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002658	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As they approached, the enemy perimeter sounded the alarm, and they were met by dozens of swift defenders. <actor> survived to return to his side, but his men were killed or captured.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002659	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As they approached, the enemy perimeter sounded the alarm, and they were met by dozens of swift defenders. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002660	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As they approached, the enemy perimeter sounded the alarm, and they were met by dozens of swift defenders. <actor> withdrew his force back to camp. One thing was discovered: many of the enemy fires were a ruse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002661	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As they approached, the enemy perimeter sounded the alarm, and they were met by dozens of swift defenders. The enemy chased them with withering arrow fire, killing and wounding most of his men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002662	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looked for spies in the camp.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002663	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	None were found.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002664	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A suspicious man was caught, but torture revealed that he was merely a thief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002665	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He caught a man casually sharpening his knife near officers discussing strategy. <actor> recognized that the knife had been forged in the style of the enemy. The spy told all sorts of lies, under torture. But it was guessed that many of the enemy's fires were a ruse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002666	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His men caught a man casually sharpening his knife near officers discussing strategy. <actor> recognized that the knife had been forged in the style of the enemy. The spy told all sorts of lies, under torture. But it was guessed that many of the enemy's fires were a ruse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002667	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised his men he would lead them into victorious battle. Other officers followed his example.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002668	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His troops rallied to his promise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002669	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sacrificed his dinner to the gods, and prayed to return home safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002670	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest refused his sacrifice, declaring that this meal had blessings that would make him victorious.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002671	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest made the sacrifice and professed he would return home safe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002672	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Lines of men assembled on the battlefield. Uncharacteristic rain turned the ground into slippery and sticky clay. Generals signaled their troops with slow-blatting horns. Lines wormed into position. Archers bent their bows. Arrows flew, and a mad rush to battle began.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002673	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> charged forward, ahead of his line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002674	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He slipped in the mud and was trampled to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002675	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A spear pierced his arm. Screaming, <actor> wrenched the spear out of the enemy's hands and thrust with his own. The others hesitated at his howl, and <actorP> line slammed into them. He fell bleeding, but lived. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002676	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He parried enemy spear points and clubbed indiscriminately. His fellows rushed through the break <actor> had made. The battle lasted until muscles gave out. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002677	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He parried enemy spear points and clubbed indiscriminately. His fellows rushed through the break <actor> had made. The battle lasted until muscles gave out. The city capitulated, and they entered triumphant!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002678	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A spear pierced his arm. Screaming, <actor> wrenched the spear out of the enemy's hands and thrust with his own. The others hesitated at his howl, and <actorP> line slammed into them. He fell bleeding, but was saved by his men. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002679	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept shoulder to shoulder with the men in line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002680	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two lines charged one another. <actor> scored a hit, but the men around him broke and ran. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002681	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two lines charged one another. <actor> was hit, but the men beside him pressed forward, saving <actor>. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002682	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two lines charged one another. <actor> scored a decisive first kill, allowing him to help his fellows. They routed the enemy. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002683	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two lines charged one another. <actor> was hit, but the men beside him pressed forward, saving <actor>. In time, the battle was won. The city capitulated, and <actor> entered hobbling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002684	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two lines charged one another. <actor> scored a decisive first kill. His men cheered and fought like jackals. <actor> took a blow later but was saved by his men. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002685	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ordered his men to charge ahead of him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002686	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They charged an enemy line and collided, but his men fell back. <actor> ran for his life and managed to return home with the defeated army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002687	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They charged an enemy line and collided, but his men pressed forward. In time, the battle was won. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege. <actor> was promoted to lead 100.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002688	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed by his own men, shouting "Betrayer!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002689	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They charged an enemy line and collided, but his men pressed forward. In time, the battle was won. The city capitulated, and <actor> entered with his victorious troops.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002690	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They charged an enemy line and collided, but his men pressed forward. In time, the battle was won. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege. <actor> was promoted to lead 300.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002691	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The officer leading the line behind <actor> stabbed him for cowardice. <actor> fell and was trampled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002692	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His men failed to heed his orders, and the battle took all of their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002693	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thought only of the rain tickling his face.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002694	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After the battle it was said, for every drop of rain an enemy died at the hand of <actor>. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002695	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002696	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His men abandoned him to the enemy, and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002697	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After the battle it was said, for every drop of rain an enemy died at the hand of <actor>. The army entered the city, victorious. <actor> was given a hero's tale.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002698	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called his men to relax and avoid arrows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002699	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They gave way for the line behind them to pass and engage the enemy. <actor> waited until both had exhausted themselves, and he flung his troops into the fray. The enemy was routed, confusing other enemy formations. The battle turned quickly to victory. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege. <actor> was promoted to lead 100.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002700	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They gave way for the line behind them to pass and engage the enemy. <actor> waited until both had exhausted themselves, and he flung his troops into the fray. The enemy was routed, confusing other enemy formations. The battle turned quickly to victory. Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege. <actor> was promoted to lead 300.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002701	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For disobeying orders, <actor> was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002702	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called his men to follow him to one side of the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002703	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They withdrew, and <actor> led the opposing line on a chase that exposed the enemy's flank to friendly lines. It proved a decisive action to win the battle.  Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege. <actor> was promoted to lead 100.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002704	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They withdrew, and <actor> led the opposing line on a chase that exposed the enemy's flank to friendly lines. It proved a decisive action to win the battle.  Defeated but not taken, the city collected its survivors. Both sides prepared for siege. <actor> was promoted to lead 300.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002705	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their camps were moved to surround the city. Supplies were tight, but the enemy city had had poor harvests. Not that the king had planned all along to take advantage of a neighbor's weakness....	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002706	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> petitioned for a promotion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002707	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was given title to lead twenty men, and he was given a mission. His small force scaled a wall at night. All were killed by wary defenders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002708	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was given title to lead twenty men, and he was given a mission. His small force scaled a wall at night and were met by wary defenders. <actor> fled for his life. He was not demoted. A month later, the besieging army was forced to retreat home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002709	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His petition was rejected. A month later, the besieging army was forced to retreat home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002710	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was given title to lead twenty men, and he was given a mission. His small force scaled a wall at night, surprised the defenders, and were able to open a small gate. A battle for the city ensued, but <actorP> side was repulsed. Though he was honored for his success, a month later the besieging army was forced to retreat home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002711	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was given title to lead twenty men, and he was given a mission. His small force scaled a wall at night, surprised the defenders, and were able to open a small gate. A battle for the city ensued, which ended victorious. <actor> was honored for his success.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002712	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited with the rest of the army for the city to surrender.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002713	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A month later, the city signaled its surrender.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002714	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A month later, the besieging army was forced to retreat home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002715	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to sneak into the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002716	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He sneaked in over a wall at night and set fire to a granary. In the confusion, he was able to sneak back out. Soon thereafter, the city surrendered. <actor> was greatly rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002717	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He sneaked in over a wall at night and was able to set fire to a granary. Escaping, he was caught by city guards and died during interrogation. Eventually, the city surrendered and <actorP> family was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002718	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His small force scaled a wall at night and were met by wary defenders. <actor> fled for his life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002719	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He scaled a wall at night but was noticed by wary guards. He barely escaped their arrows. A month later, the besieging army was forced to retreat home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002720	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led raids on nearby villages, to take provisions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002721	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He found little more than stray livestock and small jugs of grain. The army eventually lifted their siege and went home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002722	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He and his men found several caches of dried foodstuffs and grain. Without it, the siege might have failed. <actor> was rewarded for his success.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002723	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led his men up the walls in the middle of the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002724	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His force scaled a wall at night and were met by wary defenders. They managed to fight their way over the top and open a gate. The city was won!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002725	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His force scaled a wall at night and were met by wary defenders who repulsed them. A month later, the besieging army was forced to retreat home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002726	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king had led his army to far battlefields, and the remaining defenders of the city were very old or very young. People worried. Citizens looked twice before passing dark spaces between buildings. Mostly, they feared their slaves. Everyone had heard how slaves of some city in the past had revolted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002727	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided the slaves had no reason to revolt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002728	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Slaves were treated better than the poor. The poor never revolted, unless you looked at them. The army returned and citizens went back to ignoring the grievances of slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002729	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A story leaped around the city. An angry rich man had thrown the severed head of his household's head slave into the street. It was a terrible offense to the city's burial customs that not even slaves deserved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002730	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looked to hire guards for her home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002731	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She paid more than she could afford, to retain two. They promised to help, should the worst happen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002732	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city had already taken every able fighter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002733	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> freed her slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002734	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ungrateful cur spat on her when she shuffled him out of her home!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002735	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately, he had saved enough to get by on his own until he found work for a free man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002736	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> treated her slave better than her family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002737	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She had never really treated him badly, but he acted more congenial than usual.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002738	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The atmosphere in her home cooled, since her slave clearly suspected that her motives were disingenuous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002739	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <actor> overheard her slave teaching his child to read, she had to sit and think. He had not been sold to her as an educated slave. She had never seen him read anything. She took to watching him surreptitiously. One night he left the house and met with other slaves. They deferred to his words. She overheard, "...king and army have left for war."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002740	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reported her slave to city watchmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002741	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They arrested him. They mounted his severed head for other slaves to see. She did not hear what happened to the child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002742	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When they came to arrest him, he had already fled with his child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002743	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looked to hire guards for her home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002744	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She paid more than she could afford, to retain two. They promised to help, should the worst happen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002745	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city had already taken every able fighter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002746	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> freed her slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002747	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ungrateful cur spat on her when she shuffled him out of her home!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002748	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately, he had saved enough to get by on his own until he found work for a free man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002749	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> treated her slave better than her family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002750	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She had never really treated him badly, but he acted more congenial than usual.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002751	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The atmosphere in her home cooled, since her slave clearly suspected that her motives were disingenuous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002752	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> could not understand why her slave had warned her. She was as unkind and unharsh a mistress as her neighbors. Her slave had been as disobedient and lazy and mischievous as was expected. Why he came to her and told her the slaves of the city would soon revolt made no sense. But because the king and army were away at war, the timing did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002753	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided it was a trick! She ignored the warning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002754	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Her slave kept to himself, was more sullen, for the next few days. The army returned and citizens went back to ignoring the grievances of slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002755	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A story leaped around the city. An angry rich man had thrown the severed head of his household's head slave into the street. It was a terrible offense to the city's burial customs that not even slaves deserved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002756	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looked to hire guards for her home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002757	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She paid more than she could afford, to retain two. They promised to help, should the worst happen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002758	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city had already hired every able fighter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002759	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> freed her slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002760	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ungrateful cur spat on her when she shuffled him out of her home!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002761	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately, he had saved enough to get by on his own until he found work for a free man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002762	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> treated her slave better than her family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002763	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She had never really treated him badly, but he acted more congenial than usual.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002764	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The atmosphere in her home cooled, since her slave clearly suspected that her motives were disingenuous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002765	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rumors were confounded by rumors. The slaves were secretly collecting weapons. The city guard was rounding up slaves suspected by their owners. Incidents between slaves and owners flared everywhere. So the rumors had everyone believe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002766	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought out her slave and asked what he knew.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002767	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He promised the truth was worse than rumors. <actor> prepared for it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002768	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He swore that he knew the same as she.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002769	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled with family to the temple of the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002770	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The temple priests rejected them and their unfounded fear. Eventually, the army returned, and the priests' action proved righteous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002771	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The temple priests put them and their slave to work. From when the riots began until they ended, <actor> remained safe. She returned to a home devastated by the carnage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002772	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The temple priests rejected them and their unfounded fear.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002773	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fortified her house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002774	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She spent time and valuables, to strengthen it and to hide food and valuables.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002775	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went around the neighborhood challenging the rumors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002776	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No one had proof of any of them. Her message of skepticism spread slowly. When the army returned, <actor> was honored by the king himself for calming the situation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002777	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	More than one neighbor had witnessed bloody incidents between slave and owner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002778	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reports of fights in the streets were corroborated by distant screams and the clash of arms. It grew to a citywide din.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002779	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told her guards to protect as many homes as they could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002780	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The guards protected themselves for the most part. From the fire that burned through the trades district, they simply ran.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002781	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The guards were enough to keep away looters and stray slaves looking for a fight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002782	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The guards were enough to keep away looters and stray slaves looking for a fight. Eventually, the army returned, and order was restored.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002783	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invited her neighbors into her home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002784	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Together, they withstood attempts to break in. Her neighbors thanked <actor> in many ways thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002785	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They all died in a terrible fire that gutted the trades district.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002786	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Together, they withstood attempts to break in. Her neighbors thanked <actor> in many ways thereafter. Eventually the army returned, and order was restored.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002787	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled with family to the temple of the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002788	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were caught in the fighting. <actor> died protecting them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002789	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They managed to find safe harbor until the fighting ended.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002790	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were caught in the fighting. <actor> died protecting them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002791	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slave <actor> had freed surprised them outside their home. He guided them through streets away from the fighting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002792	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They managed to find safe harbor until the fighting ended. Eventually, the army returned, and order was restored.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002793	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> huddled in her home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002794	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Looters--some slaves, some poor freemen--broke in and pillaged <actorP> home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002795	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fighting did not reach it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002796	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fighting came closer and closer. Then, as angry shouts echoed against her door, she heard the voice of the slave she had freed. He diverted the mob away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002797	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After the fighting, slaves took control of the city. They awaited the return of the army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002798	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made weapons for the slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002799	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Besieged, the slaves fought on the walls and repelled initial attacks. When the king offered amnesty and freedom, they opened the gates and were slaughtered to a man. <actor> was found guilty of treason and was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002800	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Besieged, the slaves fought on the walls but barely repelled initial attacks. The army withdrew and abandoned the city. An enemy invasion threatened other cities in the kingdom. The king moved his seat of power and eventually granted the slaves amnesty and freedom. The slaves compensated <actor> greatly for her contribution.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002801	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made weapons for a counter-rebellion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002802	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Free men rioted against the slaves upon the army's approach. The city became a battlefield. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002803	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon the approach of the army, free men rioted against the slaves. They opened the gates, and the army crushed the rebel slaves. <actor> was rewarded for her assistance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002804	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Free men rioted against the slaves when the army approached. The city became a battlefield. <actor> and her guards defended their neighborhood. She was rewarded for her efforts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002805	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stayed in her home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002806	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Free men rioted against the slaves upon the army's approach. The city became a battlefield. <actorP> home was wrecked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002807	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Besieged, the slaves fought on the walls but barely repelled initial attacks. The army withdrew and abandoned the city. An enemy invasion threatened other cities in the kingdom. The king moved his seat of power and eventually granted the slaves amnesty and freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002808	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Free men rioted against the slaves with the army's approach. The city became a battlefield. <actor> and her guards protected their neighborhood from the worst of the carnage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002809	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to escape the city with family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002810	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They slipped out unnoticed. When the army arrived, she worked for them until the slaves capitulated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002811	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the help of her guards, they slipped out unnoticed. The army arrived, and the slaves eventually capitulated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002812	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They slipped out unnoticed. The army arrived, but the battle for the city destroyed <actorP> home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002813	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were caught trying to slip out of the city and punished. The slaves eventually won amnesty and freedom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002814	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city foundry told smiths that little bronze would be available in the next few months. Supplies of tin and copper had been disrupted by several large tribes invading the civilized nations. The king had recently repulsed two attacks against his cities. However, several of the territories conquered by the king's predecessors had been overrun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002815	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went around the city telling citizens to cease business with locally established foreigners who had ties with the tribal nations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002816	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> call triggered a groundswell of resentment. Several businesses were vandalized. Many foreigners fled the city, fearing for their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002817	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was murdered in the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002818	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> call triggered a groundswell of resentment. Several businesses were vandalized. Many foreigners fled the city, fearing for their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002819	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent time buying used metal implements to reforge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002820	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> business managed to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002821	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> started a profitable and influential side business supplying bronze to other smiths.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002822	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to buy copper and tin and smelt <his/her> own bronze, to save money.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002823	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The only ore available was iron. <He/She> attempted to work it, but the necessary temperature was difficult to achieve. The most successful results were brittle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002824	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> business failed. <actor> had to sell the shop and find work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002825	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The only ore available was iron. <He/She> attempted to work it, but the necessary temperature was difficult to achieve. The most successful results were brittle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002826	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent less time at <his/her> forge and more time with the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002827	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> business barely managed to continue. The family grew closer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002828	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> business barely managed to continue. The family grew closer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002829	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Over the next few years, taxes doubled and then nearly doubled again. The burden of the king's fight had also doubled. Insurgents continued to threaten the kingdom. Now, tribal migrations had worn other kingdoms into desperation. Rival armies marched to conquer each others' supposedly greater wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002830	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During periods of military exhaustion, citizens re-evaluated their survival. A growing number left the city for nomadic lives. Some groups reverted to hunting and gathering. Some became mercenary bandits. This shrank the population enough to threaten the king's revenue.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002831	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> traveled with the army, for steady work and to avoid several taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002832	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> skills were greatly appreciated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002833	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was killed when the army suffered a major defeat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002834	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> skills were greatly appreciated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002835	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> skills were greatly appreciated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002836	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was killed when the army suffered a major defeat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002837	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looked for extra work as a common laborer, since shortages of manpower were frequent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002838	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> skills helped <actor> find better paying work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002839	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was worked harder than <he/she> could ever have imagined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002840	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> skills helped <actor> find better paying work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002841	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to make specialty goods with the little bronze available.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002842	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Though labor-intensive, they could command high prices from the rich. <His/Her> work made <actor> a temporary darling of the elite.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002843	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> efforts couldn't compete with more talented artisans. <His/Her> business failed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002844	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> works incorporated tiny gear-based articulation. <His/Her> work made <actor> a temporary darling of the elite.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002845	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took the family away from the city to work for mercenaries who paid no taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002846	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> skills were greatly appreciated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002847	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family was robbed and murdered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002848	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family knowledge of sailing helped <him/her> integrate with river mercenaries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002849	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> skills were greatly appreciated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002850	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested taxing the wealthy more, including <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002851	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The royal bureaucracy invited <him/her> to administer the new taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002852	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was murdered in the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002853	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested increasing taxes on laborers, to make up for workers abandoning the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002854	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The upper classes agreed that it would teach the low caste to respect their ruler.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002855	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Poor harvests turned quickly to famine, and they lasted for years. Individual cities in the kingdom reverted to local, martial control. Builders, potters, weavers, and others were prodded into the fields, to cut the grain that did grow. Rich lords were stripped of wealth, to pay for importing foods whose availability dwindled exponentially.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002856	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Military units, intended to crack down on banditry and safeguard food caravans, often became bandits. Trade with other nations all but ceased.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002857	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> volunteered to work in the fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002858	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was worked harder than <he/she> could ever have imagined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002859	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> died under the strain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002860	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped the city with <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002861	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They survived for a time in the wilds until they joined other hunter-gatherers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002862	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family was robbed and murdered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002863	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They survived for a time in the wilds until they joined other hunter-gatherers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002864	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was reduced to begging.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002865	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> barely made enough for the family to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002866	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family perished during the worst of the famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002867	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> barely made enough for the family to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002868	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> barely made enough for the family to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002869	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> barely made enough for the family to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002870	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> barely made enough for the family to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002871	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the mercenaries to establish themselves as hunter-gatherers in the wilds, before waves of refugees depleted them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002872	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were able to link up with other surviving groups and strengthen them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002873	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They didn't listen, and everyone was killed by roving army units.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002874	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	All pretense of kingdom shattered when military or religious leaders took full control of their cities. The king was ignored, left as a symbol for citizens to fear and hate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002875	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Smaller cities quickly succumbed to enemy forces. The capital was exposed to any who had strength of arms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002876	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped the city with <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002877	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They survived for a time in the wilds until they joined other hunter-gatherers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002878	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family was robbed and murdered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002879	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They survived for a time in the wilds until they joined other hunter-gatherers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002880	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> joined the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002881	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's army was able to fend off the weak attempts made to capture it. <actor> was named a hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002882	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city was captured and destroyed by an enemy desperate for food and valuables. <actor> and the family were killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002883	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's army was able to fend off the weak attempts made to capture it. <actor> was named a hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002884	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's army was able to fend off the weak attempts made to capture it. <actor> was named a hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002885	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's army was able to fend off the weak attempts made to capture it. <actor> was named a hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002886	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's army was able to fend off the weak attempts made to capture it. <actor> was named a hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002887	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's army was able to fend off the weak attempts made to capture it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002888	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's army was able to fend off the weak attempts made to capture it. <actor> was named a hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002889	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> conspired with those who had been stripped of their upper-class wealth and power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002890	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They convinced enough of the royal staff to overthrow the king. Smaller plots emerged from the conspiracy to ruin the successful installation of a new government. The city fell into chaos and was easily conquered. <actor> and the family were killed when enemies destroyed everything.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002891	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They convinced enough of the royal staff to overthrow the king. The makeshift, replacement government was shaky, due to internal rivalries, but outside threats forced cooperation. The city managed to hold against them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002892	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They convinced enough of the royal staff to overthrow the king. The makeshift, replacement government was shaky, due to internal rivalries, but outside threats forced cooperation. The city managed to hold against them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002893	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They convinced enough of the royal staff to overthrow the king. The makeshift, replacement government was shaky, due to internal rivalries, but outside threats forced cooperation. The city managed to hold against them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002894	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They convinced enough of the royal staff  to overthrow the king. The makeshift, replacement government was shaky, due to internal rivalries, but outside threats forced cooperation. The city managed to hold against them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002895	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> resumed working as a smith, as best <he/she> could, and ignored all else but family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002896	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the city's economy and society collapsed, <actor> and the family perished amid the riots.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002897	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city held on while other cities sank from desperate to frantic and into a final collapse. <actor> contributed more than anyone, over the long years thereafter. <His/Her> later attempts to work iron resulted in a crude steel that cut the cost of armaments. Even impoverished, the city could maintain enough warriors to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002898	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city managed somehow to hold on while other cities sank from desperate to frantic and into a final collapse. Without <actorP> skills, or the skill of any one of hundreds of other tradesmen, it might have failed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002899	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned <his/her> family to their city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002900	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city managed somehow to hold on as other cities sank from desperate to frantic and into a final collapse. <actor> labored hard to help the city survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002901	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the city's economy and society collapsed, <actor> and the family perished amid the riots.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002902	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> urged the mercenaries to help protect a city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002903	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They protected the city from several military crises. While enemy cities declined into ruin, <actorP> newly adopted city maintained itself at a reduced level.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002904	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's enemies were too strong. Everyone was killed when the city was taken and plundered into ruins.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002905	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their efforts helped to protect the city from several military crises. While enemy cities declined into ruin, <actorP> newly adopted city maintained itself at a reduced level.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002906	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested bartering with nomadic tribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002907	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While the kingdom fell into ruin, spurious trading would solidify over decades and eventually bring new cities to life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002908	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tribes slaughtered everyone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002909	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family discoveries proved helpful, at the level of technological fundamentals. More advanced tribes were keen to learn, and paid well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002910	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> father had been a carpenter, but <his/her> grandfather had been a sailor. The elder told tales of family royalty in the eastern lands. <actor> enjoyed his lies, but perhaps members of the family had once been noble. After enduring a sailor's hardships, grandfather had apprenticed his son as a ship's carpenter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002911	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ran <his/her> own carpentry business in a prosperous small town. <He/She> considered what would be best for <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002912	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thought to regain the wealth and power of the family's past.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002914	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hoped to discover new ways to improve <his/her> trade and life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002916	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> chose an adventurous life. Let descendants decide their own.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002918	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hoped to leave stories to his grandchildren that were as brave and exciting as his grandfather's.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002919	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was resolved. <His/Her> crate of tools would never rest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002921	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002923	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Certainly, <he/she> thought, the upper class would welcome one of their own who returned to riches.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002924	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> strove to earn easier lives for <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002926	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002928	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed <his/her> woodworking skills reflected the accumulation of <his/her> forefathers' wisdom. Therefore, to improve life, <he/she> would try projecting <his/her> craft upon larger matters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002929	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would eventually discover interesting and important things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002931	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002933	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took a rare trip to the nearest city. Special woods and dyes could be found only in the markets there. They were expensive, and <he/she> would have to hire transport to <his/her> hometown.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002934	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With <his/her> purse full, when the stranger accosted <actor>, <he/she> feared the worst. He was a stocky man, barefoot, wearing a simple, clean shift.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002935	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Forgive my interruption, but I would greet you as a man without true knowledge. I beg you for the gift of your wisdom so that I may become more just and righteous."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002936	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had heard of philosophers. Slipperier than catfish, it was said, but befriending one opened access to wealthy clients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002937	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the middle-aged man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002939	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the old man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002940	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered, "Justice is a wheel steered by people in the cart upon people in the road."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002941	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I hear wisdom in your voice, but the words..."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002942	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered, "A righteous man is a dangerous man, for he holds himself accountable only to the gods."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002943	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I hear wisdom in your voice, but the words..."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002944	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Can people in the road not band together and make their own cart?" he asked politely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002945	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Um, I suppose they could, but wealthy men build larger wheels."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002946	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Hmmm." He considered it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002947	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"No, those already in a cart consider competition unjust."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002948	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Hmmm." He contemplated this.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002949	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"So are you really saying it is the wealthy who distribute justice?" he asked curiously.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002950	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Yes."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002951	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Silent, the man thought deeply.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002952	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"No, not every magistrate is wealthy, but all are well placed."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002953	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Silent, the man thought deeply.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002954	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"So, to be a just man, I should seek wealth?" His voice leaned towards incredulity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002955	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed it off. "You should play this game with your wife someday."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002956	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The humble man flinched. His thoughts were suddenly plagued by the curse, "No man is wiser than he."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002957	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to kill this exasperating man!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002958	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man's canniness was not limited to his mind. He thrashed <actor> and took coins from the fat purse, just compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002959	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the man for having enlightened <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002960	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Words are not wisdom. <actor> did not say this aloud, fearing another round. Instead, <actor> offered to buy the man a cup of beer. Acquaintances made through this teacher proved to be valuable clients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002961	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"So, to be a just man, I must be born into it." His voice leaned towards incredulity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002962	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed it off. "You should play this game with your wife someday."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002963	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The humble man flinched. His thoughts were suddenly plagued by the curse, "No man is wiser than he."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002964	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to kill this exasperating man!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002965	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man's canniness was not limited to his mind. He thrashed <actor> and took coins from the fat purse, just compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002966	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the man for having enlightened <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002967	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Words are not wisdom. <actor> did not say this aloud, fearing another round. Instead, <actor> offered to buy the man a cup of beer. Acquaintances made through this teacher proved to be valuable clients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002968	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Is justice, then, so fickle as to have competition?" he asked, incredulous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002969	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed it off. "You should play this game with your wife someday."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002970	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The humble man flinched. His thoughts were suddenly plagued by the curse, "No man is wiser than he."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002971	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to kill this exasperating man!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002972	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man's canniness was not limited to his mind. He thrashed <actor> and took coins from the fat purse, just compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002973	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the man for having enlightened <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002974	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Words are not wisdom. <actor> did not say this aloud, fearing another round. Instead, <actor> offered to buy the man a cup of beer. Acquaintances made through this teacher proved to be valuable clients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002975	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Should the man not ask himself whether the gods are righteous?" he asked politely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002976	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"No. He assumes they are, and that he does their will."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002977	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Hmmm." He considered it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002978	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Do you disagree that the gods are righteous?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002979	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Hmmm!" He regarded the question.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002980	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"What if a righteous man defies the gods?" he asked curiously.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002981	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"That would be blasphemy."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002982	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Silent, the man thought deeply.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002983	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Then a truly righteous man would become a god."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002984	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Silent, the man thought deeply.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002985	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"So, to be a righteous man, I should blaspheme the gods?" His voice leaned towards incredulity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002986	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed it off. "You should play this game with your wife someday."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002987	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The humble man flinched. His thoughts were suddenly plagued by the curse, "No man is wiser than he."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002988	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to kill this exasperating man!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002989	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man's canniness was not limited to his mind. He thrashed <actor> and took coins from the fat purse, just compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002990	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the man for having enlightened <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002991	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Words are not wisdom. <actor> did not say this aloud, fearing another round. Instead, <actor> offered to buy the man a cup of beer. Acquaintances made through this teacher proved to be valuable clients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002992	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"So, men cannot do right because we are not gods?" His voice leaned towards incredulity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002993	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed it off. "You should play this game with your wife someday."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002994	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The humble man flinched. His thoughts were suddenly plagued by the curse, "No man is wiser than he."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002995	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to kill this exasperating man!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002996	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man's canniness was not limited to his mind. He thrashed <actor> and took coins from the fat purse, just compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT002997	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the man for having enlightened <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT002998	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Words are not wisdom. <actor> did not say this aloud, fearing another round. Instead, <actor> offered to buy the man a cup of beer. Acquaintances made through this teacher proved to be valuable clients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT002999	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Should one disagree with another when the other is not present to support their position?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003000	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The positions of the gods are not for us to question."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003001	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Silent, the man thought deeply.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003002	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Should the presence of another cause us to disagree with him?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003003	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man's expression blanked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003004	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Then, to do right, a man mustn't disagree with the gods." Not happy to end it there, the man asked, "So, agreeing with the gods makes men dangerous?" His voice leaned towards incredulity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003005	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed it off. "You should play this game with your wife someday."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003006	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The humble man flinched. His thoughts were suddenly plagued by the curse, "No man is wiser than he."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003007	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to kill this exasperating man!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003008	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man's canniness was not limited to his mind. He thrashed <actor> and took coins from the fat purse, just compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003009	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the man for having enlightened <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003010	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Words are not wisdom. <actor> did not say this aloud, fearing another round. Instead, <actor> offered to buy the man a cup of beer. Acquaintances made through this teacher proved to be valuable clients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003011	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"In that case, would men ever agree on anything?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003012	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Certainly, men do make agreements."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003013	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Silent, the man thought deeply.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003014	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I don't know. Do they?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003015	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man invited <actor> to join the meetings of two philosophers currently living in <actorP> town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003016	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Accordingly, does that mean that when men agree, they become dangerous?" His voice leaned towards incredulity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003017	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed it off. "You should play this game with your wife someday."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003018	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The humble man flinched. His thoughts were suddenly plagued by his curse, "No man was wiser than he."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003019	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to kill this exasperating man!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003020	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man's canniness was not limited to his mind. He thrashed <actor> and took coins from the fat purse, just compensation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003021	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the man for having enlightened <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003022	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Words are not wisdom. <actor> did not say this aloud, fearing another round. Instead, <he/she> offered to buy the man a cup of beer. Acquaintances made through this teacher proved to be valuable clients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003023	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The memory was heralded from town to town. "Remember when barbarians breached the sacred capital! Vengeance will finally be ours. Muster, muster, all good fighting men, to the nearest legion commander!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003024	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled into the hills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003025	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> escaped with <his/her> family. They eventually reestablished a workplace elsewhere in the valley.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003026	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was caught by bandits and died a death more gruesome than if the military had caught <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003027	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused the call. Come fine or imprisonment, his knife drew shavings, not blood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003028	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was fined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003029	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was imprisoned. A grueling year strained his health.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003030	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	So many answered the call, <actor> was not prosecuted, but women passing him, called aloud, "Coward!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003031	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> journeyed to the closest legion's camp, with comrades from his town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003032	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each night, they sparred spiritedly, to revive skills learned in the first few years of their manhoods. One man accidentally broke another's arm. The wounded man returned home on a farmer's cart.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003033	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each night, they sparred to revive skills learned in the first few years of their manhoods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003034	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With a hastened pace they arrived two days ahead of everyone else from their town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003035	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each night, they sparred spiritedly, to revive skills learned in the first few years of their manhoods. <actorP> hand was smashed, and he returned home on a farmer's cart.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003036	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The legion's commander addressed professional soldiers and levies alike, before leading them unto barbarian lands. "The enemy is undisciplined and ignorant. I fought them scant years ago. Do not let their backward lives fool you. They can be clever like packs of dogs."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003037	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Let them too close, and you'll never wash their smell off of you!" His joke drew cheers from his men. The march commenced.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003038	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued to practice his fighting skills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003039	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness swept through the ranks and <actor> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003040	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His skills caught the attention of a soldier who deigned to spar with him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003041	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness swept through the ranks. <actor> caught it and survived but was left to return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003042	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness that thinned the army's ranks slowed him down, but his skills gradually increased.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003043	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His skills caught the attention of a soldier who deigned to spar with him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003044	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reserved his strength during the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003045	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He survived a sickness that thinned the army's ranks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003046	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed all orders to best of his ability.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003047	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The army crossed into the savages' homeland unresisted. They were cautioned, "Ready to make raids against villages and small towns, to weaken the enemy's will to fight." The commander's primary objective was to draw the barbarians' main force into a battle of his choosing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003048	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was more concerned by the wooden roads the native's had constructed. Their workmanship rivaled his own.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003049	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought out opportunities to raid the natives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003050	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Afterwards, he never wanted to raid again. The amount of blood even a small body could spill staggered him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003051	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Mostly the veteran soldiers were formed into raiding parties. They sometimes returned with gold and silver goods that amazed his sense of craftsmanship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003052	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed by an old man who wielded a rake better than he wielded a spear.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003053	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickened, panicked, terrified, elated, the gore, adrenalin, and savagery he experienced was rewarded with loot, a silver cloak pin. It's beautifully detailed lily reminded him of the deaths even after melting it down.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003054	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickened, panicked, terrified, elated, the gore, adrenalin, and savagery he experienced was rewarded with loot, a silver cloak pin. It's beautifully detailed lily reminded him of the deaths even after melting it down.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003055	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reserved his strength during the march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003057	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two young, professional soldiers, waylaid him one night, accusing <actor> of slowing them down. An injured arm affected his fighting skill.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003058	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed all orders to best of his ability.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003059	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For experience, he was sent on one raid. He returned, sickened, panicked, terrified, and elated to be alive. The gore, adrenalin, and savagery he experienced was rewarded with no loot.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003060	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He noticed, veteran soldiers were most often formed into raiding parties. They sometimes returned with gold and silver goods that amazed his sense of craftsmanship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003061	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For experience, he was sent on one raid. He returned, sickened, panicked, terrified, and elated to be alive. The gore, adrenalin, and savagery he experienced was rewarded with loot. The gold coin was stamped with an amazing likeness of a proud chieftan.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003062	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sent on a raid, <actor> was killed by an old man who wielded a rake better than he wielded a short sword.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003063	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused to join any raiding party.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003065	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two young, professional soldiers, waylaid him one night, accusing <actor> of cowardice. An injured arm affected his fighting skill.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003066	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fires from native encampments reminded <actor> of a sea sparkling in the light of a blood moon. Behind the sea, bonfire flames leapt into the sky from the corners of a stone walled city twice the size of <actorP> town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003067	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two more legions arrived in the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003068	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the night carving a sacrifice to the war god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003069	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the morning, he burned it on the god's altar. The smoke indicated victory. So claimed the priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003070	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> listened to to the tales and songs of veterans, to keep his spirit up.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003071	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was enough beer to free him from hesitating to make a fool of himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003072	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The louder he sang, the worse his stomach pained him. He was not the only man to cry that night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003073	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried as best he could to sleep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003074	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He slept soundly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003075	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He shivered all night long.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003076	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought out other volunteers from his town, to commune with them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003077	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	About half had survived the long march. Would returning mean their doom?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003078	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A handful had died or escaped. Survivors clasp each other steadfastly, and they drank to the goddess who watched over their women and children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003079	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ranks of lines formed by the legions were reflected by enemy lines equal their rank and equal their discipline. <actor> had heard of the practice of capturing the sons of barbarian elite and raising them to respect the empire. That knowledge and training must have translated to these enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003080	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their only difference might have been, one side was closer to their homes. Horns sounded. The lines converged. Battle cries precipitated clashes of iron.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003081	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ran from the battlefield.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003082	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003083	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He escaped all pursuers but died in enemy lands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003084	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He escaped all pursuers, and by disguising himself in native clothes stolen from a recent corpse, he returned home after many trials.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003085	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought with his unit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003086	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To his surprise, the enemy was no better trained than he. Fierce and brave to be sure, but the professional soldiers cut through their ranks quickly, while levies suffered losses equal to their enemy. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003087	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To his surprise, the enemy was no better trained than he. Fierce and brave to be sure, but the professional soldiers cut through their ranks quickly, while levies suffered losses equal to their enemy. <actor> fought well and was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003088	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To his surprise, the enemy was no better trained than he. Fierce and brave to be sure, but the professional soldiers cut through their ranks quickly, while levies suffered losses equal to their enemy. <actorP> unit routed. After the victory, he was flogged for cowardice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003089	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To his surprise, the enemy was no better trained than he. Fierce and brave to be sure, but the professional soldiers cut through their ranks quickly, while levies suffered losses equal to their enemy. <actor> fought well and was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003090	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy proved better trained than he. The professional soldiers cut through their ranks with effort, but the levies suffered terrific losses. His unit routed. The battle was lost. <actor> returned home and never spoke of it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003091	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy proved better trained than he. The professional soldiers cut through their ranks with effort, but the levies suffered terrific losses. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003092	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed his fate lie the hands of the gods. He closed his eyes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003093	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003094	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An additional three legions reinforced the siege. <actor> labored continuously, for a month, to help erect concentric siege walls, one to seal in the city, one to protect the legions from being counter-sieged.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003095	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy nations were independent of each other, traded with each other, had fought one another, but still could ally to bring a hundred thousand warriors against invaders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003096	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought carpentry work on siege engines.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003097	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was made to labor along with unskilled men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003098	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was given carpentry work on the inner siege walls.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003099	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was ordered to organize the construction of a giant, ram tower.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003100	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was allowed to assist the construction of catapults. He'd never worked on anything so mechanically complex.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003101	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought to join raiding parties to collect supplementary supplies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003102	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He acclimatized to the horrors he inflicted. And he gained more than a few trinkets of loot, over time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003103	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battles disgusted him and he increasingly held back during them, until he was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003104	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battles disgusted him and he increasingly held back during them, until he was sent back to labor on the fortifications.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003105	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> practiced his fighting skills when he wasn't building defenses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003106	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One day a veteran watched and nodded appreciatively.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003107	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was accidentally injured by a another conscript.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003108	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought to join patrols that protected supply convoys supporting the sieging legions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003109	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	These units proved to be little better behaved than bandits. They killed every native they met and stole from them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003110	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He fought several times to defend lines of supply wagons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003111	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He fought several times to defend lines of supply wagons, until he was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003112	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	White flags marched from the city's gates. The enemy commander had decided to risk a belief in the empire's civility. He sent non-combatants out into the no man's land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003113	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	But the head of the empire's army refused to let them pass. The legions watched thousands of people dig graves and starve to death over the next five days. Then the enemy army struck outwards. Fury overwhelmed their empty bellies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003114	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to escape this enterprise the gods had forsaken.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003115	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was captured and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003116	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He escaped all pursuers but died in enemy lands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003117	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He escaped all pursuers, and by disguising himself in native clothes stolen from a recent corpse, he returned home after many trials.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003118	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003119	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy tried burning their way through the siege wall. They tried climbing it. They bashed it with their weapons, and they died before it. Their bodies mounded until they could leap up and spit into the empire's faces. | <actor> wiped his face, and went to work. Against the army commander's wishes, the legions buried their enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003120	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy tried burning their way through the siege wall. They tried climbing it. They bashed it with their weapons, and they died before it. Their bodies mounded until they could leap up and spit into the empire's faces. | <actor> met them, killed one, and then was overrun. The family was told he died a hero, defeating savages.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003121	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy tried burning their way through the siege wall. They tried climbing it. They bashed it with their weapons, and they died before it. Their bodies mounded until they could leap up and spit into the empire's faces. | <actor> met them, killed one, and then it was over. Their fury was spent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003122	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy tried burning their way through the siege wall. They tried climbing it. They bashed it with their weapons, and they died before it. Their bodies mounded until they could leap up and spit into the empire's faces. | <actor> met them, killed one, and then was overrun. The family was told, the victorious barbarians had probably eaten him along with their own dead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003123	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy tried burning their way through the siege wall. They tried climbing it. They bashed it with their weapons, and they died before it. Their bodies mounded until they could leap up and spit into the empire's faces. | <actor> met them, killed one, and then it was over. Their fury was spent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003124	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy that arrived to break the siege did not surprise them. Their numbers did. One army beset by four, the legions hunkered between their walls and awaited for battle or besiegement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003125	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city was too hungry for the latter. The first assault came from outside. Then enemies hastened out of the city's gates to bite the empire between two rows of teeth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003126	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> huddled to himself and wept.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003127	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An officer killed him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003128	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fighting turned chaotic so quickly, no one noticed, until the enemy found and slew him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003129	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fighting turned chaotic quickly, and no one noticed. When it was plain the enemy would be routed, he stabbed a few dead bodies and rejoined the broken ranks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003130	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003131	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	First, he hurled burning pitch balls into the mass crowding the walls. Then he pushed ladders over. Then he fought men on the precipice, backing from their crowding momentum. He must have killed a half dozen before he was slain. The family was told he died a hero, defeating savages.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003132	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	First, he hurled burning pitch balls into the mass crowding the walls. Then he pushed ladders over. Then he fought men on the precipice, backing from their crowding momentum until he was cramped against his own. Then he relied on his bare hands to fight in space too close for knives. Victory astonished him when the enemy fled back over the wall.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003133	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	First, he hurled burning pitch balls into the mass crowding the walls. Then he pushed ladders over. Then he fought men on the precipice, backing from their crowding momentum until he was cramped against his own. Then he relied on his bare hands to fight in space too close for knives. Victory astonished him when the enemy fled back over the wall.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003134	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	First, he hurled burning pitch balls into the mass crowding the walls. Then he pushed ladders over. Then he fought men on the precipice, backing from their crowding momentum. He must have killed a half dozen before he was slain. The family was told, the victorious barbarians had probably eaten him along with their own dead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003135	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The provincial landowner moved his family to the town where <actor> lived. Cities were said to be infected and starving. His was not the first upper class family to seek survival in rural areas. Refugees arrived every day. <actorP> family knew hunger. Most of the local crops were high profit goods. Grain and other staples had been bought cheaply from distant provinces, but no longer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003136	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Political confusion splintered the empire east and west. Sophisticated tribal nations to the north and south pressed underfunded legions, who occasionally turned to banditry for food. The longest trade routes were cut into shorter legs. Each transfer point increased prices. As the empire weakened, basics became scarce. Century-old olive trees and grape vines became charcoal. Farmers scrambled to replant staples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003137	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Officials petitioned the landowner to hold a public council. <actor> was picked to attend for <his/her> family's extensive history with the town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003138	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned. The gods were wroth that recent emperors raised an exclusive god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003139	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The council ignored <actor> thereafter. An elder reminded <him/her> that emperors had been raising gods since the first emperor was made into one.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003140	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discussions at the council sank into arguments between those who believed in the emperor's religion and those who didn't. <actor> asked the landowner to learn from discord so easily inflamed and guarantee religious freedoms in his lands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003141	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discussions at the council sank into arguments between those who believed in the emperor's religion and those who didn't. <actor> asked the landowner to learn from discord so easily inflamed and guarantee religious freedoms in his lands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003142	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discussions at the council sank into arguments between those who believed in the emperor's religion and those who didn't. <actor> asked the landowner to learn from discord so easily inflamed and guarantee religious freedoms in his lands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003143	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discussions at the council sank into arguments between those who believed in the emperor's religion and those who didn't. <actor> asked the landowner to learn from discord so easily inflamed and guarantee religious freedoms in his lands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003144	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> claimed that the perverse morals of city dwellers had corrupted the empire!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003145	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner dismissed <actor> from the council for <his/her> insulting outburst.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003146	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> excepted the landowners, of course, and pleaded to enact and enforce strict laws against refugees. The landowner made refugees pledge their loyalty to his family and this land, before allowing them to live here.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003147	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> excepted the landowners, of course, and pleaded to enact and enforce strict laws against refugees. The landowner made refugees pledge their loyalty to his family and this land, before allowing them to live here.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003148	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> excepted the landowners, of course, and pleaded to enact and enforce strict laws against refugees. The landowner made refugees pledge their loyalty to his family and this land, before allowing them to live here.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003149	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> excepted the landowners, of course, and pleaded to enact and enforce strict laws against refugees. The landowner made refugees pledge their loyalty to his family and this land, before allowing them to live here.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003150	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to levy a militia and fortify the town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003151	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> proposal was voted down. It was far too expensive. <actor> was taken for a fool.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003152	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders argued the expense would be too great, but <actor> warned that if the empire continued to decline, those who protected it would grow desperate to control resources. The landowner agreed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003153	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders argued the expense would be too great, but <actor> warned that if the empire continued to decline, those who protected it would grow desperate to control resources. The landowner agreed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003154	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders argued the expense would be too great, but <actor> warned that if the empire continued to decline, those who protected it would grow desperate to control resources. The landowner agreed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003155	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Elders argued the expense would be too great, but <actor> warned that if the empire continued to decline, those who protected it would grow desperate to control resources. The landowner agreed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003156	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed trade alliances with nearby towns, abandoning imperial interests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003157	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner publicly questioned <his/her> loyalty to the empire. Then he dismissed <actor> from the council.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003158	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> sold the idea of gathering economic strength locally, to ride out major swings in the empire's power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003159	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> sold the idea of gathering economic strength locally, to ride out major swings in the empire's power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003160	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> sold the idea of gathering economic strength locally, to ride out major swings in the empire's power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003161	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> sold the idea of gathering economic strength locally, to ride out major swings in the empire's power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003162	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most refugees were not suited to the little work available in town. More than one rich family exhausted their silver, until they too begged for work. Some poor refugees sold themselves into slavery, but many attempted to work the land for sustenance, promising a portion of whatever they grew to the landowner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003163	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The exceptions were skilled craftsmen who quickly undercut local prices with quality work. <actorP> long-successful woodworks struggled to compete.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003164	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> petitioned the landowner to tax newcomers more effectively.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003165	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He taxed everyone more effectively, effectively destroying <actorP> business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003166	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He taxed everyone more effectively, effectively destroying <actorP> business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003167	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was happy to apply extra pressure on the refugees, for extra income. They complained about unfair taxes, to deaf ears.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003168	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was happy to apply extra pressure on the refugees, for extra income. They complained about unfair taxes, to deaf ears.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003169	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spread rumors about diseases infecting the works of refugees.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003170	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Pretty but deadly," <he/she> called the items. The phrase caught on, but was later applied to women refugees. Terrible incidents occurred against them. In some cases, refugee men were convicted of murder for protecting their wives, sisters, and older daughters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003171	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> lies were largely ignored.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003172	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> lies were largely ignored.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003173	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> recruited a gang of burly refugees to intimidate successful ones.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003174	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was convicted of disturbing the peace. The fine destroyed <his/her> business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003175	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was convicted of disturbing the peace and executed for it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003176	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was convicted of disturbing the peace. The fine destroyed <his/her> business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003177	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The skilled refugees starting paying <actor> to prevent gangs from destroying their businesses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003178	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invited the newcomers to join a collective under <his/her> shingle, to make it a symbol of mutual respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003179	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A strong association formed, but many townfolk despised <actorP> friendliness to refugees. Respect for <him/her> swung towards unspoken disgrace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003180	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most did not believe in <actorP> claimed respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003181	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The few who joined helped <actor> to offset his losses against strong competition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003182	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	War erupted from the north. Traveling merchants swore the old capital had been overrun. An imperial legion was rumored to be marching into the province. Towns rattled with worry. Had they been recently paid, fed? Was their morale good? Which settlements would they pass?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003183	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the legion arrived, <actor> was struggling with a partially decrepit trunk of oak. How could <he/she> salvage strong parts that could be made beautiful?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003184	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> split the trunk, sacrificing over half of it for a perfect length of wood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003185	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner offered large bribes, in secret, to each of the legion's centurions. Those who took them were reported to a special meeting of the trustworthy centurions. The landowner offered the town's militia to help the legion arrest the corrupt officers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003186	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner offered large bribes, in secret, to each of the legion's centurions. Those who took them were reported to a special meeting of the trustworthy centurions. The landowner offered the town's militia to help the legion arrest the corrupt officers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003187	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner offered large bribes, in secret, to each of the legion's centurions. So many took the bribe, the entire legion was paid to go to another town. The landowner ruled that because he had saved the town, it would pay for his bribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003188	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent time and effort and money to cut out the paths of decay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003189	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner invited the legion to camp near the town, upon one condition. They must allow the town's militia to police them. Many townsmen died at the hands of easily antagonized soldiers. Five times as many soldiers were arrested and sentenced to slavery under the landowner. The legion departed and won incredible victories against the northern hordes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003190	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner invited the legion to camp near the town, with one condition. They must allow the town's militia to police them. Many townsmen died from the long knives of undisciplined soldiers. Five times as many soldiers were arrested and sentenced to slavery under the landowner. The legionaries that departed won incredible victories against the northern hordes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003191	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner invited the legion to camp near the town, with one condition. They must allow the town's militia to police them. Conflicts between soldiers and militia escalated into a terrible battle that savaged the town. <actor> died when soldiers stormed <his/her> home to loot it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003192	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> segmented the trunk and cut rot out from segments that could be saved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003193	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner promised to defend the town against the legion, unless they spread cohorts to other towns while they camped in the province. A year later, when the legion marched away to battle, the towns involved were surprised by how much peace was lost at the army's departure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003194	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner promised to defend the town against the legion, unless they spread cohorts to other towns while they camped in the province. A year later, when the legion marched away to battle, the towns involved were surprised by how much peace was lost at the army's departure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003195	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner promised to defend the town against the legion, unless they spread cohorts to other towns while they camped in the province. The legion's commander laid siege to the town and destroyed it utterly. <actor> and the family were all killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003196	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> filled in the outer defects, polished them, and used it for an undemanding section of what <he/she> was building.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003197	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner invited the legion to camp near town. To allay concern, he asked them to parade through town. The landowner paid for flowers and grain to be cast before them. Their stay was tolerated, but their strain on local necessities nearly broke the town's economy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003198	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner invited the legion to camp near town. To allay concern, he asked them to parade through town. The landowner paid for flowers and grain to be cast before them. Their stay was tolerated, but their strain on local necessities nearly broke the town's economy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003199	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner invited the legion to camp near town. To allay concern, he asked them to parade through town. Unruly soldiers, some drunk, started looting and a general fight broke out in the streets, until more disciplined ranks could intervene. The cost of their stay ruined the town's economy. <actor> had to sell the family into slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003200	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	More news of the empire's weakness streamed in with greater numbers of refugees. The later waves included many desperate and unruly people. Their needs and ploys strained the town's social fabric.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroT003201	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This time, the landowner called a council to deal with the situation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003202	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> backed settling them, permanently.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003203	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner decided to create districts, instead. After decades of strict segregation, the districts revolted. Battles raged through the town. <actor> and the family were killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003204	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner decided to turn away further refugees. Very quickly, the militia could barely cope against the tide, until they began to slaughter interlopers. New refugees dwindled soon thereafter. | <actorP> descendants continued unbroken into the Age of Migrations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003205	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner agreed. He gave every family a plot of land large enough to sustain them. Then he required them to pass the land to their children. In time this law grew stricter and applied to more of the town. Children could only take the profession of their parents. They could only live in the same location. | <actorP> descendants continued unbroken into the Age of Migrations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003206	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner agreed. He gave every family a plot of land large enough to sustain them. Then he required them to pass the land to their children. In time this law grew stricter and applied to more of the town. Children could only take the profession of their parents. They could only live in the same location. | <actor> established close ties with many of the families, often paying their debts. Eventually, many were indebted to <him/her>, and they began to treat <actor> as a second landowner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003207	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> backed creating districts for peoples from different areas of the province.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003208	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner decided to settle them and their generations, permanently. He gave every family a plot of land large enough to sustain them. Then he required them to pass the land to their children. In time this law grew stricter and applied to more of the town. Children could only take the profession of their parents. They could only live in the same location. | <actorP> descendants continued unbroken into the Age of Migrations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003209	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner decided to turn away further refugees. Soon, a strange sort of war began. Groups of refugees and some veteran soldiers organized and fought back. The town militia did not know how to cope. One band of refugees raided into the town itself. <actor> and the family were killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003210	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner agreed. Although segregated, the differences between the peoples proved negligible and unity slowly grew through the town. Their combined society eventually turned into a city. | <actorP> descendants continued unbroken into the Age of Migrations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003211	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner agreed. Although segregated, the differences between the peoples proved negligible and unity slowly grew through the town. Their combined society eventually built a city. | <actorP> influence grew as well, and the family reached new heights in that new society.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003212	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner agreed. | After decades of strict segregation, the districts revolted. Battles raged through the town. <actor> and the family were killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceT003213	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> backed turning away new refugees from here on.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003214	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner decided to create districts, instead. After decades of strict segregation, the districts revolted. Battles raged through the town. <actor> and the family were killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003215	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner decided to settle them and their generations, permanently. He gave every family a plot of land large enough to sustain them. Then he required them to pass the land to their children. In time this law grew stricter and applied to more of the town. Children could only take the profession of their parents. They could only live in the same location. | <actorP> descendants continued unbroken into the Age of Migrations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003216	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner agreed. Very quickly, the militia could barely cope against the tide, until they began to slaughter interlopers. New refugees dwindled soon thereafter. | <actorP> descendants continued unbroken into the Age of Migrations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003217	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner agreed. Very quickly, the militia could barely cope against the tide. <actor> scouted and recruited many into the militia, including some of the earliest refugees who had established themselves successfully. The town was able to turn back wave after wave, until the sea of refugees calmed. | Having gained the trust of both townsfolk and refugees, the family reached new heights in society, as the town grew into a small city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultT003218	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The landowner agreed. Very quickly, the militia could barely cope against the tide. When the landowner offered lands to the enslaved soldiers, in exchange for their skills and fealty, the militia turned into an incredible fighting force. The town was kept safe for a long time. | <actorP> descendants continued unbroken into the Age of Migrations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT003219	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the next age, The Age of Migrations, <actorP> descendants had become millers of grain. The story pauses. "7 Grand Steps, Step 1: What Ancients Begat." has ended.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discT003220	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The <var1> family history has been saved in your Documents folder, file: '7GS_step1_<var1>'. Their story will continue in "Step 2: What Darkness Felled". Visit Mousechief Co. to follow "Step 2's" development.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003221	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An elder came to escort <actor> to the graveyard. There, she would give proper reverence to her ancestors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003222	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Your ancestors couldn't afford coffins," the old woman said. "We wrapped them in their bed-mats and buried them with their few possessions." \ In the heat of the day, they poured water on the ground and recited words to appease the dead. The woman left <actor>, telling her to listen for rustlings in the earth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003223	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prepared to confront her ancestors should they seek more than what was buried with them. The old woman startled her when she returned to fetch her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003224	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised the mounds that she would revere her ancestors and attend their graves. The old woman startled her when she returned to fetch her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003225	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped the sun as much as possible and waited until dusk. The old woman startled her when she returned to fetch her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003226	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Feeling faint in the heat, <actor> left the cemetery. The old woman spread word of <actorP> insincerity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003227	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the earth trembled, <actor> ran screaming. Many laughed when the woman described the girl's fear of the common shuddering of the land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003228	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Confident that she was the only person around, <actor> looked for a fresh rich man's grave. She returned at night to dig it up, but professional grave-robbers nearly killed her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003229	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ready sons of tradesmen were called to the river at the start of summer. They wore simple, clean tunics. The priests would bless them as they might a bull of rare size.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003230	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They preached, "Your skills are given by the gods. They created people to labor for them, after their divine servants refused simple trades work. Ply your craft long and well. Then rest content in the lands of the dead, free from need, empty and eternal."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003231	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> entered the temple but avoided the ceremony. No one commented on his absence when he joined his friends to celebrate afterwards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003232	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A vision of the future came to <actor>. Children played at their father's work, while he crafted their livelihood. His wife baked and mended and dealt with many of life's details to afford him perfect focus on his trade.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003233	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At the end of the blessing, <actor> removed his tunic and threw it into the air. "Rah!" Other boys were struck amazed, laughed, and were quick to follow. The priests were not amused.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003234	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Bored, <actor> tried to slip away. Later, his fellows caught and beat him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003235	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A vision of his future came to <actor>. He would be seated on an ebony stool beside the river god, and fed dates from a divine servant's delicate fingers. The vision inspired <actor> to great embarrassment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003236	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At the end of the blessing, <actor> removed his tunic and flung it into the air. "Rah!" Around him, astonishment turned into disdain. <actor> fled naked from the ceremony.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003237	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A young woman was expected to give her childhood toys to the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003238	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She would have to go through the streets by herself. <actor> covered herself well and hid her face.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003239	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hobbled like a crone and hissed at men who passed her. She brought laughter home after describing her journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003240	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> walked purposefully, holding her toys before her as an offering. She ignored men who tried to catch her eye or made rude sounds.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003241	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Even while she was fully covered and walking briskly, a drunken man tried to stop her. She ran home crying.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003242	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Realizing she was the only woman in the streets, <actor> panicked. She dumped her toys in a trash heap and ran home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003243	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Young free men were expected to spend their first years soldiering at the city barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003244	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The first night after entering the barracks, veterans grabbed him and told him to steal sacrificial food from a nearby temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003245	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spied other boys protecting the altar. He took food from the temple garbage instead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003246	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Other boys with a year of military service protected the alter that night. <actor> hid nearby until sleep wearied them. Then he rushed the altar and grabbed a loaf of bread. He barely reached the barracks before pursuers caught and beat him. Veterans broke up the fight with approving laughter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003247	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was caught by other boys with a year of military service who had been assigned to protect the altar that night. They beat him severely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003248	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused, and thereafter he was treated with less respect than a girl.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003249	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would be tested by the morality of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003250	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sent to the town's shrine for the mother goddess. There, a lay-woman told her and other older girls tales of the thunder god's infidelity against his wife. She told of the goddess' anger at her husband, taking vengeance upon his bastards with strife, madness, and death. \ When twilight ended the storyteller's tales, she sent the girls home with a question: "If the gods adjudicate the morality of mortals, how should we judge their immorality?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003251	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided that she was the ultimate keeper of her own ethics. The ethics of gods were beyond her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003252	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took a clue from the other girls present. Communities--from great cities, to a clan's village, to a circle of friends--each influenced what was considered moral or immoral, and the gods' clear transgressions warned of ultimate limits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003253	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> never revealed what she contemplated. Perhaps the gods were merely stories; stories that could teach morals but not enforce them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003254	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided that she was the ultimate keeper of the morality of others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003255	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed that she and the other girls would determine the town's ethics one day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003256	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed that however she acted, moral or immoral, her fate was the will of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003257	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was to be inducted into the town's brotherhood of warriors. He would learn of combat, without necessarily committing to the army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteT003258	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Removed from all family, <actor> had to overcome things worse than homesickness: exhaustion, hunger, injury, and merciless standards to adopt or be loathed by all. Two years later he was freed and considered a man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003259	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went carousing through the town with his comrades in arms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003260	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went home and fought against how foreign it felt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003261	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went looking for a wife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003262	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went out drinking often and got into fights.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003263	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went home and, unable to cope with the dull routine, terrorized his family until he fled them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeT003264	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> acted mean to women, but he envied men who were already betrothed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003265	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> father introduced a young woman. "<target> has experience managing children. She's even pretty, in the right light."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003266	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> smiled at <target>. "Father will urge me to spend your dowry, but I'll keep it for your security."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003267	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> scoffed, "If I were a child, I would prefer a grandmother."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003268	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> mother introduced <target>. "He is a promising young man. His pottery skills may one day attract wealthy merchants with an eye for art."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003269	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor>  took <targetP> hand. "You've worked them harshly. Mine will match their coarseness."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003270	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> strutted away. "Find me a man who delivers."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003271	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> father introduced her. "<actor> has experience managing children. She's even pretty, in the right light."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003272	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> smiled at <actor>. "Father will urge me to spend your dowry, but I'll keep it for your security."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003273	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> scoffed, "If I were a child, I would prefer a grandmother."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003274	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> mother introduced <actor>. "He is a promising young man. His pottery skills may one day attract wealthy merchants with an eye for art."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003275	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> took <actorP> hand. You've worked them harshly. Mine will match their coarseness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003276	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> strutted away. "Find me a man who delivers."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003277	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was the first time that <actor> came to market with <his/her> own weights of exchange. <He/She> had visited <targetP> stall many times before, running errands for <his/her> parents. However, on that day, the young and clever vendor bargained most unfairly, claiming that random people nearby were crippled or sickly relatives <he//she> had to support.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003278	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After nearly an hour of exchanging ridiculous offers, <target> agreed to marry <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003279	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> broke off all haggling when <target> swore all of <his//her> goods were of divine origin. Only the mad blasphemed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003280	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was asked to teach a trick of the potter's wheel to <target>. <He/She> first demonstrated the technique. Then <he/she> instructed <target> while <he//she> tried. Then <actor> guided <his//her> hands with <his/hers>, until the clay conjoined their arms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003281	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As they rested, wet clay dried where their hands had roamed after the lesson's  end. They would revisit those trails of clay into the future.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003282	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> washed <his/her> hands free of the mud and of <target> forever.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003283	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For the newly established <baker/potter> a few houses from <his/her> own, <actor> would <grind/dig> fresh <grain/mud> and deliver it secretly to <targetP> door. One day the door suddenly opened and <target> confronted <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003284	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"You may as well serve me within. However little I care about you, my shop would not have lasted this long," <target> admitted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003285	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He//She> drove <him/her> off with <a/an> <spatula/axel>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003286	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> met for the first time the woman who was arranged to be his bride. He was told that <target> would wash away soot from the forge each night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003287	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> nodded to <target>. "Be sure to clean our children first."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003288	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> issued, "I would never let one like her come between soot and myself."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003289	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> met for the first time the man who was arranged to be her husband. The parents promised that his afflicted leg did not affect his work, but that it might prevent him from being taken to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003290	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> felt <targetP> leg for herself until she was satisfied that it would not affect their children either.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003291	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned them, "Proceed with this marriage, and I will enlist in the war."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003292	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> met for the first time the woman who was arranged to be his bride. <actor> said that she would wash away soot from the forge each night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003293	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> nodded to <actor>. "Be sure to clean our children first."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003294	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> issued, "I would never let one like her come between soot and myself."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003295	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> met for the first time the man who was arranged to be her husband. He promised that his afflicted leg did not affect his work, but that it might prevent him from being taken to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003296	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> felt <actorP> leg for herself until she was satisfied that it would not affect their children either.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003297	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> warned them, "Proceed with this marriage, and I will enlist in the war."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003298	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hammered bronze upon a stone anvil each day. Pausing to wipe sweat from <his/her> eyes, <he/she> heard song lilting from a house up the street. The merry voice matched the time of <actorP> strokes. Inquiring about the singer led to introductions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003299	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not long thereafter, <target> and <actor> filled home and workshop with music enjoined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003300	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not long thereafter, <actor> learned that a beautiful voice could issue from even the ugliest character.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003301	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Times of war sent the army to far-off lands. <actor> struggled to build weapons for the king's warriors. Short of men, it was a veiled woman who arrived with a barracks' donkey cart for his works. While loading them, <target> bent too close to the fire, and her veil caught aflame. <actor> dashed it out with the water near the forge. Glistening, her beauty paralyzed him. His limbs were free the moment she left, and <actor> pursued. He swore he would never forge weapons again unless she were by his side.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003302	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At first, <target> did not believe him. Come the new moon, she capitulated. The battles abroad fared poorly. Without weapons, the army would be lost.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003303	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> informed the king's quartermaster of <actorP> disloyal oath. Guards were sent to prod <actor> back to work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003304	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men of the city had been led to war. The barracks quartermaster hired <actor> to lead a donkey cart from weaponsmith to weaponsmith to regularly collect their output. Veiled and wearing a military badge, she drove unhindered through the streets. While waiting for a young weaponsmith to complete a mace, his sinuous, muscular movements entranced her. <target> reminded her of her father working the forge, targeting his skill like darts that always struck the heart. <actor> swore she would not leave his shop until he wed her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003305	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He paused mid-stroke. Keeping his eye on the mace, <target> told her to move in the next day and to hire a priest. He could not spare time from the war effort to arrange trivial matters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003306	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Bellowing "Leave me!" <target> lifted <actor> and flung her over the donkey's back. He struck its flank, sending animal and cart careening down the street.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003307	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was invited by <targetP> father to consider marrying her. He reminisced on how they had been introduced at a festival on the outskirts of town. That the father had remembered it surprised <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003308	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> remembered meeting worse women at that festival.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003309	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declined but apologized, "I didn't remember her name until you mentioned it."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003310	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man <actorP> father had picked to marry her asked if she favored a particular date for their ceremony.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003311	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lied easily, "It's best if men make these important choices."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003312	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> When <actor> told him, "There is no calendar with the day I would favor marriage to you," he broke it off.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003313	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited the man her father had chosen for her to marry. They spoke of their families, a carpenter's life, and people they both knew in town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003314	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> agreed to the marriage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003315	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said he had heard all he would want to hear from her and broke the marriage off.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003316	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned from his mandatory military service ready to marry. He asked a few veterans if they had daughters of age. Not long thereafter, he was introduced to <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003317	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> father told her, she would be happy to marry <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003318	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> begged her father to find another man for her. He apologized to <actor>. <actor> made him promise not to beat her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003319	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> had been neighbors since childhood. In childhood they had played occasionally. Usually, she was kept indoors to learn weaving, cooking, and the making and mending of clothes. He learned his family's trade. After puberty, she was locked in the house awaiting her father's choice, and he was inducted into the army. They met by chance at the wedding of another of their childhood friends.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003320	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Afterwards, no force of their society could prevent the fate they chose for themselves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003321	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Afterwards, <target> was whisked back to <his//her> <barracks//home>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003322	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> longed to marry <target>. He courted her father's admiration, getting to know him, assisting his work, and exaggerating the success of his own carpentry. He gave him gifts of food and fine crafted goods. When he felt he had done his best to ingratiate himself, he proffered his availability to marry.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003323	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> decided that <actor> was a fool, but a capable fool, and therefore useful. Her father had picked <actor> long ago.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003324	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> sweet-talked, "But, Daddy, if I married, I'd no longer be your one and only personal precious daughter." She never married.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003325	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had used every trick she'd learned from her mother to influence her father. She gradually introduced <target> as the man he should pick to be her husband. When he finally did choose <target>, <actor> felt love free her life from her father's control.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003326	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> accepted taking control of her life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romT003327	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> felt the chains of her love just in time to escape them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003329	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When famine came, <actor> saw the children of his neighbors wither like spring shoots in baked sand. The toll would be great for farm laborers, but they knew many ways to scrabble sustenance from the earth. People in the city could eat neither clay nor gold. Khet and Selk's private store of grain saved <actor>. The prices of crafted goods plummeted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003330	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept the appearance of poverty as the bellies of neighbors swelled with emptiness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003331	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> conserved the grain, accepting hunger as a guise of starvation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003332	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hoarded grain while <his/her> neighbors starved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003333	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> supplied select neighbors with grain, but swore them to secrecy from priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003334	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For years to come, blessings fell more often upon <actor> than upon nearby open-air altars.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003335	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned <his/her> neighbors' blessings by sharing a private store of grain during famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003336	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent grain secretly in the city, investing in high quality merchandise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003337	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found that his skill at picking valuables was less than <his/her> ability to earn lasting appreciation from starving artists.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003338	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took advantage of a famine, buying dry goods cheap from starving tradesmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003339	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave <his/her> small hoard of grain to the master farmer, to disburse to laborers most in need.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003340	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master farmer was humbled by <actorP> generosity. He promised to apprentice at least one of <his/her> children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003341	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned the master farmer's favor during a famine. He helped to educate <actorP> firstborn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003343	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	City troops took <actor> from his workshop. Fortunately a priest recognized him and saved him. Potters were declared necessary to support the war to come. Many tradesmen would be taken away, to fight the city of an enemy god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003344	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to hide as many neighbors as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003345	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In return, they conspired to prevent the priests from discovering <actorP> blasphemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003346	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned the goodwill of <his/her> neighbors by helping them to avoid military conscription.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003347	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cooperated with the soldiers and rallied neighbors for the war effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003348	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was rewarded for this service.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003349	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned small gratitude for helping the military to conscript workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003350	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> defied the priests and joined voluntarily, to fight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003351	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned shaken but <actor> calmed somewhat after spilling <his/her> stories.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003352	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> volunteered to help the military and learned terrible but enlightening things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003353	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ran to the temple to offer thanks to the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003354	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They blessed <actor> to aid the glory of gods, to work even harder as directed by the priesthood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003356	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When many men were taken away to war, bandits and savage tribes were tempted to raid the city outskirts. One night, the sound of pillaging swelled in the distance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003357	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped families escape to the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003358	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The town guard concentrated their efforts and successfully counterattacked the invaders. The neighbors <he/she> had saved, regularly showed their gratitude.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003359	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned his neighbor's favor by helping them to escape marauders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003360	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hid across the river, using makeshift reed bundles to float.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003361	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> instincts saved the family that day, for the attackers dared to strike deep into the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003362	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was lucky to have escaped marauders and live to learn something from the ordeal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003363	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled to the river temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003364	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The invaders neither feared nor respected the city's gods, but they avoided the priests' well defended temples. Upon their victory, the priests distributed food and useful goods to the refugees.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003365	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled marauders and was helped by priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003367	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Smoke from the pyre smelled no better than the diseased bodies within. <actor> wept openly from horror. Yet <he/she> was glad in <his/her> heart that the family had been spared from the plague's initial onset.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003368	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled the city with <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003369	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They survived to reach another city. There sickness had burned out, and the demand for workers was cause to overlook their foreign origin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003370	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled plague, reaching another city, and learned much from the journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003371	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to ease suffering as best <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003372	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Some lived. Some died. But the survivors were grateful that <he/she> did not forsake them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003373	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned goodwill from <his/her> neighbors by helping to ease suffering during a terrible sickness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003374	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waged a campaign to burn the dead as quickly as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003375	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	From homes that had been emptied of life, <actor> joined others to strip them of wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003376	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looted victims of a terrible sickness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003377	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> secluded <his/her> family up river, scrabbling for food where they could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003378	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Foraging was not difficult, as many stores of grain went unused. They returned to a city hungry for life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003379	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hid <his/her> family from a plague. They returned to empty homes, belongings untouched.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003381	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When famine came, <actor> watched the children wither like spring shoots in baked sand. People in the city could eat neither clay nor gold.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003382	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took to stealing food wherever it wasn't well guarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003383	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, <he/she> was caught and executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003384	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rich men's trash or the occasional vendor's unguarded jug of grain kept their bellies from swelling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003385	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent the family out every day, to beg from farm workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003386	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The oldest child was put to work, but unfamiliar with the dangers, the child died from an accident.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003387	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The oldest child was put to work in the fields, for food. An accident took the child's life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003388	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The generosity of starving laborers surprised <actor>. <He/She> made offerings to the gods for them in later years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003389	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged the priests for supplemental food.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003390	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests had no food to give. The youngest died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003391	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During a famine, when temple stores of grain were low, the youngest child died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003392	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests opened their granaries to display the bounty of the river god. They rationed just enough to keep folk alive, while sacrificing much to the gods and their own stomachs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003393	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the priests for extra work, for the whole family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003394	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was rarely picked from the crowd of other frantic families. The youngest died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003395	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A child has died during a series of lean, dry years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003396	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was able to secure work ahead of other desperate families. <actorP> skill surpassed many, and <he/she> was willing to accept whatever was offered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003398	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and a wealthy trader sat down outside the city walls to drink. A poor woman selling beer had tempted them with the strong smell of barley and honey. A hollow stalk of straw stood in the earthen mugs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003399	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dared his potential partner to drink without sipping from the straw.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003400	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"You can't fool me. Dregs are meant to stay at the bottom." The trader's words opened a rift between them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003401	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The trader guzzled from his mug and chewed the dregs with a bitter face. "It's been a while since I was served the full experience." <actor> guzzled and grimaced in kind, and business blossomed between them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003402	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gained business over a warm mug of beer and dregs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003403	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They discussed making pottery in greater numbers with less ornamentation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003404	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> argued, "If the quality approaches that of baking bowls, they will be valued similarly." He indicated the shards of broken measure bowls seen everywhere around the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003405	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The trader asserted, "If pottery can be made as quickly as simple baking bowls, a lower price will command the most sales." <actor> excused <himself/herself>. Clay stamped into a bowl shape was incomparable to the production of real pottery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003406	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They agreed on a balance of efficiency and attractiveness, which sold well until the design palled. Total sales returned a hearty profit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003407	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gained business over a warm mug of beer and dregs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003408	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They discussed making higher quality pottery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003409	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The trader argued, "Wealthy families pay greatly for new, fanciful designs." <actor> added, "As long as they make the neighbors' furnishings look drab." The trader took it personally, and excused himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003410	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> observed, "The most valuable things are not always the most expensive. Support me to find the magic that makes this true." The trader excused himself at the thought of paying for the randomness of magic.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003411	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They agreed to spend time, effort, and wealth first to explore new designs, before heavily investing in their production and sale.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003412	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gained business over a warm mug of beer and dregs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003413	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They consulted with the woman about making her beer in larger crocks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003414	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A bit drunk, she yelled, "...and thin it with water until it is water!" She huffed away with her jug and mugs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003415	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They formed a brief trio of business: <actor> supplied the crockery, the trader spread the word, and the woman brewed her best. Her sidelined husband ended the profitable venture with domestic violence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003416	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gained business over a warm mug of beer and dregs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003418	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sometimes selling grain amphorae to farmers was the easy part of the deal. The large earthen jugs had to be moved from the city kilns to the farm. The farmer, <target>, asked <his/her> laborers to pitch in.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003419	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked as hard as the laborers to move the pots.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003420	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was impressed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003421	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hard physical work earned <actor> a steady customer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003422	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> didn't understand why <actor> would lower <himself/herself> to the task.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003423	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> showed the laborers which pots to take and then rested at home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003424	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When one of the pots broke, <target> accused <actor> of poor workmanship, and <actor> accused <target> of bad handling!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003425	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A business transaction earned only bad will after a pottery mishap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003426	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> failed to pay the price they had haggled, claiming that <his/her> men had saved <actor> a lot of work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003427	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> indulged <targetP> offer of mutton and wine while the laborers hauled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003428	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> convinced <actor> to charge less, since <his/her> men had saved <him/her> a lot of work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003429	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Wine and good food caused to <actor> to lose money on a sale of amphorae.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003430	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the laborers, inviting them to <his/her> home for a meal afterwards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003431	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> saved a lot of time, hiring the same men for a pittance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003432	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Laborers worked harder for <actor> after a smattering of compassion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003433	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> didn't understand why <actor> would lower <himself/herself> to a laborer's level.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003434	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> supervised the "stupid luggers" mercilessly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003435	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They attacked and beat <him/her> and gladly suffered the farmer's whip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003436	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master farmer never ordered from <him/her> again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003437	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost a customer by harassing his laborers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003439	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"<spouse>, the smell from the house pit is burning my eyes! I can't see to paint this urn." <actorP> <wife/husband> yelled back, "I dumped the hearth ashes in, but we can't afford a laborer to haul water, not until the customer pays for that urn."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003440	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> collected <his/her> paints and brushes to work beside the potter's house next door.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003441	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> sat in the shade of the other potter's house and completed the urn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003442	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While <he/she> sat in the shade, the neighboring potter drove <him/her> away with a broom, breaking the urn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003443	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An argument drove <actor> from <his/her> home for a night and ruined a commission.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003444	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hurried to fetch water from a ditch outside the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003445	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After flushing the house pit with lime water, <actor> was able to complete the urn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003446	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Finding a ditch flowing with water took so long that the customer missed <actor> and decided not to buy the urn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003447	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to meet a customer and lost a significant sale.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003448	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> closed <his/her> eyes and continued painting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003449	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The resulting work looked like something that should be tossed into a house pit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003450	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> let the mistakes guide <his/her> crafting. The result was striking, in a curious, intriguing way. It fetched the highest price of any of <actorP> pots.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003451	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> let <his/her> instincts guide the crafting of a pot and make a precious marvel.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003452	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> raged at <spouse>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003453	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> stormed outside, < crying/bellowing >.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003454	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had a terrible fight with <his/her> <wife/husband>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003455	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> stood calmly, waiting for <actor> to realize that <he/she> was acting like a child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003457	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> left the city to find a new source of clay. The canal that <he/she> had previously dug from was now a dump for city and farmer waste. Field workers were happy to suggest places to look, all different.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003458	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> searched far from the city and workers' houses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003459	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Where few others had looked, <actor> discovered a site with clay that baked evenly and sturdily. The extra time to fetch was compensated by fewer kiln failures.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003460	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found a source of clay that made <his/her> pots more valuable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003461	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although <actor> found a clean site with clay, the time to fetch it made <him/her> work harder to make the same income.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003462	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> looked in the next closest ditch.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003463	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Trash and human waste were starting to accumulate, but <actor> was able to find a reliable source of clay that was easy to fetch.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003464	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Other potters were already digging clay from the nearer ditch. <He/She> struggled to find the right quality for making sturdy pots.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003465	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned to the city, deciding to buy fresh clay from a professional digger.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003466	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although the cost was higher to make pots, the quality allowed him to pass the cost to customers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003467	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found a source of clay that made <his/her> pots more valuable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003468	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although the digger claimed to be a professional, he proved unreliable. <actor> often had to fetch clay for <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003469	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> assisted the laborers that day, getting to know them better.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003470	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sore for days after, but <he/she> learned nothing about an appropriate clay site.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003471	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped laborers to work the fields, earning more than just respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003472	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned that they bathed in a secluded outlet of the river. And because of a local tale about lovers who became herons, it must not be desecrated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003473	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tailed several potters to discover their sources of clay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003474	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found a rich bed that he had to steal from at night. Thugs attacked <actor>, and <he/she> had hire a doctor to set a bone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003475	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was attacked by thugs while stealing clay from a secret bed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003476	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found a rich bed that he had to steal from at night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003477	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tailed another potter and found a rich bed of clay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003479	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fresh plaster on the walls and a sumptuous meal greeted the priest. <actor> had been expecting the auditor for nearly a week. Half of <his/her> stock was buried beneath the table.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003480	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gulped when the priest mentioned the fresh dirt under their sandals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003481	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said the house pit had been filled. <He/She> would be happy to escort the priest to a private spot, if he needed to relieve himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003482	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to fool a tax man from the temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003483	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest was familiar with attempts to evade his audits for later taxation. He explained that <actor> could pay him now and avoid violent penalty for tax evasion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003484	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was forced to bribe a tax man from the temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003485	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swore that <he/she> had worked hard for the gods despite terrible health. (Cough!)	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003486	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest smiled. "Clearly you've worked hard today." He indicated the renovations around him. Out of habit, he doubled his official count.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003487	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A tax scribe from the temple saw through <actor> when <he/she> tried to feign sickness. He taxed them doubly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003488	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest took pity, and in exchange for a blessing he also took about what <actor> would save from tax evasion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003489	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	What <actor> saved in taxes, <he/she> spent in temple donations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003490	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cried out against the cold, empty eternity that awaited them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003491	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest lectured <actor> for hours. "The gods care nothing for the individual, but rely on mankind's servitude."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003492	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to fool a tax man from the temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003493	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest comforted <actor> by counting all of <his/her> pots, twice, to prove <actorP> worthiness to the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003494	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A tax man from the temples outwitted <actorP> attempt to fool him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003495	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered <his/her> own count, as well as a bribe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003496	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a lazy meal, the priest declared himself very busy. He accepted <actorP> count and bribe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003497	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed a tax man from the temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003498	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Indignant, the priest took the bribe and demanded another, for attempting to bribe an official of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003499	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was fined for trying to bribe a tax man from the temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003501	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An overseer from the sky temple visited, bringing news of the city's pottery production. This year, they would need fewer amphorae and more baking bowls. Grain in the granaries was very old. It must be emptied before the next harvest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003502	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked about the expected harvest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003503	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The official expected a typical harvest, and <actor> complied with the request.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003504	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The official expected a great harvest. So <actor> built amphorae instead of grain bowls. When the harvest came in, a shortage of amphorae boosted <actorP> sales. Officials hounded <him/her>, later.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003505	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was able to predict demand for pottery, by ignoring the temples' orders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003506	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The official expected a poor harvest. <actor> crafted high quality ornaments and sold them cheap, stockpiling the grain <he/she> earned. Officials hounded <him/her>, later.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003507	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> mis-predicted demand for pottery and lost favor with temple officials.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003508	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked about the other potters involved in this effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003509	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The official said they were directing every potter to the task. <actor> made a token effort to comply. <He/She> took advantage of sudden scarcities.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003510	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was able to charge more for types of pots made scarce due to temple orders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003511	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The official said <actor> was one of a selected few. <actor> complied with the directive. <His/Her> business suffered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003512	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By following temple orders, <actor> earned only half of <his/her> pots' worth in the city market.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003513	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did exactly as <he/she> was asked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003514	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> business suffered. Little could be earned from the cheap bowls.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003515	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By following temple orders, <actor> earned only half of <his/her> pots' worth in the city market.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003516	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although business initially suffered, with the sudden release of grain into the economy, later sales of regular wares improved dramatically.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003517	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Temple oversight helped <actor> to make better profits, over a long period.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003518	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lied to the overseer, agreeing to comply with the temple's directive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003519	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> business continued as usual, until officials audited <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003520	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to make what the temples demanded and was fined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003521	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although business initially suffered, with the sudden release of grain into the economy, later sales of regular wares improved dramatically.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003522	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By ignoring temple oversight, <actor> made better profits over a long period.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003524	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid two extra bowls of grain in taxes. The priest at the table counted the bowls and compared it to marks on a clay tablet. He growled, "Bribes will be punished with mutilation!" The guard at his side picked up his spear. Murmurs ran down the line of taxpayers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003525	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fell to <his/her> knees and swore that <his/her> <wife/husband> had miscounted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003526	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was lucky to be whipped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003527	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest levied a fine as "assurance" to <actorP> excuse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003528	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had to bribe a priest to avoid accusations of bribing taxmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003529	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed! The extra bowls were for sacrifice to the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003530	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest thanked <actor> for <his/her> devotion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003531	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Your taxes are all the gods require of you." The priest returned the extra bowls of grain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003532	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> turned away and bolted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003533	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Captured immediately, <actor> was arrested and branded "un-mutual".	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003534	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped but remained indoors, fretting for months. <His/Her> work suffered greatly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003535	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled a charge of bribery and hid, thus losing valuable work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003536	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reached for the extra bowls. "My mistake."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003537	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Your mistake will be your loss." The priest smiled and took the bowls for himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003538	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accidentally bribed a taxman from the temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003539	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A warrior whacked <actorP> arm with the butt of his spear. Guards dragged <him/her> before the crowd and whipped <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003540	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shouted, "Good! Then I've won my bet against bribery."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003541	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The stunned priest watched several people in line give bowls of grain to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003542	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> won a daring bet that bribery would not be tolerated by priests, this year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003543	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest had <actor> arrested and whipped and fined, just in case.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003544	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was arrested, whipped, and fined for offering a bribe to a priest collecting taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003546	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> and <actor> met to discuss working together. They often shared techniques and discussed the work of other potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003547	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole a new design from <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003548	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was too absorbed in <his/her> work to notice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003549	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned extra by stealing a design from <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003550	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> never spoke with <actor> again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003551	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> upset <target> by stealing one of <his/her> designs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003552	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> stole a new design from <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003553	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With another person making the design, it grew popular faster than usual. <actor> profited well from the copies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003554	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned extra after <target> copied a design and it grew more popular.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003555	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was able to popularize the design faster than <actor>, and the well-to-do considered <actorP> pots the imitations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003556	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> took business from <actor> by stealing a design and promoting it more successfully.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003557	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	LoseTokens(1)	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003558	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They decided to try working together.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003559	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They discovered their working styles were compatible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003560	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A collaboration with <target> started a friendship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003561	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few months later the two nearly bit off each others' noses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003562	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A collaboration with <target> ended badly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003563	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They decided to keep their work separate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003564	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole an idea from <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003565	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned extra by stealing a design from <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003566	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> stole an idea from <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003567	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> took business from <actor> by stealing a design and promoting it more successfully.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003569	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> arm had been bothering <him/her> for a week. It had become so sore that <his/her> wheel hardly spun. A kiln worker warned about demons in <his/her> joints.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003570	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought out how laborers coped with their demons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003571	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> tried their magic charms and spells, but the arm became lame.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003572	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> hurting arm went lame, after magic charms and spells failed to heal it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003573	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was a woman near the river who sold an herbal balm. It helped, and after a prolonged absence from work, which the woman recommended, <his/her> arm recovered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003574	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> arm healed after consulting an herb-woman, who recommended rest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003575	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went to the temple and offered sacrifices for healing magic.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003576	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> tried their magic charms and blessings, but the arm became lame.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003577	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> hurting arm went lame, after magic charms and spells failed to heal it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003578	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A particular priest took an interest in <his/her> case, hoping to learn how different healing techniques affected the arm. They discovered that a lengthy rest helped the most.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003579	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> hurting arm healed after consulting a temple physician, who recommended rest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003580	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged a priest to exorcise the demon in <his/her> arm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003581	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest took <actorP> offerings, but scolded <him/her> for thinking the gods would waste a demon on a mere potter. "You are foolish to believe the superstitions of laborers!" The arm became lame.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003582	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> hurting arm became lame after consulting a priest, who merely lectured about the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003583	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sobbed for days in <his/her> bed, lamenting demands of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003584	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The prolonged rest from work brought fresh life to <his/her> arm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003585	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The prolonged rest from work brought fresh life to <his/her> arm, but <actor> grew morose and failed to resume regular work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003586	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> hurting arm took a long time to heal, and <he/she> lost much work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003587	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued to work <his/her> wheel.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003588	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The arm went completely lame. <actor> lost most of <his/her> business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003589	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked with an increasingly sore arm until it became lame, and <he/she> nearly lost <his/her> business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003591	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> often marveled at the power scribes wielded. <He/She> told <target>, "Their magic symbols succeed more often than any spell I've heard about."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003592	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> cautioned <him/her>, "Scribes are trained and controlled by the priesthood. Do not suggest their servants are more powerful than they."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003593	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed, "I doubt most scribes are aware of their power. Among themselves they talk passionately of stylus efficiency."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003594	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> laughed with <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003595	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> tended to avoid <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003596	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a disagreement about the power of priests, <target> lost respect for <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003597	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> whispered, "But the priesthood manages the city based on the magic inscribed upon clay tablets. Who controls whom?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003598	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> tended to avoid <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003599	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a disagreement about the power of priests, <target> lost respect for <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003600	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> agreed, "Heresy, even heresy imagined will likely sink your innards onto a pointed post."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003601	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> decided not to report <actor> to temple authorities.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003602	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> tended to avoid <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003603	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a disagreement about the power of priests, <target> lost respect for <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003604	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored <target> and decided to discuss this with a scribe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003605	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The scribe laughed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003606	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The scribe reported <actor> to temple authorities, but the tablet got lost among pottery inventory accounts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003608	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sat by the street, offering <his/her> pots for sale. A ragged traveler pleaded, "The heat has exhausted my wife. She is with child and needs water. Lend me one of your pots to help her."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003609	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said, "I have heard this before. Do so many overheated wives suffer about the countryside?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003610	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The traveler said, "You insult my honor. Perhaps one day soon you will learn why the god of travelers is also the god of robbers and thieves."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003611	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was cautioned by a man who asked a favor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003612	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The traveler sniffed. "Who would cheat you out of the price of one pot?" He produced a small coin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003613	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The traveler shrugged, clouted <actor> on the head, grabbed a pot, and ran down the road.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003614	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A thief stole pots from <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003615	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said, "I will sell you a pot for a small price, which you can pay later."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003616	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The traveler said, "I have no money, but I will give you one morning's work if you will help me."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003617	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gained extra help in trade for a favor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003618	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The traveler said, "How am I to know what price you will set? I will seek help elsewhere and remember your face."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003619	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The traveler took a small coin from his purse. "Take this for your pot and tell me your name, that I may teach my children whom to shun in the marketplace."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003620	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> name was privately shunned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003621	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said "Take this pot and use it. Return it undamaged when you are done."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003622	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The traveler thanked <actor> for the pot. Later, <actor> saw him in the marketplace, wearing fine robes and gold earrings. The grateful traveler invited <actor> to dine at his manor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003623	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had a favor repaid in surprising high fashion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003624	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The traveler thanked <actor> and took the pot. <actor> never saw him or the pot again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003625	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A thief stole pots from <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003626	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The traveler hurriedly thanked <actor> and ran away with the pot. The traveler and the pot never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003627	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next season, as <he/she> was gathering <his/her> pots at the end of a day's selling, a ruffian demanded the coins <he/she> had earned that day. As <actor> worried, a man stepped from behind the ruffian and clouted him to the ground. <actor> recognized the traveler!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003628	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I'm sorry that I forgot to return your pot," the traveler said, "but my wife was very sick. Thanks to your help, she rallied and our son was born. Ask me any favor and I will serve you faithfully."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003629	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A favor turned into eternal gratitude for <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003631	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several potters colluded to magnify their voices. Priests who oversaw their production lacked wisdom. It was rare to meet at night. Despite the danger of dark streets, <actor> reached the location unharmed. They arranged themselves before an ancient hero's monument, at the peak of the moon's rise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003632	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> spoke. "We need to be heros. The priests have decided to use a new source of clay. I tried it, and even my strongest son hates its firmness. It's finicky about water used to soften it, quickly dissolving. We must speak unanimously against it." He pointed at the obelisk. "May Meskilulu protect us."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003633	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> betrayed the group by informing their overseers the next morning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003634	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests divided the potters by forcing half to use the new clay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003635	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One member discovered their betrayer. <target> hated <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003636	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> betrayed a group of potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003637	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called out, "Each of us should try this new clay before deciding."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003638	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Differing opinions undermined those who refused to use the new clay. <target> blamed <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003639	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> blamed <actor> for disrupting unity among potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003640	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was awful stuff. The potters clamored in unison. They convinced merchants to join them telling priests to find better clay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003641	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threw a fist in the air and shouted <his/her> support!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003642	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests whipped and fined the potters who refused to serve the gods as deemed by those who spoke with them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003643	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was punished and fined by priests, for collaborating against minor decisions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003644	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> held <his/her> tongue, doubting the hero had troubles as trivial.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003645	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> did not participate in defying their overseers and avoided their wrath.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003646	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the other potters successfully petitioned against using the new clay, <target> wished <actor> had been forced to.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003647	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> became angry with <actor> for failing to join in defying priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003649	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Cheerful farm laborers spilled baskets of grain into an open courtyard near the temple kilns. The granaries were full. Women wove straw mats from sunrise until long after sunset. They covered the heaps to protect the precious wheat from wind and rain. Keeping it as dry as possible limited infestations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003650	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The entire district of potters could not make amphorae quickly enough for the harvest. <spouse> brought fish and bread and beer to <actor> at noon.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003651	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> refused <his/her> <wife's/husband's> gift. <actor> was too busy to eat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003652	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By pushing <himself/herself>, <actor> earned a little more during the harvest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003653	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By working all day into the dark, <actor> earned a little more during the harvest, ignoring <spouseP> needs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003654	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave it to some of the laborers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003655	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For the next few days, they offered to help move <his/her> finished vessels.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003656	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave a meal brought specially by <his/her> <wife/husband> to laborers who greatly appreciated it--whereas <she/he> did not!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003657	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They thanked <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003658	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> ate with <spouse>, while kilns fired <his/her> best efforts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003659	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The joyful atmosphere of prosperity prompted free discussion. They resolved a particular woe between them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003660	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Weeks of prosperity in the city gave <actor> and <spouse> a chance to resolve a conflict between them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003661	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Both were already too exhausted to speak much.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003662	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After lunch, <actor> slipped between the piles and under the mats, together with <spouse>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003663	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They slept.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003664	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They did not sleep for a time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003665	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <spouse> shared the joy of a prosperous time for the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003666	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Nine months later...	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003667	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <spouse> were caught up in the joy of a prosperous time for the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003669	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Acolytes of the goddess of love and victory asked, house to house, "Who is the most beautiful woman in the crafts district?" They were organizing a festival, and the goddess's statue needed handmaidens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003670	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> admitted she was the most beautiful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003671	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The acolyte laughed and went on her way.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003672	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The acolyte promised the goddess would curse <actor>, for her vanity!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003673	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During the ceremony, she escorted the goddess's statue from the temple to the festival ground. Acolytes carried it on a flat litter. Musicians heralded their approach. Slaves and free men tossed grain in their path. Young girls added flowers to the litter. Women offered leeks and pomegranates to <actor>, who remained anonymous behind an array of thin veils.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003674	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, she returned to her forge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003675	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said there are none living who are beautiful enough for the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003676	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The acolyte grinned. She said many claimed that they or their wives were beautiful enough to escort the goddess. "Be glad most women are kept in their homes!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003677	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The acolyte promised to choose wisely for the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003678	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She was chosen to escort the goddess's statue from the temple to the festival ground. Acolytes carried it on a flat litter. Musicians heralded their approach. Slaves and free men tossed grain in their path. Young girls added flowers to the litter. Women offered leeks and pomegranates to <actor>, who remained anonymous behind a thin array of veils.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003679	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, she returned to her forge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003680	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent the acolyte away without answering her silly question.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003681	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Word of <actorP> impious act nettled <his/her> neighbors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003682	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered <his/her> neighbors with words disrespecting the goddess of love and victory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003683	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to her work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003684	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The temple commissioned a bronze plaque to commemorate the festival and praise the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003685	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> impressed temple officials with <his/her> pragmatic attitude. They commissioned a religious work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003687	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Acolytes of the goddess of love and victory asked, house to house, "Who is the most beautiful woman in the crafts district?" They were organizing a festival, and the goddess's statue needed handmaidens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003688	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said his wife was the most beautiful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003689	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The acolyte met briefly with <spouse>, but did not invite her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003690	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> was chosen to escort the goddess's statue to the festival. She called to the throng crowding the streets, "See <actor>, man of bronze," for their metal needs. Commissions increased in the following weeks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003691	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> spouse, <spouse>, hawked his skills during a festival of the goddess of love and victory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003692	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> was chosen to escort the goddess's statue to the festival. When she tried hawking <actorP> business, a priest threatened to beat her in the street. For disturbing the festival, she was forced to sacrifice her jewelry.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003693	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was forced to pay for his wife's insult during the goddess's festival.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003694	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said there are none living who are beautiful enough for the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003695	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The acolyte grinned. She said many claimed that they or their wives were beautiful enough to escort the goddess. "Be glad most women are kept in their homes!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003696	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The acolyte promised to choose wisely for the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003697	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent the acolyte away without answering her silly question.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003698	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Word of <actorP> impious act nettled <his/her> neighbors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003699	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered <his/her> neighbors with words disrespecting the goddess of love and victory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003700	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to her work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003701	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The temple commissioned a bronze plaque to commemorate the festival and praise the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003702	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> impressed temple officials with <his/her> pragmatic attitude. They commissioned a religious work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003704	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A measure of peace gave the king's cities a chance to recover their strength. Traders from nations near and far trekked bravely through the land. Their ambition and greed propelled oxen and donkey more steadily than feed. Routes were defined by treaties. Taxes were paid at designated nexus and sometimes to military patrols selling extra protection. Traders who embarked upon fainter paths or escaped the system often disappeared.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003705	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The price of bronze tripled when the price of tin doubled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003706	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> raised <his/her> prices.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003707	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	New commissions slowed to a trickle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003708	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost business when <he/she> raised prices.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003709	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> business was able to keep ahead of inflation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003710	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to raise prices without losing too much business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003711	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the cost of metals dropped, <actor> managed to buy enough to lower prices and encourage more business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003712	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked at the military barracks about their sources of bronze.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003713	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was able to bribe the quartermaster into selling some of their stock at the original price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003714	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They would not sell from their stock.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003715	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked on projects not requiring bronze.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003716	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two months later, the price of bronze plummeted. Traders had rushed to profit from increased prices.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003717	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was more difficult to find other kinds of projects that were as profitable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003718	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold the small store of bronze <he/she> had in <his/her> workshop.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003719	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two months later, the price of bronze plummeted. Traders had rushed to profit from increased prices. <actor> doubled the stock in <his/her> workshop for less than the original cost.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003720	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> successfully speculated on the price of bronze.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003721	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the goods he had earned from the sale of bronze were depleted, <actor> was forced to pay more, and business suffered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003722	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> attempt to speculate on the price of bronze failed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003724	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought commissions from the larger temples. Two primary gods promoted a dozen other deities in the city. A score and more minor shrines stood upon the streets. At the river god's temple the priests wanted to test <actorP> skills before committing to fund a project.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003725	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> agreed, as long at the test work was paid for.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003726	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They paid a token sum, but the sample work didn't convince them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003727	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They rejected <his/her> proposal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003728	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to find sufficient work for a time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003729	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They paid a token sum and were pleased enough by the sample work to accept <his/her> proposal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003730	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> won a commission from a city temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003731	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> agreed, as long as the work was minor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003732	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> sample work didn't convince them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003733	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to find sufficient work for a time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003734	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were pleased enough by the sample work to accept <his/her> proposal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003735	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> won a commission from a city temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003736	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered only to show them works <he/she> had already made.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003737	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The example work didn't convince them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003738	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to find sufficient work for a time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003739	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were pleased enough by the examples to accept <his/her> proposal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003740	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> won a commission from a city temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003741	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declined, and tried again at the next temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003742	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to find sufficient work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003743	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to find sufficient work for a time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003744	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was able to find work at the wine god's temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003745	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> won a commission from a city temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003747	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant was willing to loan silver at 20% usury or grain at 33% usury. <actor> had promised to make a breastplate for a rich client, but a previous rich client had refused to pay for his ceremonial dagger and the precious emerald embedded in its guard. Before <his/her> lawsuit against the latter could be judged, <actor> needed something to trade for raw materials.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003748	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> apologized to the client <he/she> had promised.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003749	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The client decided it could wait.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003750	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The client was polite, but privately spread word of <actorP> unreliability.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003751	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost credibility with upper class clients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003752	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to trade <his/her> lawsuit for half of its potential value in silver.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003753	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant laughed <actor> out of his tent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003754	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant agreed, and <actor> was barely able to finish the work for the next client.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003755	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took the loan in silver.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003756	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> later was able to repay it with interest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003757	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was not able to repay the loan and usury. <He/She> had to sell a child into slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003758	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold a child into slavery, to pay for usury on a loan.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003759	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took the loan in grain. Harvest time was not far off.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003761	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	News of a tin trader, traveling from the desert nation, gave <actor> hope. Tin had been in short supply, due to war. <He/She> followed the rumor to a specialty market for metal workers. The price of bronze was certain to drop! It didn't. The trader refused to sell most of his stock. He intended to journey into the mountains and trade for gold and silver.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003762	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wooed the trader with a lavish meal, wine, beer, and street women.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003763	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The trader accepted the invitation but never showed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003764	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent lavishly trying to persuade a trader to sell tin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003765	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The trader ate and drank like a warrior, then wandered into the night with the women. Before leaving, he marked an agreement to sell a small amount of tin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003766	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> successfully wooed a trader into selling enough tin to make a healthy profit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003767	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought what <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003768	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She was able to buy enough to last until more tin traders arrived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003769	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The amount didn't last long enough to keep <his/her> business profitable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003770	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> couldn't buy enough bronze to keep <his/her> business profitable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003771	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought goods that would be more valuable than tin to the mountain nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003772	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought high quality textiles that the trader was happy to trade for tin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003773	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was able to up-sell goods to a trader.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003774	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> bought blue glazed pottery, but the trader worried it wouldn't survive the trip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003775	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost a gamble to exchange goods with a passing trader.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003776	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to interest wealthy clients to fund a trade expedition to the desert nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003777	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They refused to discuss a matter they considered beyond the imagination of a lowly metal worker.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003779	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The purchase order was a command order. The military needed hundreds of arrowheads. Each one required fine working and sharpening, but they paid a fixed price well below what <actor> would charge hunters. <His/Her> family would have to eat gruel while <he/she> filled the order.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003780	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to trade the work with a bid on forging chariot fittings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003781	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> request was denied. <He/She> had to fulfill the original order.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003782	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was underpaid for a military order of arrowheads.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003783	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The agreed to trade orders. <actor> worked out a small profit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003784	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> barely managed to profit from work commissioned by the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003785	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused to support the cowardice of archers in their mulish chariots.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003786	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued to find steady work outside the barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003787	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had trouble finding work for a while.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003788	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked hard to impress the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003789	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Subsequent orders followed, but they earned <actor> even less.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003790	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The military forced <actor> to work cheap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003791	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was able to turn the military's satisfaction into respect for <his/her> work outside of the barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003792	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hard work on a poorly paid military order earned <actor> general respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003793	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> filled the order but added the icon of a hyena to the clay mold.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003794	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The subtle embossed image was not noticed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003795	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was underpaid for a military order of arrowheads.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003797	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This was <actorP> chance to break away from the tedious crafting of weapons and tools. Agents from the palace sought finely worked crafts that the king could gift to other kings (in exchange for gifts). Should an agent buy an artifact from <actor>, <his/her> status as a smith would reach the ears of the rich and powerful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003798	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made the gaudiest item <he/she> could afford, spending nearly everything.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003799	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's agent cooed over the bronze statuette mottled with gold, silver, and semi-precious gems, but he paid barely enough to covered the cost of its manufacture.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003800	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	However, in the days following, <actor> meet with inquiries from the upper class. Notoriety proved far more profitable than quality.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003801	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> forged a gaudy statuette for the king and made a name for <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003802	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While impressed with the gaudy statuette, the king's agent purchased from a craftsman more specialized in luxury works.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003803	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had to sell <his/her> work at a serious loss.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003804	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had to sell an expensive craftwork at a serious loss.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003805	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought inspiration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003806	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> remembered a family story about animal spirits turning into gods. <actor> forged a diorama of the god's animal familiars, such as the storm god's bull and the lion of the goddess of love.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003807	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's agent bought another craftsman's work to be traded to other kings. He bought <actorP> rough but moving piece for the king to keep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003808	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> created a work of art based on a family story.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003809	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to complete the work in time for the king's agent. <He/She> spent a considerable amount before abandoning the work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003810	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to complete an expensive work for an agent of the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003811	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stole an idea from a maker of fine metalwork.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003812	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's agent sneered at <actorP> inferior work but was elated by the price. At twice the price of the item <actor> had copied, it was easily the best choice to gift to foreign kings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003813	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a solid profit but was thereafter criticized by other craftworkers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003814	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold a copy of another craftsman's work, earning wealth and the antipathy of <his/her> peers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003815	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's agent bought a more imaginative work, but actor had not invested much in the effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003816	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost a chance to sell an item to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003817	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> crafted what <he/she> knew, to the best of <his/her> ability.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003818	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> forged a ceremonial sword embossed with images of the king's accomplishments and his alliances with the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003819	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The agent quickly purchased the item at a handsome price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003820	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold a special ceremonial sword to a king's agent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003821	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's agent purchased another craftsman's work. Afterward, a nobleman bought the sword as a gift to the king, but he swore <actor> to secrecy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003822	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold a finely crafted sword to a nobleman, but not for very much.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003824	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old priest was perfectly explicit. He wanted a dagger the length of his forearm. It would bear the inscription, "The love goddess blessed every stroke of his reed." The words well suited a teacher of temple scribes. The long knife was to be buried with him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003825	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned that the goddess of love might play a trick upon the priest in the afterlife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003826	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest assured <him/her> that the goddess already had. His love for her restrained any thought of loving another.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003827	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest growled at <actor>, "Free your blithering tongue among those of your class but not near me."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003828	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted the contract and added images of reed pens and papyrus.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003829	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest paid <actor> a bonus for the thoughtful additions to the flat of the long knife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003830	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest refused to buy the knife. He called the embossed imagery childish!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003831	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> displeased a priest who had ordered a finely crafted knife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003832	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declined the contract, noting that the priest was from the storm god's temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003833	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest left to find another bronzesmith.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003834	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest lectured <actor> about the private, intricate socializing of the gods, even of those related to one another.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003835	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted the work and added subtle, erotic imagery to the inscription.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003836	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest said nothing about the added embossing, but he paid a bonus to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003837	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest vocally disapproved of the added imagery. He bought the item anyway.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003839	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They had marched from the borders, mercenaries bordering between subjects of the king, a distinct tribe, and potential bandits. Their representative slapped silver into <actorP> hand. They wanted weapons from silent weapon-smiths.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003840	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted but made discreet inquiries at the military barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003841	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was told to hide <his/her> family in the barracks while the mercenaries remained in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003842	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They returned to a wrecked workshop and home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003843	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> home was wrecked by mercenaries that <he/she> had disappointed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003844	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The reply said that these particular mercenaries were moderately respected. <actor> sold many weapons to them for a good price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003845	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold weapons to mercenaries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003846	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused the commission.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003847	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> felt like someone was watching <him/her> long thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003848	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Another bronzesmith earned a significant sum by working for them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003849	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted and recommended other smiths not controlled by the palace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003850	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was enough work to keep them all busy, and <actorP> reputation grew among the other tradesmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003851	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shared work with other craftsmen and earned their respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003852	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mercenaries proved to be thieves, stealing the weapons on the night before payment was due. One smith was killed defending his workshop.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003853	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> unwittingly recommended other craftsmen to work with thieves, losing their respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003854	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted but informed <his/her> contact at the military barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003855	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The military used <actor> to bait a trap, to catch these suspected bandits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003856	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped the military to trap a group of bandits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003857	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in the night by an assassin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003858	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed by bandits whom <he/she> thought to betray to the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003860	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A local head priest was raising funds to rebuild his temple in marble. Priests from the nearest city decried wood and brick as insufficiently glorious.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003861	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was receiving regular work to maintain the existing temple. After its reconstruction, a marble building would need far less carpentry.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003862	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took time to find new sources of work in the future.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003863	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The time was unfruitful. <He/She> missed some of <his/her> usual work opportunities.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003864	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> chased new work opportunities which proved elusive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003865	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As marble became more prized, wood prices dropped to allow new types of construction. <actor> benefited well from <his/her> preparation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003866	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> foresaw new opportunities for wooden construction as marble became more prized.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003867	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> petitioned the priest with a more glorious design using less expensive materials.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003868	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although the priest wanted a new, marble structure, he could not raise the funds necessary and accepted <actorP> design.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003869	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> backed a successful redesign of a local temple, earning plenty of good paying work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003870	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest was able to raise enough money to build his marble ideal. <actor> had spent a great deal to create an alternative design. It was for naught.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003871	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> backed a failed redesign of a local temple and lost <his/her> investment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003872	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed builders to undermine contracts with the priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003873	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The bribes allowed <actor> to build wooden interiors for the marble structure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003874	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed <his/her> way into working on a new temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003875	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Those bribed betrayed <actor>, and the contracts excluded <him/her> from working at the new temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003876	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was betrayed by builders <he/she> had bribed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003877	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent time and money crafting models of furniture to sell to the priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003878	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> skill wasn't sufficient for intricate designs. The priest disliked them, and <actor> lost work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003879	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to sell to a priest fine appointments for his new temple, after spending time and money on them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003880	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> impressed the priest, who commissioned <actor> to craft real furniture based on the models, and recommended <his/her> work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003881	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found work fashioning furniture for a local temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003883	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> asked <actor> to be a ship's carpenter for a year. <target> had been injured on his last voyage, in a port brothel far away. He needed <actor> to cover his contract with the merchant ship's captain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003884	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <target> he could not accept.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003885	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> understood and was able to find another carpenter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003886	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> turned angry. <actor> had been his last hope to prevent the captain from suing him. Only his injury prevented <target> from striking <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003887	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> unreasonable expectations made him hate <actor>, who declined to help him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003888	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was glad for guaranteed pay. He prepared for a long sea voyage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003889	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Continual sea sickness disrupted his work. The captain threatened to toss <actor> overboard but instead docked his pay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003890	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed as a substitute ship's carpenter due to sea sickness. His pay was docked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003891	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ship never returned. All were considered lost.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003892	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> substituted for <target> as a ship's carpenter but was lost at sea.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003893	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He invested his wages for a percentage of the ship's profit. Pirates took everything, but <actor> managed to survive and return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003894	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> substituted for <target> as a ship's carpenter. A pirate attack cost him everything but his life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003895	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was injured in a port far away, in a brothel.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003896	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> substituted for <target> as a ship's carpenter. He was injured at a port of call.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003897	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He invested his wages for a percentage of the ship's profit and earned a tidy sum!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003898	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> substituted for <target> as a ship's carpenter. By investing his wages in cargo, he multiplied his earnings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003899	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He visited a great library, in a land conquered by a king from his homeland. He couldn't read any of it, but talking with the scholars there greatly enlightened him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003900	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> substituted for <target> as a ship's carpenter. He visited a great library and talked with several scholars.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003901	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They visited the awe-striking temple for an ancient goddess. He found many similarities to his own goddesses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003902	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> substituted for <target> as a ship's carpenter. He visited the inspiring temple of an ancient goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003903	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They defeated pirates, and he earned a small share of booty taken from them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003904	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> substituted for <target> as a ship's carpenter. He earned extra income from a failed pirate attack.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003905	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He witnessed trading at sea, with a nation of seafaring merchants. He wished he had invested his wages in his ship's profits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003906	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They sailed through the mighty pillars of Hercules to a strange land of rich barbarians who prized glass over gold. His investment in the ship's profits proved fortuitous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003907	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> substituted for <target> as a ship's carpenter. A dangerous trip to a far-off land proved incredibly profitable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003909	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> looked around before showing the coin to <actor>. Its rust colored <his/her> fingers. A crumb of iron had cracked off, making the coin look as if it might disintegrate like a dirt clod.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003910	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"It's from the city of warriors, long ago," <target> whispered, "when its greatest king enforced laws that brought rich and poor men together."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003911	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked <target> for showing it to <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003912	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> never mentioned it again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003913	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked, "What else do you know about it?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003914	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"If you place it next to a silver coin, and speak the right spell, the silver turns to gold! But the spell my father told me doesn't work."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003915	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"My great-grandfather was born in the city of warriors. These coins were legends then. My mother says this one is probably a fake, but father refuses to believe her."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003916	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Not only did rich and poor use valueless coins, they had to eat the same food together. And their sons were taken by the military on their seventh year."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003917	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to buy the coin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003918	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> declined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003919	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> sold it for a substantial amount.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003920	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid <target> a lot of money for an old iron coin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003921	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> disbelieved. Generations of repeated conflicts had proved that rich and poor would never unite.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003922	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After telling this to <target>, the subject became a minor point of contention between them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003923	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon telling this to <target>, <he/she> struck <actor> and never spoke to <him/her> again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003924	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> upset <target> by ridiculing <his/her> story about an old iron coin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003925	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> admitted it was <his/her> father's story, and that <he/she> didn't believe it either. <He/She> let the coin drop into dirt. <actor> recovered it surreptitiously.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003926	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced <target> to abandon an old artifact, to <his/her> gain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003928	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Comrades in arms split up when they returned to their town. <actor> thought about neighbors who wouldn't be coming home. He thought about his wife. What he feared most had already happened to two of his shield brothers. Their wives had taken out loans to survive while their husbands fought.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003929	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battles had been lost and no one had loot to pay their wives' loans. Their homes and lands would be forfeit. <actor> entered the house and carpentry shop he feared was lost. <spouse> welcomed him home. All seemed well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003930	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> demanded to know how <spouse> had survived while he was away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003931	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> swore at him and indicated the bulge beneath her belly. When the infant was born, he had it exposed in the wilds. Afterwards, he forgave her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003932	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When customers started arriving with signed, pre-paid work contracts, <actor> fell on his knees and begged <spouseP> forgiveness. She never did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003933	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> falsely accused <spouse> of infidelity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003934	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> swore at him and indicated the bulge beneath her belly. <actor> threw her out of his house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003935	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discovered his wife had cheated on him, while he was away at war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003936	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> never asked about how his wife had maintained herself, the house, and the shop.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003937	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the child was born, he treated it like one of his own. Unfortunately, sickness took it to the underworld before puberty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003938	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While he was away at war, <spouse> used a man to help her survive. <actor> was thankful she hadn't taken loans from an aristocrat and endangered their livelihood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003939	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When customers started arriving with signed, pre-paid work contracts, <actor> cherished his wife more than ever.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003940	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swept <spouse> into his arms and asked, "Did you miss me?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003941	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the child was born, two months early, <actor> had it exposed in the wilds. He never forgave <spouse>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003942	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discovered his wife had been unfaithful to him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003943	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When customers started arriving with signed, pre-paid work contracts, <actor> and <spouse> grew closer than they ever had before.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003944	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> treated his wife like an adulteress thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003945	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before the child was born, <actor> threw <spouse> out of his home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003946	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discovered his wife had cheated on him, while he was away at war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003947	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When customers started arriving with signed, pre-paid work contracts, <actor> fell on his knees and begged <spouseP> forgiveness. Eventually, she did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003949	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An enterprising aristocrat opened a large carpentry workshop in town. It was manned by skilled slaves. If <actor> matched the low price this factory charged for woodworking, <he/she> would become a slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003950	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> conspired with carpenters in town to burn the aristocrat's factory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003951	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slaves died in the fire. It would be several years before the aristocrat could reacquire an experienced cadre.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003952	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was among several who were caught and convicted. <He/She> was sold into slavery. The aristocrat bought <him/her> to rebuild the factory and work in it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003953	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sold into slavery for burning an aristocrat's slave-powered woodworking factory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003954	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> conspired with town carpenters to assassinate the aristocrat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003955	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The professional they hired also killed the man's sons. Disputes over who should inherit the factory lasted until mismanagement ruined it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003956	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was among several who were caught and convicted. <He/She> was sold into slavery. The aristocrat's son bought him to work in his father's factory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003957	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sold into slavery for hiring an assassin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003958	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lowered <his/her> price a little, relying on regular customers to return.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003959	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enough did return. <actor> held on to <his/her> trade for several more years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003960	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Only a few customers were more loyal than cost conscious. <actor> and the family knew poverty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003961	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An aristocrat's factory of slave carpenters ruined <actorP> business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003962	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took time to increase his skills at fine arts woodcrafting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003963	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was able to establish a clientele of aristocrats, including the factory's owner. <actor> found work less frequently, but it paid more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003964	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No matter how hard <he/she> tried, <actor> couldn't compete with other artisans selling to upper-class clients. <He/She> and the family knew poverty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003965	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to compete with fine arts woodcrafters but failed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003967	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Work on the couch absorbed <actor>. <He/She> smirked at the thought of rolls of fat galloping upon it. <actor> recoiled, imagining the smell imparted to it. The wealthy patron who commissioned the couch was fairly slim and likely bathed every few days. But she would have regular guests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003968	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The couch was half complete. That night <actor> realized the object had taken a special place in <his/her> heart, and <he/she> knew how foolish that was.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003969	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> resolved to complete the commission and ignore <his/her> feelings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003970	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The quality of <his/her> efforts suffered so much, the matron refused to pay the remainder of the commission. <actor> hauled it to a waste heap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003971	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The matron rewarded <actor> for completing the couch in time for her annual spring orgy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003972	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was rewarded for efficient and quality work, by a rich matron.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003973	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought the woman, to see if she would accept a different couch.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003974	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman was a widow. Her guardian, the father of her husband, listened to <actorP> request for her. He decided the original commission had been wasteful and refused to pay the remainder.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003975	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> happily completed the couch for <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003976	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman was a widow. Her guardian, the father of her husband, listened to <actorP> request for her. He passed the message to his daughter-in-law, who agreed to accept a different work if it was superior.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003977	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> completed the new couch before continuing the first. <He/She> simply designed it to cater to the woman's well known fetishes and made quick work of it. Her delight at the design earned <actor> a small bonus.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003978	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By catering to a matron's taste in furniture, <actor> earned a small bonus.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003979	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took a small loan to pay back the woman's commission.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003980	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The small loan grew larger, while <actor> struggled to find quick work. <He/She> had to sell the couch to repay the loan.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003981	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was able to find quick work, to repay the loan. The couch became a treasured item in <actorP> home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003982	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to make a couch so beautiful, no one would sit on it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003983	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> did not consider those who take joy from soiling beautiful things. <actor> saw the couch a year later. It was broken and stained and rotting in a waste heap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003984	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A year later, another rich matron commissioned a couch, one that was even more beautiful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003985	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Beautiful craftsmanship led to an unexpected commission.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003987	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> couldn't afford a slave. So <he/she> hired a temporary laborer to help when there was too much work to handle alone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003988	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A short, burly fellow, the man hauled lumber and cut it into rough shapes all day without sweating. He got into a brawl one night and accidentally killed another man. He was sentenced to slavery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003989	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took out a loan, to buy the man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003990	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man continued to work hard, to repay <actorP> forgiveness. Saving the man's original wages eventually repaid the loan. By the time the man earned his freedom, he was too old to be hired.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003991	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man had fallen into depression and was barely helpful. <actor> had to sell him to repay the loan.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003992	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired another laborer who wasn't as hardworking.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003993	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A couple of years later, the new man was killed in a fight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003994	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought a lawyer to appeal the magistrate's decision.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003995	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A lawyer convinced a new court the fight had been in self-defense. The freed man worked until he paid off the lawyer's "tip," before accepting wages beyond feeding himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003996	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Lawyers were bound by law to work for free, but they only took cases they would be sure to win, to earn a large tip. No one believed an appeal would succeed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003997	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked harder to save money on extra labor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003998	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> worked <himself/herself> unto injury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT003999	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> injured <himself/herself> by overworking.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004000	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> eventually had to accept less work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004002	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The town council of elders and aristocrats argued heatedly over a daring proposal. Should an amphitheater be built beside the town? Free male citizens were called to assemble, to decide the matter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004003	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> voted against building the amphitheater. It was too expensive for the town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004004	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few years after it was built, the town's economy was noticeably improved. <actor> earned much during and after its construction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004005	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found high paying work when the town constructed an amphitheater.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004006	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few years after it was built, the public work languished for lack of quality entertainment. The round of taxes levied to build it hurt <actorP> savings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004007	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An expensive round of taxes was levied to build an amphitheater.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004008	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The proposal was voted down.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004009	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> voted against the amphitheater. Actors were thieves and scoundrels!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004010	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> voted for it. There would be plenty of work for carpenters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004011	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not only did actor fail to procure a contract from it, the round of taxes levied to build it hurt <actorP> savings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004012	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An expensive round of taxes was levied to build an amphitheater.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004013	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> voted for it. Musicians and other performers would made the town more civilized.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004015	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tied the shop gate shut. She told <spouse> she was visiting a friend for the day. If her husband had learned of her true destination, he would have stopped her. People expected a man to protect his woman from walking beyond the palisade. The morning sun was just crossing the horizon when she walked out of the town, concealed in her husband's wool cloak.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefT004016	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reflected upon her life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004017	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed a goat path into the hills, to see rural lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004018	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A shepherd asked who she was. When <actor> didn't reply, he sent his dogs to fend off this stranger. She ran all the way home, threw her husband's cloak at him, and rushed to her shop. She carved a statuette of a dog baying in chase.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004019	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The work was crude compared to that of a skilled sculptor, but its anger was so palpable that customers avoided it, sometimes commenting that it must frighten burglars. People were accustomed to sculpture carved with stoic expressions. Vivid, raw emotion disturbed them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004020	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	All day, she watched a few flocks of sheep graze. Partridges skulked through the brush. Larks sang. Hares loped from one thicket to another. Near noon, <actorP> heart suddenly raced in her ribs. This was how freedom felt!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004021	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She returned home before dusk, wearing a sympathetic smile for her husband. For him, being free meant not being enslaved and swaying with a vote those who governed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004022	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> walked the main road out of town, to learn of travelers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004023	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A haggard man threatened her with a knife! He told her to give him money. <actor> ran for her life! She didn't dare call aloud. A woman without her guardian deserved to be assaulted or even killed. The man was too weak to chase her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004024	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She returned home safe but angry. She avoided her husband for the rest of the day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004025	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A band of hunters pulled a cart towards the city. It was laden with quail, hare, and two boars. One man wore a cloak made from a great leopard. They ignored the lone stranger walking from their destination. The rot of flesh kept <actor> away from them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004026	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Everyone on the road seemed wary of everyone else. Returning to the town, hours later, she stopped at a butcher shop and bought pork to roast. Back home, a taste of its fat-infused meat chased the smell from her thoughts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004027	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> circled the town, to reflect upon her life there.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004028	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A wife. A woman. A carpenter. In public, the first two invited respect. That her father and husband accepted her profession brought a little more, grudgingly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004029	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At the very least she had customers. The public allowed for women to visit a woman at her shop. A few customers had become her friends. They were the only women she felt were worthy of her respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004030	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The stakes of the palisade had been pushed out several times in the last year. The town continued to grow. Her business was good. Few people had died from the last plague. Food supplies were stable. A thousand people interacted daily to keep the town, themselves, alive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004031	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If she disappeared today, it would survive tomorrow. Her husband would find a new wife. The family would... <actor> shook her head and passed a deep breath. The town was a foul place of smoke and rot and mud and dung. People dealt with its decay when it troubled them. To grow, you have to stand on the dead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004032	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hiked in her shadow's direction, just to be alone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004033	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She walked until her shadow hung beneath her. Yet solitude, if any was to be found, must have been farther west. Drovers, slaves, hunters, surveyors, scouts, even a farm woman and her children greeted <actor>, though with caution. The land within hours of the town bustled nearly as much.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004034	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Returning home, <actor> retreated to the peace of her personal space. In her workshop the family rarely interrupted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004035	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Her troubles: a recent argument with <spouse>, a mistake she had made at work, a bill she shouldn't have to pay, the tax collector's imminent arrival, lettuce that hadn't been eaten quickly enough, and other trivialities scraped at the peace she sought.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004036	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The bear startled her. It rolled in the sunshine, scratching its back on a basalt shelf. It must have been dozing while she approached. Frozen, she watched the mighty beast. It rose up nose first. Noticing <actor>, it stood menacingly. <actor> backed away. It dropped down and loped westward, taking its time. <actor> turned and hiked swiftly home, mind clear and sharp.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004038	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Wood dust filled air gleamed in sunlight. A young man, missing an ear, blocked the sun with his head. "We've been watching your workshop, now pay us." He and his friends considered themselves heroes for a price. Most craftsman on the block feared the older gang more, but these wayward youths defended their neighborhood successfully against them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004039	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to apprentice the youth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004040	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After his first day of work, the youth stole an expensive tool and never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004041	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The youth took to the work and <actorP> nurturing as if they were important things missing in his life. He convinced his previous friends to stop bothering <actor>, at the cost of a broken leg and a couple teeth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004042	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid the youth to stop watching out for <his/her> workshop and home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004043	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The youth laughed and explained, "It doesn't work that way." He beat <actor> for impudence and took some valuables.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004044	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The youth agreed. He seemed nervous about it, though.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004045	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attacked the youth, with a wood chisel.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004046	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boy's fighting experience easily overcame <actorP> attack. Outraged, he killed <actor>. Then he stole the shop's most expensive tools.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004047	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boy's fighting experience easily overcame <actorP> attack. Outraged, he pummeled <actor> near to death.  Then he stole the shop's most expensive tools.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004048	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cut the young man more than once, driving him away. That night the youths burned his shop to the ground.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004049	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boy easily overcame <actorP> attack. Outraged, he pummeled <actor> near to death.  Then he stole the shop's most expensive tools.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004050	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid what <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004051	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	And <he/she> kept paying for the rest of <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004053	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The snap of a breaking latch was drown by poundings on the door. Ruffians spilled in and threatened <actor> with knives. <He/She> imagined their blades gleamed in the moonless night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004054	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Those boys pretending to be men confessed like beaten girls. If you can pay them, you can pay us more."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004055	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004056	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Only later did <he/she> realize, the invader who spoke had been missing the same ear as the youth years ago.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004058	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The starving scribe trembled endlessly. A gobbet of arm muscle struck the dirt floor. <actor> could not discern its stench from the man's mass of sores and lesions. That he had survived for a year testified to both favor and curse of the gods. <actor> risked the curse and sought that favor. <He/She> offered the scribe home, food, and beer, if he would teach the potent symbols of his trade.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004059	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to keep the wretched man's visits a secret.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004060	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No word spread among the other tradesmen, but when <he/she> sought employ of <his/her> new writing craft, other scribes decried <actorP> skills as cursed!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004061	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent as much time learning from the man as possible.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004062	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found <he/she> had a talent for reading and writing. Years later, when sickness struck, <he/she> found a haven with the children of <his/her> exemplar.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004063	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <he/she> sought employ of <his/her> new writing craft, other scribes decried <actorP> skills as cursed!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004064	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept as far from the man as possible during his visits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004065	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> struggled to remember the symbols, and rarely found work. Other scribes snickered openly at <his/her> tablets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004066	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When able, <actor> wrote a legend about a hero who was sickly and shunned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004067	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After the scribe finally succumbed to his ailments, more than one family brought stones to help bury him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004069	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> never thought much about the men <his/her> weapons killed in battle. However, when the barracks required <him/her> to test them on livestock, <he/she> felt incredibly ill. The first time <actor> watched students of priest-doctors picking through the entrails, <he/she> raced to a gutter. Over time, the sight began to fascinate <him/her>. Eventually <actor> picked up more than a few lectures about bodies and health.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004070	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One day, <he/she> decided to become a healer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004071	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> let <his/her> slaves take over <his/her> workshop, and <he/she> simply studied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004072	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> gave them their freedom for a share of their earnings. This freed <actor> to learn at the pace that best suited an older <man/woman> entering the temple school of medicine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004073	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> split time between working the forge and learning medicine at the temple of the victory goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004074	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although <he/she> completed the training, word spread of <his/her> weak skills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004075	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired a poor doctor from the waterfront to teach <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004076	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instruction was drawn out for twice the number of years students at the temple studied. However poor his patients, the doctor attended them before teaching <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004077	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> experimented upon all sorts of animals to learn the healing arts by <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004078	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Doctors spread disparaging rumors about a quack who mocked the teachings of the god of healers. Despite it, <actorP> success rate at healing was similar to theirs. Critically ill patients died. Lesser illnesses either improved or worsened, regardless of who treated them. Those who survived paid handsomely for their status.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004080	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> built a masterwork cabinet for aristocrats in the near city. The family went to deliver it and to visit the warrens of workers and goods and civil majesty. A tax collector caught <actor> and demanded a percentage of the sale. <actor> argued that <he/she> was not a citizen of the city and could not be taxed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004081	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The collector sued in court and won. <actor>, infuriated, sought to appeal. <He/She> discovered that tax collectors bid for the right to tax people. They made a profit by collecting more than what they bid. If a collector failed to pay the amount bid, anyone could pay the difference and take over the right to tax until next year's bid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004082	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> secluded <his/her> family in the cheapest district, eating gruel for weeks, saving money until the collector had to pay his bid. It cost nearly every coin in their life's savings, but <actor> bought vengeance. That <he/she> had just obtained the right to be hated by nearly everyone in the city did not occur to <him/her> until long after <actor> had laughed in the ex-collector's face.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004083	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wrung the very blood from citizens, high class and low.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004084	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their anger became a living thing that hunted <actorP> sanity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004085	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> enforced taxation as judiciously as <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004086	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Citizens cooled their enmity but never offered any respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004087	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> leeched from the rich and powerful but spared the less fortunate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004088	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family struggled for years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004089	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hounded the lower classes in deference to the wealthy and influential.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleT004090	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family struggled for years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004091	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Dust devils flew into <his/her> mouth. So dry! <actor> had not traveled with merchants before. <He/She> swore, "None but death shall carry me out of my home again." A choked laugh shook sand from <his/her> lips. Corpses should think that funny, <actor> mused. Those surrounding <him/her>, human and equine, lay quiet. A few leered crazily.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004092	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Then death appeared in the wavering distance. Riding tall. Scimitar flashing. The brown figure loped closer. <actor> awaited, propped against the overturned cart. Death rode a monster. Its head was like a tipped vase hoisted from its chest by a python body. Its main bulk tromped on four ungainly posts with broad padded feet. Arriving, it smelled worse than death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004093	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The rider rifled through the merchants' remains. <actor> twitched but could not talk when prodded. The man offered water and asked about the fragments of incense he'd found. <actor> promised wealth above incense to be taken home. <He/She> gained far more wealth by introducing the camel to the kingdom's merchants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004094	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wanted to measure something, so <he/she> threw a party. Inviting the best scribes in the city, <actor> presented <his/her> dilemma as a second course to honey wine and roasted lamb. An important swath of land, held by the ruling priests, had been cut diagonally during flood time. The area was clearly half of a rectangle, but the length of the diagonal was difficult to express. Of course, <he/she> had walked it! However, the calculations never quite matched the walked length.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004095	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed a novel solution. Instead of approximations, they might express a difficult number with exact numbers and a special symbol. The symbol expressed what to do with the numbers. These "expressions" would stay precise in further calculations, until a final value was needed. Some of <his/her> guests required more wine than others before they agreed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004096	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Another night, another 60 stars. <actor> yawned. The priests had demanded an accounting of the night sky. Above wind, rain, harvest or river, the stars never lied. They never changed, except for a handful of wanderers. They and the moon were <actorP> enemies. The bright moon disrupted <his/her> view. The wanderers nearly killed <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004097	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Careful observations, noted duly on clay, shattered across the temple floor. Guards were directed to imprison <actor>. Instantly, <he/she> forced a laugh and begged forgiveness for <his/her> little joke. Of course stars didn't wander, not even a few! <actor> recanted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004098	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As punishment, <he/she> had to assist the next, less frivolous, night accountant. And the next, and the next... until priests hesitated and <actor> revealed a new discovery. Although these few stars wandered, their paths never changed. All were forgiven, even those in their graves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004099	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had been hired to teach the children of a powerful administrator. Although they were not destined to be scribes, they had to learn respect for the recording of knowledge. The youngest had a manner of speech that distorted her words, but she learned glyphs faster than her brother. They delighted in ridiculing each other's deficiencies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004100	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To help the girl, <actor> created a few simple symbols for the sounds she had trouble making. <He/She> told her to write these symbols next to the difficult glyphs. Unexpectedly, the boy's knowledge also doubled in a month. Thinking he was cheating, <actor> discovered that he had invented additional symbols for the remaining sounds of their language. Writing glyphs out by their component sounds helped him learn. <actor> sent the boy to his parents for a proper beating.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004101	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The victorious general chomped into an apple. "Musicians, PLAY!" he commanded. Then he devoured a clump of orange sections. "Dancers, DANCE!" He swilled yet another jug of beer. "Storytellers, SING!" No one at the feast was brave enough to tell the huge man that such a jumble of performances would destroy their individual entertainments.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004102	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> feared for the performers. The general was known to impale his own soldiers if they displeased him. <actor> suddenly remembered the fruit bowl near him. It was decorated with images from a well-known child's tale. Before disaster ended their feast, he held up the bowl and cried, "May this inspire you all!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004103	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Haltingly, but carefully, the three groups cooperated to tell the same tale. In the short time it took to tell, the general fell asleep, another jug of beer emptied. The audience cheered!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004104	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Commoners despaired at the economics of war. The military began suppressing revolts more often than engaging rival nations. The powerful and wealthy were used to getting richer when the kingdom expanded. Instead, taxes churned to keep the kingdom intact. Property and wealth drained like beer into a warrior. The king had no ear for complaints unless they were accompanied by riches.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004105	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered a new kind of voice, an echo of <his/her> ancestors' assemblies. Working secretly with merchants, landowners, and some high priests, <he/she> inscribed a system that channeled the voices of citizens through representatives who would petition an elected ruler.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004106	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were betrayed, arrested, and executed, but <actor> escaped and buried the scrolls. Wary of peers experienced at grasping opportunities of the moment, betrayal was no surprise. <actor> had dared to hope otherwise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004107	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> carved into a roasted swan. It was simple women's work, but a skilled physician could take culinary dissection to new heights. <actor> identified each of the organs to <his/her> guests. <He/She> separated layers of muscle. <He/She> sliced through joint cartilage and presented each bone. While serving the aromatic flesh, <actor> described the purpose of the parts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004108	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That night, <actorP> guests had little appetite for meat. They moved quickly to other courses. But one man, a master builder, ate with enthusiasm. He chewed over the similarities between a living being and a construction project. Then he asked, "A doctor understands life by taking it apart. How would a doctor organize a new life by putting parts together?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004109	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the remainder of <his/her> life answering the question. Machines to this day depend on similar knowledge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004110	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A storyteller visited the royal barracks. In the weeks that followed, <actor> was called to fix more sprains, dislocated joints, and broken bones than in the same number of weeks previous. Tales of bull dancers had pushed boredom from the minds of warriors in peacetime. Dares, bets, and pure bravado goaded them to leap upon the backs of chariot horses and flip off again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004111	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> fees accumulated quickly, but <his/her> disgust at needless injury outweighed the silver. After the deadly trampling of an older man, who had tried to match more supple youth, <actor> pronounced <his/her> own dare. Ride the animals and cast javelins at a hanging gourd.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004112	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The reduction in injuries saved a handful from the king's treasury. A vast amount more was eventually spent acquiring and tending a greater herd. The sport slowly spread through the army. Decades later, teams competed with each other, and their mobile and deadly accuracy proved supreme on battlefields too.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004113	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had used the last of <his/her> willow bark the day before. The patient suffered while <actor> scrawled the necessary herbs and directions. "The temple of the victory goddess will make a potion. Remember to tithe and return in two days."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004114	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Later, <actor> strolled to the temple to restock. The body of <his/her> patient writhed on the floor. One priest held a potion for another to examine. A third person, a messenger from the king, waited for the emergency to resolve. <actor> ran to the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004115	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead of a common pain reliever, they had concocted a mild poison that was sometimes used to frighten the demons that were possessing a person. <actor> shook <his/her> finger at the prescription and swore at the priests. They hollered back, lambasting <him/her> for errors that were beneath an apprentice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004116	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Suddenly, the messenger snatched the papyrus from the priest. He shouted, "The goddess has blessed our kingdom this day!" He raced out of the temple. The king's head spy wanted a way to send messages that enemies would overlook. A specific set of unintelligible writing habits was taught across the networks of spies, based on <actorP> prescription for acetylsalicylic acid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004117	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was having a problem with his home. It was an empty lot. <He/She> had contracted a builder weeks ago, but <actor> wanted to approve the design. Patiently, the builder would scrape a layout into the dirt, and <actor> would erase it. "No, no, no! It has to have this shape and these features!" <He/She> gestured roughly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004118	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before the builder quit in frustration, <actor> attempted to show him more precisely. Taking pen and papyrus, <actor> drew a suitable layout. <He/She> marked it with measurements and construction features.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004119	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The builder examined the print, asked questions, sighed, and built it exactly as illustrated upon the papyrus. Not quite a year after completion, a slight tremor of the earth leveled it to the ground. The next construction attempted was from a design drawn by the builder, and that stood the test of time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004120	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was the friendliest tax collector in the city. A local tax on sails was intended to reap profits from deep sea trading vessels. When fishermen nearly rioted against it, <actor> met with their elders to discuss the tax.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004121	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The law taxed sails wider than a ship. To avoid the tax, <actor> said they needed only to fly a narrower sail. This resulted in ridiculous sideboard extensions, a spate of clumsy sailing, and a few deaths. Again, the fishermen complained.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004122	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> then suggested running a sail sideways, along the keel, to avoid the tax. They mocked <his/her> ignorance. A week later, out of spite, a fishing captain hauled up a triangular sail that caught the wind against his boat's keel. He was surprised by the strength of its pull and the ease of tacking with it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004123	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Years later, after large traders adopted the lateen sail, the tax was changed. The fishermen complained.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004124	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> loved mathematics - everyone said so. What <he/she> really loved, though, was counting tax money. Math was just a tool to estimate profitable bids for tax contracts. This worked well for taxes paid in coin, but often <he/she> was given raw goods. Fluctuating values strained the precise math that had made the family rich. However, when given several ingots of glass, the purest ever seen in the city, a temporary fancy overtook <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004125	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> noticed how a picture of the world would form against a plaster wall when glass was held up to daylight. <actor> hired a glassworker to melt one ingot into the five shapes of the ideal solids.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004126	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent a month holding the five magic shapes in daylight and measuring the pictures that formed. <He/She> even went as far as to write a book. <His/Her> interest plummeted thereafter, and only the children would play with the jewel-like baubles. <actor> returned to counting <his/her> money, as if released from a spell.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004127	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought a horse to ride in stately style, above the tax payers. <He/She> hired a hero of the cavalry to train <him/her>, but a curse struck <actor>. Mounting the beast terrified <him/her> like a rampaging Minotaur. <actor> would screech like a harpy, jump from the saddle, and hide in the stable. The veteran ranted, "<cowards are lower than horse dung/women do not belong on horses>!" and he abandoned <actor>, who trembled upon shards of pride.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004128	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	But <actorP> stubbornness was stronger than pride. <actor> paid a stable keeper to tie <him/her> to the  horse and to ignore <his/her> screams. Every week, <actor> would stupefy <himself/herself> with drink and be tied to the animal, who learned to ignore its rider's clamoring. A year later, <actor> rode up to the retired cavalry officer and pronounced the tax he owed. It was a ruinous sum, and <actor> offered to forgive it if the veteran could beat <him/her> in a race through the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004129	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Finishing the race hundreds of paces ahead of the 'hero' <actor> forgave the old man's tax anyway. It had sickened <actor> to watch him slow for every obstacle, while <actor> and horse danced around them. <actor> wondered if it had anything to do with the way <his/her> feet were tied to the saddle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004130	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The brothel was known more for its superior wines than for its other wares. While the upper floors rollicked, drinkers spoke softly, among cool amphorae, below ground. At a common table, <actor> listened to a priest argue with a philosopher. <actor> warbled, "Have I heard correctly? Material things are shadows of perfect forms? However, all that man can be sure of is imperfection?" The men were intrigued by <his/her> interest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004131	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued: "An embalmer once paid his taxes with an iron flask of quicksilver, which is considered the perfect metal, but no money-changer would trade it for gold. I took it back and demanded coin. Before my eyes, the embalmer changed perfection into imperfection, quicksilver into cinnabar. That stuff a jeweler was happy to buy. A year later, the embalmer succumbed to madness. He prophesied that stone would be turned into gold."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004132	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priest and philosopher dashed out of the room. To them, it was the start of quest for immortality. <actor> drank <his/her> wine and smiled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004133	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> loathed philosophers. They rarely paid their taxes in coin, and some dared to offer <him/her> 'valuable knowledge' instead. One common tactic was to pay <actor> with one or more books. <He/She> would then have to read them to judge their values. <actor> did like to read. Some of the books were valuable, and many of them proved interesting. Philosophers themselves <he/she> dismissed as mere amphorae for good and bad wine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004134	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the city's most famous philosopher failed to convince one of his students to pay his taxes, <actor> said <he/she> would accept his latest manuscript. It was called "Meteorology." <actor> read it several times and often quoted it in high society.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN004135	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It became <actorP> favorite book. <He/She> scratched out the author's name and wrote in <his/her> own. For the rest of <his/her> life, <actor> took credit for discovering the basis of weather.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004136	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An old man, wearing a clean but worn smock, kneeled before <actor>. He begged to be buried in the temple's graveyard for soldiers. Head bowed, he held up a seal. It was cheap pottery, but it conferred the role of commanding a small unit of men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004137	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told him, the sacred ground was for heroes, not cowards who live a long life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004138	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man sprang quicker than <actor> could have imagined. He drove <actor> to the floor with a hand on <his/her> throat. Before others could pry the man away, <actor> suffocated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004139	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man sprang quicker than <actor> could have imagined. He drove <actor> to the floor with a hand on <his/her> throat. Temple guards quickly pried the man away. He died under the whip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004140	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man stood angrily. He glared at <actor> and marched away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004141	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man stood angrily. "Five years ago, an enemy speared my leg. He would have killed me, but my best soldier took the fatal thrust. He gave me the heartbeat's recovery I needed to avenge his sacrifice. I wish to be buried beside him, and I was told you could read where his body lies."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004142	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> examined the seal and found bits of moldy earth in the carvings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004143	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man explained, "I buried it. It is more valuable than my life. Soon, only it will remain. Five years ago, an enemy speared my leg. He would have killed me, but my best soldier took the fatal thrust. He gave me the heartbeat's recovery I needed to avenge his sacrifice. I wish to be buried beside him, and I was told you could read where his body lies."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004144	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old man fell, face to earth. Tears darkened the packed dirt. He admitted to robbing a grave. <actor> had him staked out in the cemetery for any vengeful spirit to devour. Curiosity led <actor> to a record of the seal's owner. In the battle that killed him, he had commanded the old man. Instead of being buried together, the survivor was eaten by hyenas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004145	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the man to stand. A veteran was anyone's equal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004146	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man stood and explained, "Five years ago, an enemy speared my leg. He would have killed me, but my best soldier took the fatal thrust. He gave me the heartbeat's recovery I needed to avenge his sacrifice. I wish to be buried beside him, and I was told you could read where his body lies."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004147	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did not reveal that the man was asking the wrong official.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004148	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man explained, "Five years ago, an enemy speared my leg. He would have killed me, but my best soldier took the fatal thrust. He gave me the heartbeat's recovery I needed to avenge his sacrifice. I wish to be buried beside him, and I was told you could read where his body lies."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004149	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the man's further ramblings. Someone would take care of him, eventually, possibly. <actor> strode away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004150	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I'll look into the records," <he/she> told the man. <actor> exited <his/her> office and strode across the circle of assembly to the city archives. <He/She> spoke with the official there. The archivist told <him/her>, "We only record the cost of active warriors. Their burials must be recorded in the cemetery's vaults."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004151	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> searched the archives anyway.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004152	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Quite by accident, <actor> discovered the archivist's secret cache of tablets, evidence of corruption. <He/She> noted the information and continued on, to the cemetery. The walk was long under a blazing sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004153	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found nothing. <He/She> continued on, to the cemetery. The walk was long under a blazing sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004154	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> discovered that the man buried was, in fact, the old man's commander. It wasn't the other way around. <actor> confronted him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004155	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found nothing. <actor> returned to the old man and told him to forget his idea, to leave, and that if he didn't, <he/she> would have him whipped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004156	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> discovered conspiracy and corruption by the archivist and the high priest. The priest was quick to sign his seal to the old man's request.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004157	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> discovered conspiracy and corruption by the archivist and the high priest. The priest was quick to accuse <him/her> of dire blasphemy. <actor> was tried and impaled before the moon rose.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004158	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> thanked the archivist. <He/She> sighed and left.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004159	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The walk to the cemetery keeper's building was long under a blazing sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004160	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wondered whether the matter was worth <his/her> effort. He was just an old man who, when dead, wouldn't care where he's buried.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004161	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> shrugged. It was an interesting break from <his/her> routine. The walk to the cemetery keeper's building was long under a blazing sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004162	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> didn't bother to tell the old man. <He/She> spent the rest of the day exploring the archives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004163	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> didn't bother to tell the old man. <He/She> spent the rest of the day exploring the archives. The old man returned the next day. <actor> had him hauled away and whipped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004164	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> didn't bother to tell the old man. <He/She> spent the rest of the day exploring the archives. Quite by accident, <actor> discovered that the man buried was, in fact, the old man's commander. It wasn't the other way around. <actor> confronted him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004165	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Remembering the old man's passion, were his spirit to wander restless, <actor> might find <himself/herself> haunted! The walk to the cemetery keeper's building was long under a blazing sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004166	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> didn't bother to tell the old man. <He/She> spent the rest of the day exploring the archives. Quite by accident, <actor> discovered the archivist's secret cache of tablets. They were evidence of corruption that led to the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004167	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> consulted tablets associated with the high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004168	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found nothing helpful, but remembering the old man's passion prevented discouragement. Were his spirit to wander restless, <actor> might find <himself/herself> haunted! The walk to the cemetery keeper's building was long under a blazing sun.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004169	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Quite by accident, <actor> discovered that the man buried was, in fact, the old man's commander. It wasn't the other way around. <actor> confronted him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004170	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The young scribe stank of corpses, but he greeted <actor> enthusiastically. "I started working here a year ago. You have to see the system I invented for recording veteran burials. It saves twelve stylus presses per soldier!" When pressed about the original notation method, the youngster admitted he had not understood it. However, he was told there was a key tablet that explained it, kept by the military's scribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004171	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swore and gave up. <He/She> called the boy a "stupid scribe-ling".	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004172	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Later, shortened cuneiform would be called the equivalent of "scribbling". But <actor> did not live to hear of it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004173	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did not see the old man again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004174	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swore and marched back to the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004175	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> ate a street vendor's rancid fare before entering the barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004176	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Night fell and <he/she> was waylaid by ruffians. <He/She> abandoned the old man's request.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004177	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to <his/her> office and issued an order to the burial scribe. "Place a marker wherever the old man's body is laid, with both soldiers' names."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004178	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to interpret the burial records' old notion system.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004179	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> discovered only that the young scribe's notation was far worse than the original. Critical graveyard coordinates were missing! <actor> marched back to the city and entered the barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004180	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A couple of sleepless nights later, it became obvious. <actor> awoke from <his/her> dream with the answer. <He/She> told the burial scribe, "Place a marker wherever the old man's body would lie, with both soldiers' names."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004181	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A couple of sleepless nights later, it became obvious. <actor> awoke from <his/her> dream with the answer. But it didn't make any sense. <actor> marched back to the city and entered the barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004182	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A couple of sleepless nights later, it became obvious. <actor> awoke from <his/her> dream with the answer. A few hours of searching yielded the buried soldier's record. However, it revealed that the man buried was, in fact, the old man's commander. It wasn't the other way around. <actor> returned and confronted him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004183	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"You lied," <actor> accused. "You bring only shame to your commander. Admit it!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004184	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old man seemed about to fall apart, but strength surged and straightened him. "He was my lover!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004185	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had him whipped for lying.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004186	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He died under the lash.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004187	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Days after, he was found dead by his own hands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004188	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> turned silently. <He/She> left directly for the military barracks, to help the old man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004189	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During the walk, <actor> reminisced about a friend from <his/her> youth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004190	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004191	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old man trembled with rage, and he stomped out of <actorP> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004192	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old man remained stoic. <actor> calmed and said, "I will look one more time." <He/She> ventured out to the military barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004193	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <actor> calmed, <he/she> had the man whipped for lying.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004194	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had the man arrested for madness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004195	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He died on a post.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004196	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man was pardoned but later was found dead by his own hands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004197	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> own seal was checked at the gate and then by the scribe in charge of records. It did not impress. "You may not access our stacks without permission from a high priest."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004198	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Here is the priest's seal."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004199	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The war scribe led <actor> into a back room.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004200	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tired of this hassle and returned to <his/her> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004201	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> told the the old man to forget his idea, to leave. If he didn't, <actor> would have him whipped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004202	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> struck out for the sky god's temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004203	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Night fell and <he/she> was waylaid by ruffians. <He/She> abandoned the old man's request.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004204	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> grew cold walking after sunset.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004205	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost <his/her> temper and demanded to see their records.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004206	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was whipped and thrown out of the barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004207	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The war scribe hardly blinked. "Long day?" <actor> slunk out and abandoned the old man's request.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004208	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I remember trying to access your temple's records. Back then, I was the one who exploded," the scribe explained. <actor> sighed and headed out to the temple of the sky god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004209	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> chose the lowest ranked "high priest" whom <he/she> thought could sway the war scribe. Clearly, the man thought himself much higher.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004210	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"This is for a withered soldier? Leave before I forbid temple officers to employ you."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004211	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> appealed to the priest's mercy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004212	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He did not have any. <actor> was demoted for a month.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004213	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest grabbed the attention of other priests, with loud blessings for <actorP> quest and an exaggerated stamp with his high seal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004214	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> whispered a little of what the secret archives recorded about this priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004215	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest suddenly beamed and wholeheartedly approved <actorP> request.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004216	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest raged at <actor>, accusing <him/her> of flagrant transgressions against the sky god. <actor> was quickly sentenced and impaled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004217	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told extemporaneous tales extolling the old man's heroics.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004218	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest had <actor> whipped for wasting his time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004219	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned to <his/her> office and the old man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004220	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> told him to forget his idea, to leave, and that if he didn't, <actor> would have him whipped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004221	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> reassured him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004222	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Here is the key tablet you seek." The scribe sanded a fingernail against it. "You may study until the lamp flame dies. Then I will escort you to the gate.""	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004223	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> memorized the information on the key tablet.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004224	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the flamed guttered, <he/she> returned to the graveyard.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004225	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> delved deep into the room's tablets, abandoning the old man's request.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004226	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found proof of corrupt collusion between the army's leader and the high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004227	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found evidence of corruption in the commander's accounts. Mention of the chief record keeper led <actor> back to the city archive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004228	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> quickly searched other tablets before tackling the key tablet.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004229	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> breezed through the archive entrance. <His/Her> mission was clear, but its end was obscure. Blood throbbed through <his/her> heart with purpose.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004230	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> searched the tablets by <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004231	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Days passed, until <he/she> was reprimanded by <his/her> boss.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004232	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a thorough search, without finding a link, <he/she> returned to the barracks to confront the commander. <actor> was never seen again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004233	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> discovered the archivist's secret cache of tablets. They linked the head record keeper to the army commander's scheme.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004234	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> enlisted the aid of young, introverted scribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004235	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Idealism infused their efforts to clean up the bureaucracy. A secret cache of tablets linked the head record keeper to the army commander's scheme.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004236	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Idealism could not overcome their meager experience and familiarity with the archive. <actor> learned plenty while herding them, but nothing incriminating. <He/She> abandoned the old man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004237	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> announced he was searching for evidence of corruption in those heading the army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004238	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The head archivist revealed his secret cache of tablets and locked <actor> within, forever.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004239	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The head archivist revealed his secret cache of tablets and locked <actor> within. A subordinate released <him/her> before thirst could take <actorP> life. Together, they escaped to the city archive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004240	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> quickly interpreted the burial records' old notion system. A few hours of searching revealed the buried soldier's record. However, it revealed that the man buried was, in fact, the old man's commander.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004241	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> bade the burial scribe, "Place a marker with the old man's name on this grave."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004242	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Returning to <his/her> office, <actor> informed him of <his/her> success.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004243	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned and confronted the old man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004244	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"You lied," <actor> accused. "You bring only shame to your commander. Admit it!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004245	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old man seemed about to fall apart, but courage surged and straightened him. "He was my lover!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004246	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had him whipped for lying.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004247	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He died under the lash.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004248	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Days after, he was found dead by his own hands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004249	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> turned silent. <He/She> took a fresh tablet and wrote.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004250	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As he imprinted the order to bury the man with his lover, <actor> reminisced about a friend from <his/her> youth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004251	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004252	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old man trembled with rage, and he stomped out of <actorP> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004253	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The old man remained stoic. <actor> calmed and said, "I will imprint an order to bury you beside him."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004254	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <actor> calmed, <he/she> had the man whipped for lying.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004255	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had the man arrested for madness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004256	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He died on a post.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004257	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man was pardoned but later was found dead by his own hands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004258	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The largest building, where priests conferred their loyalty unto the sky god, was four great tiers, each twice the height of the tallest man. Within were corruption and power to end corruption.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004259	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Frustration and labyrinths of permissions had been overcome, to bring <actor> before the maze most twisted, judgement. <actor> pondered <his/her> course of action.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004260	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> consulted the high priest who had helped <him/her> access the barracks' records.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004261	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon revealing evidence of corruption, the high priest ordered his guards to cut out <actorP> tongue. Then <he/she> was put on trial for heresy. <actor> died on a post.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004262	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest took credit for unmasking the corruption. Yet a few rewards found their way into <actorP> hands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004263	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest used the evidence so foolishly that nothing good came of it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004264	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest dropped his fool's pretense and warned <actor> to join the conspiracy or be severed from the living. Thus <his/her> family entered the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004265	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged an audience with the grand high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004266	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The evidence was taken from <him/her>, and the grand one refused to see <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004267	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A day later, he was asked to make his case before the grand one. The conspirators were brought to justice, and <actor> was elevated to the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004268	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A day later, he was asked to make his case before the grand one. The evidence was taken from <him/her>, but nothing was done.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004269	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought advice from the priests who taught scribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004270	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	From many priests came many suggestions, all complex in their methods. <actor> was sick of working the system. He left the evidence with them, but nothing was done.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004271	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They consulted as a group until the sun baked the city twice, but their solution was brilliant. The conspirators were led into a trap, and <actor> was greatly rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004272	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took his evidence to the holy magistrate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004273	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon revealing evidence of corruption, the magistrate ordered his guards to cut out <actorP> tongue. Then <he/she> was put on trial for heresy. <actor> died on a post.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004274	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate executed his office perfectly, and the conspirators were staked out under the sun, to contemplate how they had cheated the gods of efficient servants. <actor> was elevated to the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004275	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate gave <actor> a choice: join the conspiracy or be severed from the living. Thus <his/her> family entered the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004276	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate executed his office perfectly, and the conspirators were staked out under the sun, to contemplate how they had cheated the gods of efficient servants. <actor> was thanked for performing <his/her> duty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004277	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> let the matter go.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004278	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was exhausted. He returned to honor the old man's request.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004279	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few weeks later, the old man died. Another man visited <actor> to tell <him/her> the news. "He left a gift for you. Go to his home outside the city, and break the seal on the vase with the symbol of the river god."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004280	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told him to share the gift with the old man's neighbors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004281	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> never heard another word about the matter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004282	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The same man visited again, thanking <actor>, for the amazing wealth bestowed by the old man. It had been full of honey-preserved fruits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004283	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent a laborer to fetch the vase.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004284	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The vase contained a dried turd. <actor> coughed at the stench. He remembered how he had lied to the old man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004285	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The vase contained a golden amulet, taken from an enemy warrior. But on his way home, ruffians stole it from <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004286	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The vase contained a golden amulet, taken from an enemy warrior.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004287	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went in person to unseal the vase.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004288	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The vase contained a dried turd. <actor> coughed at the stench. He remembered how he had lied to the old man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004289	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The vase contained a golden amulet, taken from an enemy warrior.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004290	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had the man whipped, lest more poverty stain his office's earthen floor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004291	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> never heard another word about the matter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004292	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Gold is odorless, but the smell of it seduces many. Gold lust wafted from the clay account. When <actor> handed the tablet to a high priest, it energized the man. It told of a merchant's sudden riches. A day later, <actor> was summoned and employed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004293	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"An expedition is forming to reach the city with gold. You will be our eyes and ears. The route is a great distance, but one citizen visited them and gained immense wealth. We think to trade more with them. Learn about these people, their administrators, their gods, their army, enemies, and allies. Record your findings and you will earn a share of the expedition's profits."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004294	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before departing, <actor> interviewed the local merchant who became wealthy after one trip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004295	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant had little to say about his adventure, but <actor> sensed that the man's distress increased with each question.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004296	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> devoted time to research all that was currently known about the far city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004297	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Nestled in foothills, it had poor farms but was rich in lumber, and furs, and leather. Some gold was sourced in the area, but the commodities brought more certain profits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004298	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent much of <his/her> own money for trade goods, to increase <his/her> share of profits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004299	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found some excellent bargains on goods that would travel well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004300	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought strong beer, a luxury unlikely to be found in the far city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004301	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made many sacrifices to the sky god, praying for a safe journey and rich return.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004302	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests made an extra effort to organize and support the expedition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004303	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sweat, sick oxen and donkeys, exhaustion, dreary days, cold nights, bandits shadowing them: the expedition pressed through every obstacle. <actor> found <himself/herself> walking beside the animal that was supposed to have carried <him/her>. It had heat sickness, like so many of the merchants and soldiers. Fever warmed <actorP> forehead, but <he/she> had yet to feel dizzy. When they took the last fork in the long trail, evidence of bandits vanished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004304	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> advised the merchants to send a small group ahead, to greet patrols.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004305	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They simply moved some of the soldiers to the rear, to appear less hostile. Nothing could have prepared the expedition for their first encounter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004306	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They took <actorP> advice. Six men, experienced with greeting strangers, set out ahead. By nightfall, they had failed to report.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004307	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> advised them to deploy their soldiers against ambush.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004308	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They took <actorP> advice, but the expedition was entirely unprepared for their first encounter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004309	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to lead a small group ahead, to greet patrols.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004310	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Very quickly, the group he led decided to turn back. What they encountered deserved the expedition's full attention.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004311	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led six men who had experience greeting strangers. They disappeared in the direction of the city and were not seen again. <actorP> family was paid a share of the expedition's profits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004312	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> slunk behind a laden cart, ready to duck under it in an instant.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004313	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Nothing could have prepared the expedition for their first encounter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004314	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Closer to the city, human skeletons appeared along the road. Small clumps of fewer than ten turned into swaths of dozens. Some huddled around weather-ravaged belongings; a few wore gold and lapis jewelry. Their carts had been handsomely carved and decorated, but the draft animals had broken free. Carts and wagons lay overturned, caked with dirt. Bones had begun to separate and shift with the sands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004315	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> then understood the source of the merchant's wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004316	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	But a new question arose. After looting the corpses, did the merchant bring back this curse to their city? <He/She> warned the master of the expedition. It was agreed to turn back immediately.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004317	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gaped in horror. Why hadn't bandits pillaged the remains?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004318	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master of the expedition was able to calm the majority until the rest regained their discipline.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004319	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master of the expedition was able to calm the majority until the rest regained their discipline.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004320	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master of the expedition failed to prevent panic. Their numbers broke, and <actor> found <himself/herself> alone with the skeletons, without food and with little water.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004321	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to rally the men who trembled and stumbled backwards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004322	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master of the expedition thanked <actor> for helping him to stamp out panic.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004323	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master of the expedition thanked <actor> for helping him to stamp out panic.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004324	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Even the master of the expedition couldn't stop the rout of men. In panic, they looted their own stores and divided themselves into small bands that abandoned <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004325	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled this curse with as many supplies as <he/she> and <his/her> donkey could carry.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004326	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master of the expedition rallied his men. They caught <actor> and stripped <his/her> possessions before casting <him/her> out. Bandits caught <actor> and enslaved <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004327	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The master of the expedition rallied his men. They caught <actor> and stripped <his/her> possessions before casting <him/her> out. <He/She> perished alone in the wilderness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004328	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The expedition master cursed after <him/her>, when a dozen more peeled away before the far city's curse could clutch them. <actor> didn't survive to reach home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004329	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Bandits caught <him/her> and stripped all of value, but left food and water. <actor> eventually returned home, traumatized by the journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004330	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The expedition wasn't supplied with enough food and water for a round trip. It was hoped that in the city, enough remained to help them restock. They camped that night outside the small city's walls. No fire lights flickered behind them. Broken skeletons told of madness before death. Some had burned. Some had been stabbed or bludgeoned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004331	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> volunteered to enter the city and scout for food and water.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004332	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> voted to send a party into the city to scout for food and water.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004333	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The party returned with abandoned draft animals and vessels of grain and water. They found no living person. The majority of the expedition returned to see their city once more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004334	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The party returned with abandoned draft animals and vessels of grain and water. The remainder of the expedition ambushed them with spears, took the supplies, and returned to their city. No curse could be allowed to return with them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004335	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> revealed what <he/she> had learned about the surrounding area.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004336	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There were a couple of places nearby that could bolster their supplies, possibly enough to survive the return trip. The majority of the expedition returned to see their city once more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004337	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> voted to leave. By drastically reducing their rations, they might survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004338	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their journey was brutal, but the majority of the expedition returned to see their city once more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004339	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their journey was brutal, but the majority of the expedition returned to see their city once more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004340	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They all died, far from their homes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004341	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> picked <his/her> way through the city's streets. Here was the smell of death, not gold. Bone people gripped one other in desperation and in compassion. Rags and dyed gowns tumbled in the wind.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004342	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> started yelling, begging the mud brick buildings to respond with more than an echo.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004343	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The braying of a donkey led to a granary that had been looted. Enough grain remained to keep several draft animals alive. <actor> managed to return to <his/her> city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004344	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Oxen lowing led <actor> to a granary that had been looted. Enough grain remained to supply their return trip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004345	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> first searched the market and granaries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004346	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The records <he/she> had originally studied were surprisingly accurate. A granary had been looted. Enough grain remained to keep several draft animals alive. <actor> managed to return to <his/her> city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004347	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The records he had originally studied were surprisingly accurate. A granary had been looted. Enough grain remained to supply their return trip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004348	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hitched his donkey to a small cart that could carry the beer he had brought.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004349	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Beer was a poor substitute for food, but with spring water flowing from a stone in the city, <actor> managed to survive the trip back home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004350	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> crept back out of the city. Its story overwhelmed <his/her> courage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004351	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shivered with fear, wandering far, until he shook from thirst, fell, and could rise no more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004352	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Others, more brave, discovered a granary that had been looted. Enough grain remained to supply their return trip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004353	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high ziggurat beckoned. Sick, and weak from the return journey's ordeal, the expedition mustered a tired cheer. <actor> wondered whether the curse returned with them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004354	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> shared the last of <his/her> beer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004355	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It filled their bellies with a new cheer that, upon their final approach, startled the city guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004356	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While the poison worked, <actor> inscribed the account of their tragedy. After priests read the tablet, they ordered the bodies burned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004357	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wept to the gods and prayed for their protection.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004358	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few others fell to their knees and joined <his/her> prayers. <actorP> report told how the sky god smote the wicked city of heretics.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004359	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned the first city patrol they encountered of the far city's curse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004360	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The patrol halted them until priests arrived. The priests brought food but told them never to return.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004361	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The patrol drove them away, killing several. Later, soldiers hunted them to extinction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004362	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> explained to the expedition <his/her> fear. Did they dare bring the curse to their city?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004363	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The decision was far from unanimous, but the cowards were killed first. They dug a great ditch while <actor> inscribed their tale. <He/She> and the executioners took poison, and lay down upon their fellows. The wind buried them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004364	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Cowards won the decision. <actor> and the few others, who had voted for sacrifice, were. The winners told the priests a tale of the sky god smiting the far city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004365	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They decided they would place the fate of their city in the hands of the gods. They told the priests a tale of the sky god smiting the far city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004366	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proclaimed that the expedition had escaped the city's curse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004367	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were welcomed back into the city by amazed priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004368	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The gods were furious! A neighboring city dared to impinge upon their holy territory, draining their swamplands and capturing existing fields. Brute force was necessary to repulse them and take additional territory, for penance. <actor> was assigned to organize the army's supplies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004369	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> pleaded to escape conscription. <He/She> was already dedicated to important work, needed elsewhere by the gods, and inexperienced with military records.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004370	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They found someone else.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004371	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Nothing was more important than the vengeance of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004372	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to take full control over other supply coordinators.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004373	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> revealed systemic errors in the current accounts. The high priest assigned to the military awarded <him/her> the office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004374	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> revealed systemic errors in the current accounting system. Embarrassed scribes colluded to discredit <him/her>. <actor> was put in charge of sandals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004375	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was given responsibility over all aspects of the procurement, disbursement, and maintenance of sandals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004376	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the army's supply coordinators how <he/she> could help.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004377	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was given responsibility over all aspects of the procurement, disbursement, and maintenance of sandals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004378	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cut deals with suppliers, letting them charge more if they padded <his/her> pocket.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004379	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Furious with the enemy, priests missed minor discrepancies in accounts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004380	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One of the regular military scribes discovered the kickbacks, and <actor> was impaled for war profiteering.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004381	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had agonized over detailing <his/her> plan. It was precise, carefully organized, and fair. It fell to pieces on the first day that conscripts and veterans were called to arms. Supplies arrived late, nothing was the right size, everyone complained, and morale plummeted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004382	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> blamed a subordinate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004383	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The subordinate was whipped publicly for the soldiers' amusement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004384	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several of the subordinate's friends defended him to the high priest. The priest had <actor> whipped for the soldiers' amusement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004385	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several of the subordinate's friends defended him to the high priest. The priest had <actor> whipped before the soldiers and stripped of office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004386	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked through the problems, ignoring <his/her> body's need for rest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004387	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, the initial confusion mellowed into general disorder with occasional competence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004388	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> worked to the brink of exhaustion and sickness. Order slowly formed around <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004389	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> delegated most of the work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004390	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few of the coordinators beneath <him/her> were badly beaten by angry soldiers. The injured conspired to defame <actor> among <his/her> peers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004391	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, the initial confusion mellowed into general disorder with occasional competence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004392	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the warriors to shut up and act like brave men ready to die for the gods!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004393	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was a riot. <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004394	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was a riot. <actor> barely escaped and never showed <his/her> face again to a soldier.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004395	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The soldiers grumbled louder, but they accepted their lot. The high priest assigned to the military gave <actor> the office of general quartermaster.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004396	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The soldiers grumbled louder, but they accepted their lot. The high priest put <actor> in charge of the supply coordinators.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004397	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The long march began. Donkeys and carts trundled heavily over rough dirt paths. Soldiers strode before them, bearing sun and heat and hunger. Weapons and shields weighed lightly by comparison. The stoutest veterans protected <actorP> provisions from the rest of the army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004398	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rested under a small canopy over one of the carts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004399	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The bumpy ride bruised every part of <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004400	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> recovered significantly from <his/her> initial endeavors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004401	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible storm blew across the desert and scattered the army. <actor> endured many hardships to reach home and was sickly for the rest of <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004402	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> interacted with the veterans the entire way.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004403	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For a little bit of extra food and beer, they grew more protective.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004404	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> asked one, "How do you defeat a strong enemy warrior?" The answer startled <him/her> with its simplicity and brutality. "Don't attack a shield; attack the hands and feet."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004405	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This required <actor> to march alongside them. One day, <he/she> collapsed and never rose again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004406	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible storm blew across the desert and scattered the army. <actor> barely made it back home and was sickly for the rest of <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004407	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> maintained vigilance over his subordinates, dispatching runners to coordinate later supplies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004408	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Additional supplies reached the war columns in good time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004409	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Despite their best efforts, few additional supplies arrived. The column slowed as the army foraged, mostly from unfortunate villages.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004410	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible storm blew across the desert and scattered the army. <actor> barely made it back home and was sickly for the rest of <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004411	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> collaborated with the other scribes, to keep supplies flowing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004412	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Additional supplies reached the war columns in good time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004413	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Despite their best efforts, few additional supplies arrived. The column slowed as the army foraged, mostly from unfortunate villages.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004414	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A terrible storm blew across the desert and scattered the army. <actor> barely made it back home and was sickly for the rest of <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004415	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Additional supplies reached the war columns in good time. For <his/her> efforts, <actor> was put in charge of the other scribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004416	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The plain before the enemy city stretched for nearly a league to the army's tents. In twilight, city bonfires blazed with defiance. Stars trembled, and the moon fled. Come morning, a battlefield would be born, and by the next eve it would rot.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004417	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked all night to bolster warrior spirits with <his/her> best food and drink.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004418	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Songs burst from them like wolves warning antelope.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004419	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Near daybreak, <actor> fell deeply asleep and died from exhaustion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004420	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited the command tent on an official pretext, but it was curiosity that drove <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004421	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Within, the high priest argued bitterly with the war chief. "They may have great numbers, but their gods are weak!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004422	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was refused entry.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004423	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> relaxed in the scribes' tent, content that the worst had been conquered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004424	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Trivial matters conspired to interrupt <actorP> rest throughout the night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004425	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> slept like the dead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004426	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stayed up, listening to the tall tales veterans told green recruits to scare and reassure them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004427	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A nervous fellow asked, "How do you defeat a strong enemy warrior?" The answer startled <actor> with its simplicity and brutality. "Don't attack a shield; attack the hands and feet."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004428	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threw up into the fire. <His/her> nerves shattered from the veterans' revelations. <He/She> panicked and would have fled the camp if they hadn't tied <him/her> in a tent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004429	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The army that issued from the city's buildings was twice the number on <actorP> side. Drums tolled behind them. Their banners rippled vigorously. They marched disjointedly but to defend their homes. <actor> watched <his/her> fellows move cautiously into a line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004430	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> retreated under a donkey cart and huddled there.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004431	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men screamed throughout the day. Eventually, <actor> heard a multitude of footfalls invade the camp. Victorious men of the sky god dragged <him/her> out and tossed <him/her> between them like a ball, laughing at <actorP> foolishness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004432	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men screamed throughout the day. Eventually, <actor> heard a multitude of footfalls invade the camp. The enemy dragged <him/her> out and beat <actor> until they had wrung out everything <he/she> knew. They let <him/her> go, but <actor> did not survive the journey home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004433	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men screamed throughout the day. Eventually, <actor> heard a multitude of footfalls invade the camp. The enemy dragged <him/her> out and beat <actor> until they had wrung out everything <he/she> knew. They let <him/her> go. After a harrowing journey, <his/her> city put <actor> to death for collusion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004434	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men screamed throughout the day. Eventually, <actor> heard a multitude of footfalls invade the camp. The enemy dragged <him/her> out and beat <actor> until they had wrung out everything <he/she> knew. They let <him/her> go. After terrible hardships, <actor> arrived home, but was sickly for the rest of <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004435	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men screamed throughout the day. Eventually, <actor> heard a multitude of footfalls invade the camp. The enemy dragged <him/her> out and beat <actor> until they had wrung out everything <he/she> knew. <He/She> died on a stake.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004436	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> picked up a sturdy pole and tried to move with it as <he/she> had seen warriors move.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004437	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The victorious enemy mistook <actor> for a combatant and killed <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004438	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After a miraculous battle, <his/her> side returned. No one laughed at the preposterous sight of <him/her> playing with a stick.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004439	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle line retreated into the camp, and <actor> found <himself/herself> in a desperate fight. <He/She> survived for several minutes, by sheer luck, until the enemy was victorious.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004440	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle line retreated into the camp, and <actor> found <himself/herself> in a desperate fight. <He/She> survived with the help of a cadre of veterans who lasted long enough, until the enemy broke and ran.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004441	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Inspiration from desperation prompted <actor> to warn the war chief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004442	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The chief was wise enough to recognize the occasional wisdom of fools. He concentrated the veteran core of his army to one side of the battlefield. The enemy's mad rush as a group quickly broke through the inexperienced center. They pushed forward with their weapons. The veterans cut into their exposed flanks like sharp knives into pig flesh. The enemy collapsed from the left. Their rush faltered, and they broke into confused bands easily destroyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004443	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The chief listened to but ignored <actor>. The day was lost, and <actor> did not survive the rout.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004444	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The chief was wise enough to recognize the occasional wisdom of fools. He concentrated the veteran core of his army to one side of the battlefield. The enemy's mad rush as a group quickly broke through the inexperienced center. They pushed forward with their weapons. The veterans cut into their exposed flanks like sharp knives into pig flesh. The enemy collapsed from the left. Their rush faltered, and they broke into confused bands easily destroyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004445	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled the encampment before doom befell them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004446	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> did not survive the journey home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004447	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was one of the few who survived the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004448	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was one of the few who survived the battle. Another survivor accused <him/her> of cowardice, but the trial favored <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004449	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was one of the few who survived the battle. Another survivor accused <him/her> of cowardice, the magistrate found <him/her> guilty, and <actor> died on a stake.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004450	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not only did sheer luck save the army, but <actor> was found without prejudice and returned with the victorious.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004451	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was rewarded from the spoils of victory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004452	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted humbly what was given to <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004453	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> never spoke about the war after receiving <his/her> share.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004454	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used <his/her> clout among the other scribes to pad <his/her> share.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004455	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> acted humble in receiving it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004456	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invested the amount in military politics.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004457	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was appointed as a secretary to the war chief, but an unexpected request from the temple of the sky god sent <actor> into the role of farming administrator.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004458	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed in <his/her> bid to obtain high office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004459	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One day, <actor> measured <his/her> savings. There was enough to allow <him/her> to work on a personal project for a short time. <actor> had always wanted to inscribe an account of something special, something different from repetitious ledgers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004460	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would record the intricacies of administrating the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004461	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A high priest suggested that <actor> should interview and observe the administrator of farming. His was the most important job in the city, outside the temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004462	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would record the accomplishments of a wealthy family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004463	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One of the richest merchants in the city was intrigued by the idea of a lasting description of his family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004464	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would record the amazing works of craftsmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004465	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> frequented the shops of prominent skilled workers, to learn about their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004466	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would record the resilient energy of workers and their zest for life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004467	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid for a room outside the city, to live near <his/his> chosen subjects.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004468	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator was happy to answer questions. He coordinated four major activities: planting, adding fields, distributing grain, and fighting corruption.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004469	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked him about planting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004470	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator decided how many fields would be planted. Plant too many and the granaries might overflow. The gods decided the yield, but the best administrator was like their oracle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004471	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked him about adding fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004472	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although he spoke of buying and selling land, he meant clearing and draining swamps, or letting fields go fallow.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004473	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked him about distributing grain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004474	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There must always be enough to pay wages, sacrifice to the gods, and keep for lean times.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004475	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked him about corruption.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004476	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrated was elated! He gushed about how his entire chain of command was always in danger of accepting bribes. He prosecuted it whenever there was the slightest hint.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004477	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued to interview the administrator of farming.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004478	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked him about planting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004479	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator decided how many fields would be planted. Plant too many and the granaries might overflow. The gods decided the yield, but the best administrator was like their oracle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004480	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator turned the question around.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004481	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked him about adding fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004482	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although he spoke of buying and selling land, he meant clearing and draining swamps, or letting fields go fallow and letting salted ones languish.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004483	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator turned the question around.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004484	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked him about distributing grain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004485	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There must always be enough to pay wages, sacrifice to the gods, and keep for lean times.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004486	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator turned the question around.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004487	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked him about corruption.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004488	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Corruption is a terrible thing. You can't win against it, ever. But if you don't fight, it will spoil everything," the administrator recited.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004489	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> concluded his interview and observations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004490	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator thanked <actor> and wished <him/her> well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004491	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He asked <actor>, "What do you know about planting, when the city's life is at stake?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004492	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Plant as much as you can.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004493	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator smiled. "Some years, that is the right answer. Study the farm records in case you should ever be given my job.""	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004494	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Plant enough to feed everyone for two years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004495	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator sighed. "For all our years of records, that amount is impossible to determine."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004496	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Plant enough to fill the granaries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004497	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The granaries are our best measure to protect from poor yields and from spoilage. They protect grain for only so long.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004498	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He asked <actor>, "What do you know about adding and fallowing fields?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004499	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> assumed that the city bought and sold lands from neighboring cities.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004500	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator was clearly disappointed. "Most city dwellers think that."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004501	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "Nothing, but those records would have to be the most precise."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004502	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator nodded. "Impressive. The physical surveys alone take up small rooms."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004503	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "You can work only as many fields as the number of laborers allows."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004504	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"That's a good answer," the administrator said.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004505	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He asked <actor>, "How would you distribute grain if there were a shortage?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004506	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said <he/she> would prioritize planting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004507	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"If the famine is merely a test of the gods, the fields will produce a second crop." The administrator was clearly impressed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004508	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told how <he/she> would work up an elaborate plan of checks and balances.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004509	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> outpour of details struck the administrator mute.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004510	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said <he/she> would sell it to those who would pay the most.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004511	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator laughed <actor> out of his office. "Grain is more valuable than gold, when you're hungry."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004512	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The wealthy merchant invited <actor> to learn all <he/she> could about their family. He would even supply the finest clay tablets and styli. His three wives were less enthusiastic but polite. The eldest son and daughter avoided their visitor after introductions. The grandmothers and grandfather watched carefully from a distance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004513	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lived as a guest in the merchant's manor, saving <him/her> many expenses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004514	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The older children warmed to <actor> after a day. They begged to let them mark the fresh clay. The merchant was furious and had his wives beat them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004515	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The elders remained suspicious, sowing distrust among the wives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004516	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited often, leaving <his/her> work at the manor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004517	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned late one night to correct an error that nagged <him/her>. <He/She> caught a scribe who had been hired to write more favorable versions of <actorP> account. <actor> quit the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004518	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> wrote in greater detail with the time saved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004519	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited often, lugging <his/her> work between their homes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004520	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sensed that <he/she> was missing a lot about the family's life. Once, after the children got into a fight, they were forbidden from the manor when <actor> visited.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004521	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant bade his middle wife to help him with the unfinished tablets. She ordered the children to carry them. They laughed. She was not their mother.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004522	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited occasionally, spending time to interview the merchant's neighbors and business contacts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004523	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant was greatly feared. He often ruined competitors by selling products at a loss until the competition ended. Then prices would inflate. His neighbors loved the merchant's lavish parties, and the priests spoke highly of his contributions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004524	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant's specialty was the import of fired clay totems. A variety of animals were beautifully molded to engender their respective magics. <actor> noted each and its power in his records. The odd figurine was a squat woman large with fertility.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004525	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the merchant about the origin of the figurine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004526	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The initial shipment of this woman had reduced the number of animals, which angered the merchant, but they had proved popular among the laborers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004527	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant told a ribald story about a woman who tried to out-bear the city's fertility goddess. She ended as a lump with useless limbs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004528	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the merchant's wives about the totem.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004529	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The last wife offered to demonstrate, but the totem would not be allowed in the room with them. <actor> declined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004530	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The last wife offered to demonstrate, but <actor> declined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004531	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The first wife brought <actor> before the merchant and they demonstrated for <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004532	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> skipped the oddity and studied the merchant's other goods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004533	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were less interesting shipments of food stuffs, textiles, and pots.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004534	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discovered that only the figurines made a profit. The merchant's other goods were a ruse to keep priests from discovering the totems. <actor> accepted a bribe to erase their mention.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004535	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discovered that only the figurines made a profit. The merchant's other goods were a ruse to keep priests from discovering the totems. <actor> informed a priest. The family was arrested and sold into slavery. Their property was confiscated. The animal totems were destroyed. The female figurines disappeared without mention.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004536	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the grandparents about the totem.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004537	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They thought it was ugly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004538	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They laughed, saying, "She must be very lonely, for no man could satisfy her."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004539	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the older children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004540	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They thought it was boring.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004541	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The young man said that his sister would need one. She claimed he would need one for his wife. They bickered and teased for a while.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004542	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked for a couple of weeks, envious of the merchant's wealth and strong family values. Then the oldest girl announced she was pregnant. She refused to name the father of her unborn. The merchant was furious!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004543	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested disowning the ungrateful young woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004544	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant agreed, but upon being sentenced, the frightened girl swore that she lied. She had only wanted attention. No child was born, but the girl fell terribly ill soon thereafter, as if poisoned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004545	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant agreed, but upon being sentenced, the frightened girl swore that she lied. She had only wanted attention.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004546	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confessed. He offered to pay the girl's bride price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004547	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She became his second wife, but she died in childbirth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004548	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She refused to become his second wife and forced him to pay for an herb woman to prevent the child. She died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004549	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She refused to become his second wife and forced him to pay for an herb woman to prevent the child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004550	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She became his wife, but she and the child died in labor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004551	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the merchant to be merciful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004552	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the merchant exploded at the young woman, evicting her from their house forever, she flew back at him. She exposed the merchant's secret lover as the unborn child's father.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004553	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the merchant exploded at the young woman, evicting her from their house forever, she bade him to evict his son, the child's father, as well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004554	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant calmed only when <actor> promised to forget the incident.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004555	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested that the merchant take guidance from his elders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004556	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told him to hire an herb woman to prevent childbirth. The young woman died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004557	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told him to hire a herb woman to prevent a child, and to buy <actorP> silence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004558	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told him to give the girl to <actor> as a wife. A large dowry accompanied her. She and the child later died in labor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004559	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told the merchant to publicly blame <actorP> husband. <actor> had trouble finding work for a long time thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004560	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The first thing <actor> learned was that artists discussed their lives more intimately when you bought their work. The second was that prices were not based on quality but popularity. To save frustration, <actor> spent most of <his/her> time with groups of builders who adorned public works.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004561	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave a contest to hire the best team.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004562	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Few workers entered the contest. Many were busy on jobs. <actor> canceled the contest and interviewed workers individually.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004563	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Individuals submitted sample adornments and <actor> picked the team.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004564	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought permission from the city's administrator of construction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004565	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator required a bribe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004566	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator denied <his/her> request. <actor> interviewed workers individually.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004567	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator didn't care, as long as <actor> didn't interrupt the work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004568	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> showed up to help the craftsmen as best <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004569	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each of them told <him/her> to work with someone else. <actorP> persistence caused them to drive <him/her> away with their sharp and blunt tools. <actor> started interviewing workers individually.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004570	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most of the workers were keen to talk with a scribe, but when they asked for help, <actor> fumbled one time too many, and they drove <him/her> away with their sharp and blunt tools. <actor> started interviewing workers individually.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004571	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most of the workers were keen to talk with a scribe. <actor> accepted work only where <he/she> could be helpful, and ended up improving upon one of their techniques.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004572	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No matter how early <actor> awoke, at least one craftsman was already busy. Some worked at night in torchlight. Others sweated out the day. Yet they placed the adornments evenly and kept the style uniform. They spoke of what the group achieved, not individuals, and their politeness survived mishap and conflicting instructions from their bosses. <actor> had little time to widen <his/her> observations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004573	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> spoke with the menial laborers who supported the craftsmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004574	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told <actor> to place <his/her> sensitive body parts on the altar of an anthill.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004575	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They respected some craftsmen more than others. They did agree, though. All craftsmen were boring, strict, and exacting, as severely to themselves as to the laborers. The laborers blamed priests droning about the gods' need for human servants and the grim afterlife ahead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004576	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> spoke with the head builder and the bosses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004577	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told <actor> to place <his/her> sensitive body parts in the path of marching soldiers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004578	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many were associated with the temples, though they were not priests. They told <actor> that the work of craftsmen was most blessed by the gods. Divine inspiration moved the workers to great achievements.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004579	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> delved deep into studying the work itself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004580	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> quickly realized that although details were sharp and lines were clean, the individual adornments felt lifeless compared to the art of independent craftsmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004581	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The effigy of plain-spoken, hardworking artists crumbled when <actor> began to investigate their private lives. Drinking consumed their free time. They spoke about their work as if they were chained to row a barge. Drunken despair regularly climaxed with fists against walls and against heads. Wives often divorced them. Their children hid when <actor> visited.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004582	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reminded them that their work was blessed by the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004583	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One man raged, "No! They bless my fists!" He beat <actor> to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004584	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One man exploded, "The gods are tyrants!" He attacked <actor>, beating <him/her> unconscious. <actor> never completed his project.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004585	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most of them sat on their frustration and thanked the gods for their blessings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004586	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> argued that their skills gave more options and income than laborers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004587	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One raged, "Wages for public works are controlled by the priests!" <actor> fled before <he/she> was attacked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004588	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One man shook his head. "Laborers have traditions fundamental to living. Artisans were clay slaves shaped to provide for vanity."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004589	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked how artisans might better their lives collectively.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004590	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One man simply gaped, as if <actor> were the city's stupidest person.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004591	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Nearly everyone failed to understand the question. Gods and priests controlled their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004592	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> privately compared their situations to <his/her> own life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004593	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The gods were also said to bless scribes, but due to their small number and high demand, they commanded favorable terms from priests and administrators alike. <actorP> heart lifted at the thought.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004594	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> savings nearly spent, <actor> dreaded the inevitable return to inscribing tedious accounts of grain and laborers and pottery production and so on. Dread drove <him/her> to despair, and <he/she> quit the project for the comfort of beer and wine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004595	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The workers were curious, at first. They visited at random times to talk with <actor>, sometimes bringing gifts. But a couple of weeks later, few bothered. They limited their conversation to polite, simple tales. <actor> felt <he/she> was missing the heart of their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004596	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ventured to the workers' homes, always bringing gifts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004597	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One evening, a drunken row erupted. Blood was shed. Some of it was <his/hers>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004598	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was impressed by how often they sang. Their children knew more songs than <actor>. Animal spirits were frequent subjects. Newer songs incorporated stories priests told.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004599	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> noticed the wear in their bodies. Years of hard work toughened and weakened. Scars, bruises that did not heal, joints that creaked and popped, weeping wounds, and emaciated skin were some of the ways the body succumbed to relentless strain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004600	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invited elders to visit, serving them sweet bread and cool beer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004601	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Often sick and frail, one man collapsed onto the dirt floor and nearly died. Fortunately, his son had accompanied him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004602	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many tales, short and long and never told the same way twice, filled <actorP> room. The fastest scribe could not capture all of them. They were happy stories, positive, sometimes cautionary, but only bad people ended sorrowfully. These clashed with the dour messages of the gods which priests conveyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004603	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One day, <actor> asked a man for his age. Afterwards, he asked everyone. They were often ten years younger than <he/she> imagined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004604	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired women to put on a feast.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004605	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One of the women tried to seduce him. Malnutrition in childhood had deformed her hips, and her breath could fend off crocodiles. Yet she was popular. After he dismissed her, the other women quit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004606	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The feast was a great success! <He/She> was invited into many homes thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004607	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hung up <his/her> fine gown and donned a simple shift. <He/She> strode out to join the work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004608	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> nearly died from heat exhaustion on the first day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004609	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Cramps, sunburn, soreness, and muscle fatigue laid <actor> abed for the following two days.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004610	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> injured <himself/herself> by not following exactly the other workers' routines.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004611	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Exhausted and with pain stalking <his/her> limbs, <actor> was astonished when the farm workers dragged <him/her> along for a busy night of drinking, singing, joking, tale swapping, and dancing. <He/She> slept for two days but returned to work again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004612	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was invited to a minor annual festival. It was a wild feast that echoed a forgotten rite to fertilize the fields, a job now handled by the river god. The few priests attending kept low profiles. They drank and caroused as brazenly as everyone else.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004613	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had to fight <his/her> natural urges, to remain an observer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004614	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> distant presence was first ridiculed and then pummeled. <actor> died from a severe beating.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004615	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took mental notes undisturbed. It became clear that despite the unabashed frolicking, husbands stayed mostly with their wives, and the unmarried experimented more cautiously than the overall debauchery depicted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004616	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> flung <himself/herself> into the boiling throng of sensuality.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004617	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Ignorant of many conventions critical to the event's delicate balance of taking and giving, <actor> poked a finger in one wrong place too many. The beating that erupted nearly killed <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004618	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After many enjoyable events, the party devolved into a drunken brawl. <actor> took terrible beatings but lived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004619	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost control of her safety and later had to deal with an awkward pregnancy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004620	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost control of her safety and later died trying to deal with an awkward pregnancy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004621	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After many enjoyable events, the party devolved into a drunken brawl. <actor> fought poorly but managed to escape the worst of it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004622	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> left the party, worried it would decay into a drunken brawl.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004623	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It did, and <actor> probably saved <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004624	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, men and women labored in the fields as steadily as any other day, but their conversations were much more lively.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004625	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued to observe and record the lives of the city's workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004626	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ventured to the workers' homes, always bringing gifts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004627	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One evening, a drunken row erupted. Blood was shed. Some of it was <his/hers>. <actor> quit <his/her> project the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004628	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was impressed by how often they sang. Even their children knew more songs than <actor>. Animal spirits were frequent subjects. Newer songs incorporated stories the priests told.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004629	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> noticed the wear in their bodies. Years of hard work toughened and weakened. Scars, bruises that did not heal, joints that creaked and popped, weeping wounds, and emaciated skin were some of the ways the body succumbed to relentless strain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004630	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invited elders to visit, serving them sweet bread and cool beer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004631	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Often sick and frail, one man collapsed onto the dirt floor and nearly died. Fortunately, his son had accompanied him. <actor> quit <his/her> project the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004632	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many tales, short and long and never told the same way twice, filled <actorP> room. The fastest scribe could not capture all of them. They were happy stories, positive, sometimes cautionary, but only bad people ended sorrowfully. These clashed with the dour messages of the gods which priests conveyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004633	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One day, <actor> asked a man for his age. Afterwards, he asked everyone. They were often ten years younger than <he/she> imagined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004634	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired women to put on a feast.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004635	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One of the women tried to seduce him. Malnutrition in childhood had deformed her hips, and her breath could fend off crocodiles. Yet she was popular. After he dismissed her, the other women quit. <actor> quit <his/her> project the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004636	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The feast was a great success! <He/She> was invited into many homes thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004637	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hung up <his/her> fine gown and donned a simple shift. <He/She> strode out to join the work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004638	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> nearly died from heat exhaustion on the first day. <actor> quit <his/her> project the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004639	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Cramps, sunburn, soreness, and muscle fatigue laid <actor> abed for the following two days. <actor> quit <his/her> project afterwards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004640	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> injured <himself/herself> by not following exactly the other workers' routines. <actor> quit <his/her> project the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004641	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Exhausted and with pain stalking <his/her> limbs, <actor> was astonished when the farm workers dragged <him/her> along for a busy night of drinking, singing, joking, tale swapping, and dancing. <He/She> slept for two days but returned to work again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004642	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave up and returned to the city, to resume work ordered by priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004643	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was too afraid of the callousness that <he/she> had experienced.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004644	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although <his/her> funds had run out, <actor> forged ahead, to complete the massive effort of compiling all that <he/she> had learned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004645	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> presented the load of tablets before a high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004646	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He dismissed the lives of workers as wastes of clay. "One merely has to look at them, to understand their simpleness."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004647	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The account of the artisans' effectiveness as a group intrigued the High Priest. He commissioned a survey of potters, paying <actor> to lead it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004648	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest found them amusing. He paid a little for the tablets and had them destroyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004649	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest chuckled. "Our little trick has worked well. You were the one interviewed, and you passed. We have decided appoint the office of farming to you, since the current administrator is retiring."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004650	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The account of a lifestyle the high priest knew well quickly bored him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004651	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> presented the tablets to his fellow scribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004652	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Impressed by <actorP> thoroughness, they studied to learn the careful organization and format of the inscriptions. They ignored the content. They paid a small fee for their use.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004653	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The plight of the tradesmen silenced them. Unease permeated the room alongside gratefulness for qualifying as scribes. They asked <actor> to bury the tablets. <He/She> did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004654	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They rushed out and bought totems of the squat, fertile woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004655	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They began a bidding war, to learn their contents and keep others from learning them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004656	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> presented the tablets to the priest who taught scribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004657	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They found them unique but uninteresting, a failed experiment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004658	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were astonished by the tradesmen's ungratefulness! The gods singled them out for duty, and they feigned obeisance. The priests demanded that <actor> name these heretics. He confessed them, but remorse led <actor> to drunkenness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004659	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They commanded <actor> to destroy the tablets, else <he/she> and the merchant would invite punishment from the gods. Instead, <actor> buried them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004660	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They praised the administrator for the achievements listed. His devotion was favored by the gods. When death took him to the empty lands, he could spend eternity with contentment. <actor> was paid for the novel work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004661	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> buried the tablets, content with accomplishing <his/her> heart's professional triumph.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004662	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It is assumed they remained undiscovered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004663	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Near the end of <his/her> life, <he/she> dug them up. The tales therein broke <his/her> heart. <actor> prayed that after death, <he/she> would not haunt the living.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004664	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Years later, one of <actorP> family dug up the tablets and incorporated parts into a story.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004665	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator's enemies paid well to hide the truth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004666	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Pottery was vital to the city's function. They shared kilns owned and operated by the priesthood, but they lived all over the city. <actor> and a few other scribes walked the city, asked questions, and discussed the answers among themselves. They concluded that craftsmen work better when they're closer together.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004667	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They suggested transforming a city district for potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004668	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest agreed. A plan was drawn for rebuilding a section of the city. <actor> was made administrator of agriculture, to free someone more experienced to take on this great task.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004669	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest agreed. <actor> was hired to assist those who would draw up the construction plans.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004670	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They suggested erecting a ziggurat to house the potters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004671	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest glowered. "You would dare house the potters to the same loftiness as priests? The gods would strike us all with sickness!" He proclaimed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004672	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest ignored the possible insult to the temple of the sky god. He decided to move potters into their own district.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004673	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They suggested a series of edicts regulating where and when potters should work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004674	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest commended their wisdom, until the edicts were announced. Potters rebelled soon there after and the economy was severely disrupted. <actor> was falsely blamed and fined for corruption. The edicts were quickly revoked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004675	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest commended their wisdom. Potters grumbled louder after the proclamation, but they shouldered the restrictions as another requirement of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004676	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced the others to let the potters choose how they lived and worked.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004677	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest was furious! He expected tangible results not shrugged shoulders. He proclaimed, <actor> would never be hired again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004678	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest ignored the survey's suggestion. He decided to move potters into their own district.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004679	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Long after <actor> had many children, <he/she> was tested by circumstance, an event that happens once in an age.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004680	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was the most pious of <his/her> parent's children. Not until twelve days of rain and river swells crashing against a city wall did <he/she> first worry. The temples had predicted mild floodwaters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004681	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled with family to the temple and bought a perch atop the high ziggurat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004682	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The river rose to devour entire districts of the city. A desperate mob flung <actor> and <his/her> kin into the waters, except for the youngest, who survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004683	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived the desperate mob that swarmed the ziggurat. The family survived the initial inundation, but the vast sea that surrounded them did not recede before their food ran out. All perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004684	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A temple scribe who had recently measured the rising river sought <actor> to warn <him/her> personally that this inundation would be like no other. <actor> quit the ziggurat and led the family out of the city. <He/She> took an insane gamble to save their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004685	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Remembering family tales of organizing caravans, <actor> hired a donkey train of preserved foods and many guards. They fought off desperate folk swarming the ziggurat. The food lasted more than a week, but days of hunger followed as the waters receded. The family survived to escape a dead city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004686	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They waited, watching people below grow more desperate. Family stories of ancestral adventure nagged at <actor>. Pondering their bravery, <he/she> realized with certainty that these ziggurat seats were a fool's execution ground. <actor> quit the ziggurat and led the family out of the city. <He/She> took an insane gamble to save their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004687	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They waited, watching water fill the city. <actor> tried to console <himself/herself> by calculating the rate of its expansion, certain it would soon peak. The math proved otherwise. <actor> quit the ziggurat and led the family out of the city. <He/She> took an insane gamble to save their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004688	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family's service to administer the city was not forgotten. A place was made for them atop the ziggurat, protected from desperate folk. The food lasted more than a week, but days of hunger followed as the waters receded. The family survived to escape a dead city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004689	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to hire a boat for <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004690	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Flooded stores of grain were worthless to the remaining boatmen. In return for passage, <actor> gave them every precious trinket <he/she> owned. The boat survived the inundation, but the vast sea they found themselves upon could not be crossed before their food ran out. All perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004691	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Flooded stores of grain were worthless to the remaining boatmen. In return for passage, <actor> gave them every precious trinket <he/she> owned. The boat overturned, but the oldest child survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004692	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Using family connections with traders, <actor> was able to gain passage on a merchant galley. The cost ruined the family financially, but they lived to reach another city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004693	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Using family connections with a quartermaster, <actor> was able to gain passage on a war galley. The bribes ruined the family financially, but they lived to reach another city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004694	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Using family connections with temple scribes, <actor> was able to gain seats on a festival galley. The bribes ruined the family financially, but they lived to reach another city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004695	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Flooded stores of grain were worthless to boatmen, but they respected the family's service to their city and took jewelry in exchange for passage. The boat overturned, but the oldest child survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004696	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> maintained trust in the priests. How mistaken could they be?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004697	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sat resolute. Even when water flowed under the door, <he/she> refused to leave her seat. "This is only a mild flood," <he/she> paraphrased the priests. The family abandoned <him/her> then. They raced into the rain, to fight to save their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004698	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the river shattered a wall, its waters rushed in too quickly to escape. The family drowned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004699	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An old temple scribe, a friend of the family, visited <actor> and called <him/her> a fool. "Priests pray more, but they understand the gods no more than laymen. One may as well believe in madmen." <actor> awoke from <his/her> devotion and led the family out of the city. <He/She> took an insane gamble to save their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004700	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> considered fleeing, with family and belongings, to a crazy farmer who had built his house on reed bundles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004701	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Everyone outside <his/her> immediate family ridiculed the idea. <actor> reached the house before the rising waters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004702	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They reached the house before the rising waters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004703	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The size of the farmer's house impressed <actor>, but instead of mud brick, it was made of rickety, sun-blanched wood with a thatched roof. It and the sixty reed bundles beneath were bound with wrist-thick ropes. The farmer himself greeted them, but said they could enter only if they dumped their belongings other than food. His workers and small livestock were already within, as evidenced by their smell.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004704	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> complied, except that <he/she> kept the most valuable trinkets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004705	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> hid them in their robes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004706	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer discovered the trinkets and called them vanity that dared the purifying rains. He had them dumped outside, lest they curse his humble home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004707	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dropped everything but the food and beer they had brought.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004708	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer gave <his/her> family one of the nicer spaces in his home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004709	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused, telling the crazy man to obey his betters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004710	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. He ordered his workers to remove the "vanities of the rich" and drag their new friends into the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004711	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer simply nodded and closed them out of his home. <actorP> family perished in the flood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004712	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. He ordered his workers to remove the "vanities of the rich" and drag their new friends into the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004713	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. He ordered his workers to remove the "vanities of the rich" and drag their new friends into the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004714	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. He ordered his workers to remove the "vanities of the rich" and drag their new friends into the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004715	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. He ordered his workers to remove the "vanities of the rich" and drag their new friends into the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004716	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. He ordered his workers to remove the "vanities of the rich" and drag their new friends into the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004717	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. He ordered his workers to remove the "vanities of the rich" and drag their new friends into the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004718	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. He ordered his workers to remove the "vanities of the rich" and drag their new friends into the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004719	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. He ordered his workers to remove the "vanities of the rich" and drag their new friends into the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004720	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused and turned back to the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004721	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> family perished in the flood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004722	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> relatives opted to dump their valuables, to enter the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004723	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Silence greeted the growing river as it crept under the house. All within trembled, certain of their foolishness. Even the farmer looked anxious. When the house heaved from the current and floated unsteadily but flexibly, the farmer smiled. "I once lived downriver, where marshes are underwater most of the year. There, houses were built on vast mats of reeds like floating islands. I feared a day when sky god and river goddess joined in wet ecstasy. So against the ridicule of priests, I made my home. It has floated three times but never in a storm such as this." He asked <actor> what the priests would say now.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004724	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> repeated the priests' dogma. "The gods punish false interpreters of their will."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004725	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Saying the words made <actor> wonder who should be considered false.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004726	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer shook his head and sighed. "Belief is not of the senses."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004727	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> replied, "Priests are not infallible, and fools sometimes get lucky."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004728	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Saying the words made <actor> wonder who should be considered lucky.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004729	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer shook his head and sighed. "Good or bad, luck is the currency of priests."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004730	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bowed and apologized. "I cannot speak for priests or against them."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004731	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer nodded and said nothing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004732	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer grinned, "Only the gods can hear them now."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004733	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> trembled. "Forsaken by my religion but blessed in fortune, I am lost."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004734	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer grinned. "But you have so much else to lose!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004735	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer wept with <him/her>: "Our city. Our people. Our home."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004736	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> started, "Perhaps the gods change, like marks into letters..."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004737	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> continued, "Yet their purpose remains the same." The farmer laughed. "Priests are even slower to adapt."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004738	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> mused, "Actors wear masks when they speak as the gods."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004739	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed. "Priests have no such protection. Therefore they say they speak for them, not as them."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004740	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> coughed. "If only the gods were numbers and methods. Those can be relied upon."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004741	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer looked confused.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004742	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests would accuse you of escaping your duty to serve the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004743	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer glowered, "A thousand refugees atop the holy ziggurat will find their service rewarded with cannibalism.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004744	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the rains thinned and the sky cleared, the survivors looked about. <actor>, who knew of the areas around their city, was surprised. They traveled in a direction opposite of how the river flowed. "There is a tide," <he/she> said. The farmer, who had been to the coast, agreed. "But what to do about it?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004745	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told him, "We are moved by the gods. Accept their will."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004746	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Four days later, the river deposited the raft, like silt, randomly along the river. Isolated at first, they farmed.  Years later a small village attested to their fortune.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004747	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fickle waters danced their raft for weeks.  Their stock of food dwindled, and several of them starved before the waters receded. <actorP> lineage barely survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004748	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> claimed, "All waters return to the sea eventually. Our city's remains await."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004749	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They oared against the tide by day but, when it turned, with it each night. They caught sight of the ziggurat of the sky god, as the waters receded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004750	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They oared against the tide by day but, when it turned, with it each night. Yet the waters deposited them upon an isolated shore of the river. At first, they farmed.  Years later a small village attested to their fortune.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004751	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used the stars as a reference. They oared against the tide by day but, when it turned, with it each night. They caught sight of the ziggurat of the sky god, as the waters receded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004752	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested, "Use the tide to travel to the hills."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004753	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They oared with the tide by day and against it, when it turned, each night. They reached a city where the flood had killed thousands but not all. Refugees were welcomed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004754	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They oared with the tide by day and against it, when it turned, each night. Yet the waters deposited them upon an isolated shore of the river. At first, they farmed.  Years later a small village attested to their fortune.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004755	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used the stars as a reference. They oared with the tide by day and against it, when it turned, each night. They reached a city where the flood had killed thousands but not all. Refugees were welcomed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004756	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> snapped, "Has your foresight, of which gods were blind, now failed?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004757	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Workers, angered by the insult against their savior, grabbed <actor> and threw <him/her> into the water. <His/Her> children survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004758	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer countered, "They cursed me by leading you to my door." Workers, fearful of curses, grabbed <actor> and threw <him/her> into the water. <His/Her> children survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004759	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The farmer laughed, covered his eyes, and spun around. He pointed and declared, "Row thither!" They eventually landed upon an isolated shore of the river. At first, they farmed.  Years later a small village attested to their fortune.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004760	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Workers, angered by the insult against their savior, grabbed <actor>, but before they threw <him/her> into the water, <he/she> told them of the jewelry hidden in <his/her> robes. He traded them and a groveled apology for <his/her> life. A week later, the river deposited the house several miles from the silted remains of their city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004761	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To tame waters, my administration built canals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004762	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> guided the rowers until they found mild currents. A week later, the river deposited the house several miles from the silted remains of their city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004763	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although ruined, the city was a beacon. Many returned to rebuild. Old traditions became sediments under fresh layers of soil. Old discords were forgotten. <actor> established <himself/herself> as a community leader and spiritual wellspring. Upon the death of the farmer, workers with whom <actor> had once shared stink and terror came and begged. They wished <him/her> to declare their master a god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004764	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused, saying, "Although he was great and blessed, people cannot be gods."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004765	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The workers were quickly angered, beyond reason, and they slew <actor> and spread ill rumors against <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004766	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The workers were angered, but they held their tongues until later. Rumors of cowardice and deceit plagued <actor> for the rest of <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004767	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The workers bowed to <actor> and begged <his/her> forgiveness. <actor> wrote an epic for them with the farmer as its hero.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004768	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rebuffed them. "By the gods, lesser people are duty bound to sacrifice for their superiors."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004769	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The workers bowed to <actor> and begged <his/her> forgiveness. Thereafter, <actor> promoted strong separation of classes, and a grateful nobility eventually proclaimed <him/her> their first <king/queen>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004770	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered an alternative. "We will sing how the gods remade the world and chose your master to save that which was good."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004771	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This pleased the workers, until they heard that <actor> promoted <himself/herself> as the good that was saved. They were even less pleased when <actor> was made their first <king/queen>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004772	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the new song spread through the revived city, those workers dedicated their lives to support <actor>. Rumors of the song crossing from city to city were chided as exaggerations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004773	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> devoted the rest of <his/her> life to promote the new god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004774	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests new to the city accepted the new god, but His worship was always overshadowed by the river and the sun and the sky.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004775	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the credibility he had earned helping to rebuild the city. Derision grew against his preaching until the other faiths deemed <him/her> a heretic. <He/She> died on a stake, but the workers saved his family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004776	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests new to the city accepted the new god, but His worship was always overshadowed by the river and the sun and the sky.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004777	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A century passed. Family stories told of the many trades and labors taken by <his/her> ancestors, but <actor> took the professions of <his/her> father and <his/her> grandfather. <He/She> would be both physician and teacher.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004778	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swore to reach far in life, to grab some of its adventure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004779	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a heroic legend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004780	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had ambition, to gain the king's favor, someday.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004781	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a legend of social advancement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004782	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought to learn many things, more than even doctors and teachers must know.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004783	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a legend of discovery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004784	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> expected the path to be dangerous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004785	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> risked much to journey upon it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004787	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004789	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Gaining the king's attention would be expensive, costing more than mere gold.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004790	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was determined to take the family into the ranks of power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004792	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004794	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed that their family's success had come from knowledge and luck. <He/She> could not increase luck.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004795	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would eventually discover interesting and important things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004797	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004799	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A week after plague was seen in the city, it had spread to a quarter of that district. The mortality rate worried <actor>. Was it the type that could erase a city from the world?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004800	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled the city with <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004801	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The disease spread quickly but was not as deadly as <actor> had anticipated. <He/She> returned and was shunned by peers, for cowardice. Rivals stole much of <his/her> business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004802	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The disease proved devastating. Even the outlying villages were consumed by it, but the city did survive. Returning, <actor> was one of the few healers who had survived. <His/Her> skills were in great demand.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004803	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> consulted with priests at the main temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004804	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They declared the gods would save the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004805	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The storm god was said to be angry. Priests of the goddess of love and victory claimed the city would be saved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004806	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests agreed--the city would be doomed if the gods weren't appeased quickly. A bonfire and bullock were offered at propitious intersections around the district. The disease spread.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004807	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> consulted with other physicians about the disease.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004808	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most considered it grave enough to petition the king. They sent <actor> with their message.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004809	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They disagreed about its danger, and nothing was decided.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004810	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They decided the danger was not severe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004811	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> walked the fringes of the epidemic, to assess it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004812	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> met with more than one person who claimed to have lived through it. Their stories of symptoms and recovery matched. The city would survive. How many more would die--only the gods knew.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004813	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The air smelled leaden. Vaporous stares met with <actorP> observations. Smoke from the district's hearths and braziers did not stir.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004814	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Every hour, dozens of families evacuated the city. Panic simmered in the streets. If it boiled, it would be more deadly than sickness. Escape was not safer. Some of the refugees were already ill.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004815	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked in the streets with other physicians.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004816	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Only a few dared to work in the sick parts of the city. Riots formed at exits out of the city. Those who felt trapped started killing the sick. The military had to intervene, slaughtering hundreds.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004817	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Word of the healers' dedication to the sick helped to prevent rioting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004818	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> collapsed not long thereafter, waking in a sweat. Chill and heat chased after one another in <his/her> body.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004819	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to work in the temples with their healers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004820	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Riots formed at exits out of the city. Those who felt trapped started killing the sick. The military intervened, slaughtering hundreds.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004821	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests rejected the help of a lay healer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004822	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests sent out dozens of their brethren to preach. Their messages ranged from hope to submitting to the will of the gods. Panic was averted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004823	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned useful ideas and skills while helping the sick.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004824	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked in the government's administration district.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004825	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was dismissed after many failures to keep out the illness and heal the sick.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004826	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped several of the ill administrators. They petitioned the king to appoint <him/her> to the administration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004827	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked in <his/her> home, helping anyone who could reach it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004828	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Riots formed at exits out of the city. Those who felt trapped started killing the sick. The military had to intervene, slaughtering hundreds.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004829	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Riots formed at exits out of the city. Those who felt trapped started killing the sick. The military intervened, slaughtering hundreds. <actorP> home was caught in the fighting and severely damaged.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004830	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Medical supplies in the city were exhausted. In the streets and in homes, seemingly everywhere, the sick lay suffering and dying. Traders sought herbs and charms. Hoping to make a fortune, they traveled to other parts of the kingdom. They found more sickness than remedies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004831	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Without herbs, <actor> relied on spells and improvised charms to assist surgery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004832	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Deaths resulting from <his/her> care increased. Incantations and ritual seemed only to comfort them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004833	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> met with traders and led them out to harvest medicinal products directly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004834	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They returned with enough to make them rich. <actor> was showered with praise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004835	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They returned with few goods for their efforts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004836	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	None of them ever returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004837	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought herbs from the military barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004838	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They conscripted <him/her>. Conditions within the barracks killed twice as many warriors and healers as civilians. But <actor> was able to save many lives. The surviving commanders recommended <him/her> for a high post.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004839	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They claimed they had none to give to civilians.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004840	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> had to bribe a quartermaster. <actor> had to use the herbs obtained in secret.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004841	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They conscripted <him/her>. Sickness within the barracks killed twice as many warriors and healers as civilians. A week later, <actor> fell ill and was discharged.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004842	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> experimented with plants and creatures not normally used by healers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004843	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a small discovery that seemed to help.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004844	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> attempts didn't seem to make any difference.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004845	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sickness didn't leave the city. It had always been a citizen. Months after rising, deaths declined noticeably, until the city was the one most in need of comfort and healing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004846	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought payment from those who had survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004847	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Few could pay, but those few paid well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004848	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many grateful people paid <him/her> generously.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004849	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> accepted payment only from those who could afford it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004850	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went to the palace to offer assistance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004851	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Administrators declined <his/her> offer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004852	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Administrators hired <him/her> temporarily, to cover for lost workers. Reading and writing were more important to them than miracles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004853	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was brought before the king and sworn into the service of a high office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004854	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went to the temples to offer assistance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004855	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests declined <his/her> offer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004856	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests hired <him/her> temporarily, to cover for healers lost in the scourge. Lay miracles would suffice until their schools could turn enough students into practitioners.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004857	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> rested at home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004858	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> slept for days. <His/Her> dreams replayed <his/her> failures and successes. In the days following sleep, <actor> contemplated the recent horror.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004859	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Grateful survivors rewarded <him/her> with various riches, from a handful of grain to one of gold.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004860	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A particularly wealthy victim had promised his fortune to cure him. Grateful heirs gave a small share to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004861	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king granted the healers' representative an audience. Priests of the storm god and victory goddess stood at his side. Their position on the disease was unknown. The captain of the city watch observed <actor>. Palace guards and a variety of administrators waited.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004862	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke to the priests, not presuming to look upon the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004863	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests agreed with the healers. The sickness was serious, and they needed to act immediately. They disagreed about what to do.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004864	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests disagreed with the healers, saying that the gods would preserve the city. The king dismissed <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004865	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the king of the healers' experiences in the streets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004866	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Near the end of <his/her> oration, the priests interrupted and claimed that the gods took precedence over healers. The king asked the priests, "Where in the streets have the gods acted on the city's behalf?" They fell quiet. High priests rarely strode streets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004867	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king tired quickly of details. The priests assured him that the gods would preserve the city. He dismissed <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004868	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests interrupted <actor> and accused <him/her> of insulting the king by presuming to speak as to an equal. <actor> was jailed. When the scourge ended, <he/she> was released. <actor> found <he/she> had no home to return to.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004869	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bowed and warned the king of the city's likely demise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004870	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king scoffed. He had <actor> removed physically from his presence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004871	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king listened and bade <actor> to leave. He would consult with his advisers. The next day, <actor> was called to a royal conference about the spreading sickness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004872	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king bellowed, "You would dare imply your king is impotent!" <actor> was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004873	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked permission to examine everyone present.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004874	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests forbade <him/her> to approach the king, but <actor> was allowed to examine the faces and mouths of ten of the audience. Two were discovered with cold sweat and red throats. <actor> escorted them out of the chamber.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004875	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found no signs of sickness. <actor> was dismissed by the priests and shunned by many of <his/her> peers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004876	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The captain of the watch proposed to sacrifice the afflicted homes with fire. If the gods were angry, helping to smite their victims would earn their favor. The priests attending nodded, as if this proposal had been pre-arranged.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004877	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> deferred to the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004878	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fires burned out of control, and the city was consumed by flame. <actor> barely escaped with <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004879	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When citizens realized the extent of the burnings, they rioted in the streets. Sickness engulfed the city in a fortnight. <actor> felt the symptoms coursing though his flesh.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004880	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When citizens saw the extent of the burnings, small riots broke out. The king ordered a halt to the burnings and bade the temples to pay the survivors in beer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004881	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to limit home sacrifices to the lower classes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004882	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the rich and powerful started to sicken and die, lower class citizens raided their homes. <actor> fell ill and lost much to looting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004883	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cried out, "Sickness is already at our doorstep! Would you burn the palace?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004884	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king decided against burning the homes of the sick.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004885	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> marched out, declaring, "It may please the gods, but citizens will turn against a city who burns their homes!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004886	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned to <his/her> fellow healers and apologized for failing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004887	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> felt death seeping into <his/her> soul, as fluids filled <his/her> lungs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004888	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked for a priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004889	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No priest came. <actor> survived the sickness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004890	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest promised <him/her> a rich man's place in the afterlife. <actor> survived the sickness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004891	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No priest came. <actor> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004892	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked for a healer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004893	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No healer came. <actor> survived the sickness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004894	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The healer tended him with great care. <actor> survived the sickness and paid the man well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004895	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No healer came. <actor> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004896	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked to be left alone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004897	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004898	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004899	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> forced <himself/herself> to continue healing others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004900	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the sick saw <his/her> dedication, they were greatly comforted, until <actor> collapsed and died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004901	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> family physically restrained <him/her>, and <actor> lived though the scourge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004902	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman's death turned <his/her> thoughts inward and bitter. Three times in a day, <actor> had treated a patient, successfully <he/she> believed, but belief failed. It would have been socially acceptable to blame the god of the underworld, not for his right to collect the dead but for the earthquake that had hurt so many.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004903	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Weeks after the emergency, <he/she> continued to question the life the fates wove for <him/her>. An answer was available, for a price. The great oracle was said to be infallible to those who asked wisely and listened carefully. <actor> joined the next group of pilgrims traveling west.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004904	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired guards to protect the gifts <he/she> brought for the oracle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004905	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were seasoned fellows who had made the trip before. Their train of carts and footmen left the city in good order.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004906	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered <his/her> skill to the other pilgrims, if their guards would protect <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004907	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was agreed. Their train of carts and footmen left the city in good order.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004908	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They declined <his/her> offer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004909	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> disguised <himself/herself> and <his/her> gifts to be a mere potter and <his/her> wares.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004910	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their train of carts and footmen left the city in good order.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004911	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed that the gods protected all sincere pilgrims.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004912	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their train of carts and footmen left the city in good order.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004913	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A hermit met the pilgrims, where foothills rose before the plain. He offered wine and dried venison if they would allow him to join them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004914	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> voted to welcome the hermit. It was a good omen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004915	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The pilgrims invited the hermit to join them. Even the guards did not mind.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004916	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A nervous guard killed the man. That was a bad omen. Several of the pilgrims and their guards turned back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004917	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> voted to drive the hermit away. It was a bad omen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004918	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The pilgrims left the hermit behind them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004919	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The pilgrims disagreed, but allowed the hermit to follow. Even the guards did not mind.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004920	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the hermit to stay and teach <him/her> until the next pilgrims passed, in exchange for one of <his/her> gifts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004921	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The hermit snorted at the sight of <actorP> simple clay pots. The pilgrimage continued without the hermit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004922	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He laughed. "Do you not understand the word 'hermit'?" The pilgrims continued without him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004923	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He accepted. They wintered in a dirt shelter. He spoke of isolation and self-discipline. <actor> learned to hunt and forage, badly. In the spring they joined new pilgrims.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004924	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The hermit shook his head. He was allowed to join the pilgrimage. Even the guards did not mind.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004925	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They marched for another week. Then the hermit fell ill.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004926	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dared not to expose <his/her> real profession.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004927	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The pilgrims left the dying hermit along the path. <actor> suggested bathing in the next clear water to purify themselves before reaching the oracle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004928	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The pilgrims cared for the hermit as best they could. Days before reaching the oracle, the last of their party died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004929	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> revealed that <he/she> was a doctor in a potter's guise, in order to treat the ill man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004930	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately the illness proved to be minor, but the hermit was so grateful that he promised to send word to his relatives in the city, to reward <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004931	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The illness proved deadly, to more than the hermit. <actor> saved many from a likely death, however. Upon their return home, they sang of <his/her> deed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004932	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> treated the hermit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004933	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately the illness proved to be minor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004934	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused to treat the hermit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004935	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They marched for another week. Bandits surprised them. They greatly outnumbered the guards. Gleeful at their prospects, the leader shouted, "We'll be taking your valuables and any women among you."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004936	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to become their doctor, if they let the other women alone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004937	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They laughed, pointing at her bedraggled, tradesman's trappings. They killed the guards and any man who fought. The women, including <actor>, were never heard from again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004938	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They laughed. They killed the guards and any man who fought. The women, including <actor>, were never heard from again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004939	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The leader grasped the value of a willing doctor. After killing the guards and any man who fought, he made sure his men left the women alone, if not their goods and gifts. The only word heard of <actor> thereafter was from the lips of those she had saved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004940	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled for <his/her> life!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004941	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> did not survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004942	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fight between guards and bandits lasted long enough for <actor> to evade the surviving bandits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004943	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fight between guards and bandits lasted long enough for <actor> to evade the surviving bandits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004944	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fight between guards and bandits lasted long enough for <actor> to evade the surviving bandits. <His/Her> disguised gifts were untouched.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004945	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fight between guards and bandits lasted long enough for <actor> to evade the surviving bandits. <His/Her> disguised gifts were untouched.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004946	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought for <his/her> life!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004947	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Everyone was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004948	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although outnumbered, the guards proved their worth, driving the bandits away. <actor> saved several wounded guards. They <surprised/embarrassed> <him/her>, calling <him/her>, "Comrade".	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004949	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although outnumbered, the guards proved their worth, driving the bandits away. <actor> saved several wounded guards. They <surprised/embarrassed> <him/her>, calling <him/her>, "Comrade".	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004950	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted whatever the fates had decided for <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004951	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although outnumbered, the guards proved their worth, driving the bandits away. <actor> saved several wounded guards, who rewarded her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004952	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although outnumbered, the guards proved their worth, driving the bandits away. <actor> saved several wounded guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004953	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although outnumbered, the guards proved their worth, driving the bandits away. To maintain <his/her> disguise, <actor> did not help the wounded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004954	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although outnumbered, the guards proved their worth, driving the bandits away. <actor> saved several wounded guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004955	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They marched for another week. Bandits surprised them. They greatly outnumbered the guards. Gleeful at their prospects, the leader shouted, "We'll be taking your valuables and any women among you."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004956	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to become their doctor, if they let the other women alone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004957	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They laughed, pointing at her bedraggled, tradesman's trappings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004958	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They laughed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004959	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> turned to flee for <his/her> life!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004961	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> steeled <himself/herself> to fight for <his/her> life!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004963	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted whatever the fates had decided for <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004965	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Spears leaped into hands. The hermit pushed past <actor> and cried, "They are mine!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004966	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In his hand, the pole he used to carry venison had become a javelin. He threw it through the bandit leader's neck and pulled a long knife out of his traveling robe. Before the bandits could react to their leader's death, he leaped before them and killed three.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004967	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The guards sprinted and shouted, "Hie to the king!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004968	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bowed low.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004969	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king led his disguised royal guards to victory. Returning to the train, he snorted at the groveling pilgrims. "Do not look upon me for the rest of our journey."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004970	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king led his disguised royal guards to a tragic victory. Before the bandits fled, one stabbed him deep. <actor> was unable to save <his/her> sovereign.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004971	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king led his disguised royal guards to a difficult victory. Before the bandits fled, one stabbed him deep. <actor> managed to save <his/her> sovereign.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004972	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stood frozen at the terrible revelation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004973	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king led his disguised royal guards to victory. Returning to the train, a guard felled <actor> with a blow. "Kneel!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004974	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their pilgrimage had become a royal procession. Everyone at the oracle's temple bowed upon their arrival. To the marble entrance of the oracle, they marched and halted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004975	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Alone, the king entered. When he emerged, he announced, "The oracle has promised that my kingdom will last after the decline of rival nations. Is there anyone who doubts this prophecy?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004976	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cautioned, "'Decline' can mean any bad day."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004977	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests for the oracle declared <actor> a heretic. To save face, the king had <him/her> executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004978	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king laughed over the hisses of priests. "We will see." They returned home, and the king rewarded <actorP> insight. The oracle's words might be entirely meaningless.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004979	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> mumbled, "May my doubts remain silent."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004980	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One of the pilgrims pointed at <actor>. "<He/She> disbelieves!" Priests for the oracle declared <actor> a heretic. To save face, the king had <him/her> executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004981	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Anyone who heard <him/her> mumble, remained silent. The king promised each pilgrim a reward upon their return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004982	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> later wrote to the king, "Be sure that the oracle said, 'last', and not, 'be last'."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004983	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The letter was never delivered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004984	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king wrote back, "What I heard is not as important as the words heard by our rivals."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004985	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confirmed the oracle's perfection with a shout: "NO!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004986	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The pilgrimage ended back home with more vigor than it had had at its beginning. The doubts that had set <actor> on this journey were lifted. <He/She> left the gifts as an offering.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004987	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king promised each pilgrim a reward, upon their return home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004988	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought the oracle's temple alone. <He/She> entered an arch carved with muses. Splendor lined the chamber: copper masks, gold-bound ebony chests, silver torches, and tapestries woven from tales of the gods. Beautiful young men and women, clad in diaphanous veils, circled a divan upon which the oracle reclined. Red eyes burned from a pallid face. Though bald and wrinkled, the age in his features was youth incarnate compared to the age in his soul. So he seemed to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN004989	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An attendant bade <actor> to place <his/her> gifts before the oracle and ask one question only. If the answer were deemed worthy of the gifts, it would be told.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004990	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> placed gifts and asked, "How many people will die from my doctoring?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004991	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited, but no answer was given. An attendant escorted <him/her> from the chamber. The journey home was less eventful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004992	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A whisper from the oracle was related by the attendant closest to him. "As many as swans winging north on the first day of next winter." <actor> cheered, for swans did not fly north until winter ended.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004993	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> placed gifts and asked, "Should I teach my children or apprentice them?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004994	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited, but no answer was given. An attendant escorted <him/her> from the chamber. The journey home was less eventful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004995	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A whisper from the oracle was related by the attendant closest to him. "Children need a father's guidance. He must never appear uncertain. A doctor must be a father to patients." <actor> was confused but relieved. <He/She> would ponder this wisdom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004996	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> placed gifts and asked, "How may I learn to save more lives?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004997	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A whisper from the oracle was related by the attendant closest to him. "You will learn by saving more lives." <actor> took the oracle to mean that <he/she> would save many lives in the future. A burden of doubt lifted from <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN004998	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bowed but offered no gifts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN004999	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	What <actor> had brought, left with <him/her>, unquestioned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005000	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	What <actor> had brought, left with <him/her>, unquestioned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005001	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> no longer had gifts to offer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005002	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> backed out of the chamber, head remaining bowed. A whisper stopped <actor>, and the attendant closest to the oracle told <him/her>, "Fates and gods have the least power over physicians, but the fields that await your afterlife are the greenest." <actor> left what he had brought and thanked the gods for this man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005003	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the oracle's prediction to friends and family, but <he/she> asked them not to betray it, for hubris was the greatest of sins.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005004	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Men and women still died when <actor> could not save them, but <he/she> eventually learned that a few swans do fly north on the first day of winter and many other days before and after.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005005	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> respected that nature is more complex than north and south, spring and winter, living and dying.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005006	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> applied that respect to the details of healing and noticed many useful techniques and relationships <he/she> had passed over previously.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005007	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> marveled at the oracle's omniscience.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005009	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cursed the oracle, for suddenly <he/she> felt like a fool.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005010	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The saying was not so different from what many physicians told apprentices. "One day, many will die. One day, many will survive. Neither summer nor winter matter."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005011	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Society expected men to decide the fate of children, especially daughters. While sons often chose their mates, daughters were obliged to accept their father's choice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005012	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Somehow, through this facet of society, <actor> would see what was right for <his/her> children's careers and <his/her> patients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005013	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suddenly laughed! She realized the prophecy was absurd.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005014	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many considered her barely a doctor, compared to her male peers. To assume a man's mantle would not only disrespect her place in society, it would discourage the few, mostly women, patients who preferred <actor>!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005015	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Perhaps what mattered was not the role of a father, but his figurehead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005016	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Even a woman doctor, seen by many as weaker than men, was a staunch figure in society. When she acted with the strength that patients and children expected, they would be strengthened in mind and body.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005017	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Similar to fathers, doctors were staunch figures in society. When she acted with the strength that patients and children expected, they would be strengthened in mind and body.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005018	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> turned the wisdom upside down. Let child and patient decide what was best for them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005019	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	More patients suffered as a result of their own prescriptions, but <actor> noted that some improved, even when <his/her> experience expected them to worsen. When <actor> returned to <his/her> original practice, <he/she> listened closely to her patients, and many responded well from the stronger link between them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005020	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cursed the oracle, for suddenly <he/she> felt like a fool.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005021	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Society believed a woman's strength was in her weaknesses. Had her sex not unleashed ills upon the world, by testing fate?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005022	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the years that followed, <actorP> success in saving lives remained about the same. Had the oracle spoken foolishly?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005023	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided the oracle had really meant <him/her> to treat more critical ailments.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005024	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Even more patients died, but <actor> felt as if <he/she> learned important things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005025	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided the oracle had really meant <him/her> to treat less critical ailments.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005026	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fewer patients died, but <he/she> felt as if she had learned little.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005027	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cursed the oracle, for suddenly <he/she> felt like a fool.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005028	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The interpretations that came to mind all contradicted each other.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005029	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	According to <his/her> grandparents, the story had been popular when they were kids. It still was. Restless children, sitting between <actor> and the fire, begged the storyteller to perform it first, though many had memorized it. He asked the children, "Who here shall be the victim?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005030	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"<actor>, <actor>!", they shouted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005031	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The teller began, "Sing, goddess of sympathy, to calm the mountain's wrath. While fools and heroes would climb that god's feet, the bowing mundane never rise. Let your song sustain restless hearts echoing in my drum."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005032	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He asked the children, "How did <his/her> trial begin?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005033	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"A volcano destroyed the islands of joy where women were kings."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005034	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The teller explained, "The sea god boasted to the storm god, 'My people who trade with their colorful ships, and have little need for arms, are the happiest in the world!' | The storm god argued, 'They are weak. Any nation of hills or mountains or desert could pillage them.' | 'Hah!' he of the sea blasted, 'for the wars of your kings are funded by riches that unload from ships.' | Their argument grew into a terrible storm. The earth shook, skies thundered, and seas roiled! They grappled and fought and fell upon a great trading city beloved by the sea god. Their impact split the island, and lava vomited upon the heavens, poisoning the storm god."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005035	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Peace brought two lovers together, and it started a war."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005036	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The teller continued, "A rare beauty, her blush humbled peaches bathed in mulled wine. Her betrothed was a king. The prince of their former enemy bowed and swore friendship. But when his eyes rose, they met hers and arrows struck their hearts. They escaped together at dawn to the goddess's temple and prayed for her blessing. The priestess foretold that their love was doomed to heap bones and horror upon the altar. She bade them to flee far and never rest, or the goddess's tears would drown them. They sailed and trudged to the farthest city in the prince's realm. There their bodies could run no farther. "	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005037	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The great river shifted away from the city, in one night."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005038	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The teller continued, "The river goddess spurned her mate of centuries. By morning it had flowed five days' journey from the king's palace, which had been built to overlook it. The crops died before a canal could be dug, and previous harvests had been flagging as if the land had known its fate. Granaries were low. Anxious citizens mobbed every temple, praying to lure the goddess back. All sacrifices were rejected. The priests claimed she had been seduced by another king. The military needed only to follow its new course. The gods were summoned to war."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005039	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Ships would launch. Armies would march. Kingdoms would clash!" The teller told the children excitedly, "Now you have to help me tell the right story."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005040	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The teller asked, "What happened that caused <actor> to act, when the call to arms sounded?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005041	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An undeniable love stirred <actorP> heart.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005042	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"To love a god means inevitable madness. Yet there is no madness greater than love. Whatever action it prompted, <actor> would justify <himself/herself> because of it. <He/She> strode to war, to prove and end it, certain it would never be returned. There is no greater doom than love, and <his/her> parents mourned <his/her> footprints."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005043	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"A stranger appeared--perhaps it was the messenger god."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005044	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"He told <actor> that in infancy, <he/she> had been exposed to die, for it had been foretold: <actor> would make the king die. The parents <he/she> knew had saved and adopted <him/her>. However, <actor> grew up with a love for the king, almost worshipped him like a god. To escape <his/her> fate, <he/she> followed soldiers to war to die serving the king, far away from him."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005045	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"<actorP> mother offered <him/her> a choice."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005046	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"<His/Her> mother was born on the mountain. The thunder god's bolts had started her crying. He promised that her firstborn would be made immortal. Yet in her lifetime, she learned death could not be defeated, not even by kings chosen of the gods. This she told <actor>. Then she asked <him/her> to choose the manner of <his/her> death, for the mountain god had spoken the truth. <actor> could live long and well, or <he/she> could greet doom on the battlefield and wrest from it a victory that would pass forever from mouth to ear."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005047	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"And so <actor> joined the great siege. For ten years did <he/she> labor against the enemy, upon walls that had never been breached. <actor> won glory, found comrades, and threatened conspirators. Gods were drawn to the escalating drama. They took sides, manipulating heros like puppets until they nearly warred upon each other.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005048	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"<actor> swore to protect those closest to <him/her>, for bonds bound by battle are the equal of those bound to a firstborn son."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005049	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The teller asked, "How was <he/she> betrayed?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005050	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> apprentice assumed <actorP> mantle and was killed after ignoring <his/her> instructions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005051	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"<actor> felt rage as if the storm god had cracked his mountain open and the river of the underworld had rushed out from beneath it. <He/She> wreaked a mighty vengeance upon the enemy, and its horror shook the gods. Corpses rotted under sun and moon, while <actor> barred enemy and ally from burying them. Kings from both sides groveled before <actor>, begged <him/her> to let the fallen rest in peace. <actor> chastised them. They were the ones who must decide for peace. <He/She> left the field."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005052	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By jealousy!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005053	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"<His/Her> closest companion, throughout the years of war, confessed <his/her> love for <actor>. <actor> spurned it with force, and companion turned conspirator. <His/Her> betrayer informed the enemy of a way to win the next battle, wanting to die at <actorP> side. <actor> alone survived. The dead lay about as if a god had stricken them. The gods did quarrel over who had intervened for a mortal, and the king said <actor> was cursed."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005054	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king was compelled to oversee the effort in person. He summoned <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005055	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"'My ministers tell me you are a hero,' the king said. 'They refrain from battle, but you live soaked in the enemy's blood. How can my army win this endless war?' | <actor> answered, 'The gods have lost all reason in their fury. They cannot be trusted.' <His/Her> pronouncement so upset the king that <he/she> was imprisoned for blasphemy. (Later, fate would prevent <his/her> execution.) The king led a purge through his warriors, killing any who doubted the gods."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005056	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The dead were buried. The war continued. Anger turned into bloodlust, and gods openly battled."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005057	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The teller ask, "How did <actor> meet <his/her> end?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005058	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"By the hand of <his/her> father."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005059	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"<actor> was poisoned by a crust of bread. The father who raised <him/her> was shamed by his <son/daughter>'s act, and he sent a final meal to <him/her>. But upon <actorP> death, the father's remorse was so great he killed the king. This ended the war that had claimed his <son/daughter>."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005060	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"A coward discovered <his/her> vulnerability and killed <him/her>."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005061	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Ah, but that wasn't until after the enemy was tricked and then defeated. Naturally, the gods were unsurprised, but <actor> had not believed the trick would work, even though it had been proposed by the comrade <he/she> respected most."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005062	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> chanced upon a god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005063	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"In a moment of peace before dusk and dawn, when exhaustion was everyone's bedmate, <actor> stood under the moon and raised <his/her> arms. What <actor> did not know was, the moon had not yet risen. The light above equaled its shine, as if the sky reflected like a river. The goddess was moved to return what lived in <actorP> heart, but no mortal could withstand the supernatural force of it."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005064	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The teller concluded his tale and started eating. Some of the children wept. An elder shook her head. "Real troubles are never glorious." The teller swept his hand around, indicating the survivors. He garbled, "Tellers who sing tales of the meek starve."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005065	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Swallowing, he continued, "In truth, <actor> met more trouble in the last few years than in the ten in my story. However, the disaster that became our reality may be told gloriously in the future. We can only guess at the reality of tonight's tale."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005066	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A nation was defeated because it depended upon a single defense.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005067	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke for <himself/herself>. "The city had repulsed an enemy attack. My work with the wounded was done. Exhausted but unable to sleep, I prayed to the river. I walked downstream, semi-conscious, until dawn woke me. An enemy soldier found me and would have killed me had I not said I was a doctor. I healed the enemy then. They attacked the city again and won. I raced to save my family. We escaped to the river, but several of them drowned. That I had not, forever shames me."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005068	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Most tales have shards of truth." The teller spoke to the wooden carving that stood for <actor>. It would be burned at sunrise, hopefully taking the family's sorrow with it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005069	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke for <himself/herself>. "The city had repulsed an enemy attack. My work with the wounded was done. Exhausted but unable to sleep, I prayed to the river. I walked downstream, semi-conscious, until dawn woke me. An enemy soldier found me and would have killed me had I not said I was a doctor. I healed the enemy then. They attacked the city again and won. I raced to save my family. We escaped to the river, but several of them drowned. That I had not, forever shamed me."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005070	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke for <himself/herself>. "The city had repulsed an enemy attack. My work with the wounded was done. Exhausted but unable to sleep, I prayed to the river. I walked downstream, semi-conscious, until dawn woke me. An enemy soldier found me and would have killed me had I not said I was a doctor. I healed the enemy then. They attacked the city again and won. I raced to save my family. We escaped to the river, but several of them drowned. That I had not, forever shamed me."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005071	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A city was destroyed because it confronted only the enemy before it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005072	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke for <himself/herself>. "I followed the army to war, to heal the wounded and sick. The king pointed at the enemy, and we faced them. Behind us, our nation sickened. Our strong men died in battle. Our women and children worked harder to pay for war. Whims of the gods, their plagues and pestilence that once tested us, weakened us nearly to death. Despair landed the final blow unto itself."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005073	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Most tales have shards of truth." The teller spoke to the wooden carving that stood for <actor>. It would be burned at sunrise, hopefully taking the family's sorrow with it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005074	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke for <himself/herself>. "I followed the army to war, to heal the wounded and sick. The king pointed at the enemy, and we faced them. Behind us, our nation sickened. Our strong men died in battle. Our women and children worked harder to pay for war. Whims of the gods, their plagues and pestilence that once tested us, weakened us nearly to death. Despair landed the final blow unto itself."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005075	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke for <himself/herself>. "I followed the army to war, to heal the wounded and sick. The king pointed at the enemy, and we faced them. Behind us, our nation sickened. Our strong men died in battle. Our women and children worked harder to pay for war. Whims of the gods, their plagues and pestilence that once tested us, weakened us nearly to death. Despair landed the final blow unto itself."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005076	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A kingdom died because the king accepted fate instead of challenging it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005077	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke for <himself/herself>. "I became a doctor in my father's footsteps. The king summoned me to war. I survived battle after battle. The men I saved would die in the next. My wages were sent to my home, while I lived on the gifts of grateful, doomed warriors. The king lived for war, would lead battles, even. His men fell like harvest leaves until one day he was brought to me. His skull had been cleaved with a bronze axe. He writhed beneath my tools like every other man. When he lived, I was granted a gift. He led the next battle, but vengeance did not stop at his death, and the kingdom was ravaged."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005078	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Most tales have shards of truth." The teller spoke to the wooden carving that stood for <actor>. It would be burned at sunrise, hopefully taking the family's sorrow with it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005079	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke for <himself/herself>. "I became a doctor in my father's footsteps. The king summoned me to war. I survived battle after battle. The men I saved would die in the next. My wages were sent to my home, while I lived on the gifts of grateful, doomed warriors. The king lived for war, would lead battles, even. His men fell like harvest leaves until one day he was brought to me. His skull had been cleaved with a bronze axe. He writhed beneath my tools like every other man. When he lived, I was granted a gift. He led the next battle, but vengeance did not stop at his death, and the kingdom was ravaged."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005080	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke for <himself/herself>. "I became a doctor in my father's footsteps. The king summoned me to war. I survived battle after battle. The men I saved would die in the next. My wages were sent to my home, while I lived on the gifts of grateful, doomed warriors. The king lived for war, would lead battles, even. His men fell like harvest leaves until one day he was brought to me. His skull had been cleaved with a bronze axe. He writhed beneath my tools like every other man. When he lived, I was granted a gift. He led the next battle, but vengeance did not stop at his death, and the kingdom was ravaged."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005081	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tale was completely imaginary.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005082	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and the storyteller laughed together. "That was pure nonsense!" Hollow laughter was better than none. <actor> consoled himself. The future, if they survived it, would be a wilderness. <He/She> would try to pass healing skills to one of the children. But the craftsmen who made the special tools were gone. The clay records <actor> had once consulted were buried in rubble. <actor> was the only doctor left. A doctor's knowledge and experience would dwindle under successive apprentices to simple aid and superstition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005083	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and the storyteller laughed together. "That was pure nonsense!" Hollow laughter was better than none. <actor> consoled himself. The future, if they survived it, would be a wilderness. <He/She> would try to pass healing skills to one of the children. But the craftsmen who made the special tools were gone. The clay records <actor> had once consulted were buried in rubble. <actor> was the only doctor left. A doctor's knowledge and experience would dwindle under successive apprentices to simple aid and superstition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005084	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and the storyteller laughed together. "That was pure nonsense!" Hollow laughter was better than none. <actor> consoled himself. The future, if they survived it, would be a wilderness. <He/She> would try to pass healing skills to one of the children. But the craftsmen who made the special tools were gone. The clay records <actor> had once consulted were buried in rubble. <actor> was the only doctor left. A doctor's knowledge and experience would dwindle under successive apprentices to simple aid and superstition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005085	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and the storyteller laughed together. "That was pure nonsense!" Hollow laughter was better than none. <actor> consoled himself. The future, if they survived it, would be a wilderness. <He/She> would try to pass healing skills to one of the children. But the craftsmen who made the special tools were gone. The clay records <actor> had once consulted were buried in rubble. <actor> was the only doctor left. A doctor's knowledge and experience would dwindle under successive apprentices to simple aid and superstition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005086	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and the storyteller laughed together. "That was pure nonsense!" Hollow laughter was better than none. <actor> consoled himself. The future, if they survived it, would be a wilderness. <He/She> would try to pass healing skills to one of the children. But the craftsmen who made the special tools were gone. The clay records <actor> had once consulted were buried in rubble. <actor> was the only doctor left. A doctor's knowledge and experience would dwindle under successive apprentices to simple aid and superstition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005087	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and the storyteller laughed together. "That was pure nonsense!" Hollow laughter was better than none. <actor> consoled himself. The future, if they survived it, would be a wilderness. <He/She> would try to pass healing skills to one of the children. But the craftsmen who made the special tools were gone. The clay records <actor> had once consulted were buried in rubble. <actor> was the only doctor left. A doctor's knowledge and experience would dwindle under successive apprentices to simple aid and superstition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005088	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Most tales have shards of truth." The teller spoke to the wooden carving that stood for <actor> and <his/her> family, all lost. It would be burned at sunrise, hopefully taking the family's sorrow with it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005089	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Most tales have shards of truth." The teller spoke to the wooden carving that stood for <actor>. It would be burned at sunrise, hopefully taking the family's sorrow with it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005090	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Most tales have shards of truth." The teller spoke to the wooden carving that stood for <actor>. It would be burned at sunrise, hopefully taking the family's sorrow with it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005091	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"To become a god," <actor> mused. <He/She> had been born into advantage, but stories claimed the family had once struggled to gain it. The streets bustled as a result of individual struggles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005092	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> studied the city's throng. Some openly beseeched favor from a god or goddess, to ease their day. Others carried a god's animal totem as symbols of their faith. Many simply nodded as they passed the statues and small altars at intersections. Kings and great heroes of the past had become gods, though all were said to have been born of them. <actor> wanted to be the god of tax collection.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005093	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided tax collecting would be the first rung to raising the family into political power and their eventual godheads.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005094	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a legend of social advancement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005095	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to ground <himself/herself> in worldly lore, even unto invention, to make divine assessments.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005096	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a legend of discovery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005097	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dreamed to save person, village, city, and nation, through heroic tax collection!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005098	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a heroic legend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005099	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> knew this path would be dangerous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005100	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> expected the risk, like most taxes, to fall upon sweating backs, while <he/she> rose upon their shoulders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005102	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005104	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Gaining and fulfilling tax contracts would slowly, surely, ingratiate <him/her> with those in power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005105	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was determined to make more than a name for the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005107	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005109	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed that imagination itself was how gods created the world.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005110	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would learn to bring wonders into the world, if necessary with actual labor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005112	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005114	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When a family elder had proposed taxing temples, government officials ignored <him/her>. Only in <actorP> lifetime did the concept surface again. <He/She> was called to the city magistrate for an informal discussion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005115	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Taxing temples would be taking money from the gods. However, I've decided to implement a new head tax. It would apply to priests who operate businesses outside of their temples."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005116	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested attempting the new tax on a small town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005117	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate agreed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005118	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate decided to implement it in the city, where his underlings could react quicker.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005119	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> urged implementing the tax to all within the magistrate's jurisdiction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005120	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate agreed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005121	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate decided to implement it in the city, where his underlings could react quicker.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005122	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate decided to implement it in a small town, to reduce any negative impact.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005123	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked to let <him/her> inquire at the local temples before implementing it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005124	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate did not want to stir up resistance in advance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005125	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He agreed. However, <actorP> first inquiries alarmed the priests to such a degree, even the gods were angered. Sermons in the following weeks foretold great change in the administration, to rid it of a heretical magistrate! Therefore, it was decided to test the tax in a small town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005126	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He agreed. However, <actorP> first inquiries alarmed the priests to such a degree, even the gods were angered. Sermons in the following weeks foretold great change in the administration, to rid it of a heretical magistrate! The new tax was never implemented.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005127	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged the magistrate to reconsider taxing all priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005128	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate refused. In anger he threatened to prohibit <actor> from all future tax collections.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005129	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the small town, three temples shared prominence for religious needs. Messengers had already announced the tax, and local officials had returned reports concerning priestly business outside their temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005130	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The reports were nearly blank.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005131	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> investigated the reports before investigating the temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005132	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> discovered considerable corruption. For a cut, <actor> overlooked it. <He/She> returned with a fraction of what the magistrate had estimated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005133	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> discovered considerable corruption. The magistrate was happy to help root it out. Thereafter, <actor> went straight to the largest temple in town, that of the mother goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005134	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The reports proved accurate. The town was too small for successful businesses outside of a temple. The magistrate decided to implement the tax in his city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005135	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> investigated the temple of the father god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005137	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> investigated the temple of the mother goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005139	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> investigated the temple of the hero god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005141	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate instructed <actor> to test the law on the three most prominent faiths in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005142	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent messengers ahead to the temples, to inform them of the new tax rule.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005143	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests from each temple conspired to impugn <actorP> and the magistrate's piety. Rumors ranged from spitting on public altars to bestial cavortings. The magistrate had no choice but to test the new tax on a small town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005144	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests from each temple conspired to impugn <actorP> and the magistrate's piety. Rumors ranged from spitting on public altars to bestial cavortings. The magistrate had no choice but to send troops to convert the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005145	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests formed a council to negotiate the new tax's rate and application. <actor> was paid but not involved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005146	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited the temple of the father god, to explain the tax in person.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005148	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited the temple of the mother god, to explain the tax in person.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005150	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited the temple of the hero god, to explain the tax in person.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005152	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A priest at the father god's temple was directing a marble quarry operation. It mined a ton of the glowing blocks every day. Operation costs were high.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005153	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hewing slaves had to be trained, and since they earned more than hauling slaves, they bought their freedom more quickly. The priest had to hire freed slaves long enough to train new slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005154	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Regardless, the profits were worth the expense.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005155	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> emphasized his authority when he required the priest to pay the new tax.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005156	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest did not hesitate to pay the tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the mother goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005157	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest threatened to curse <actor> in the name of the father god! But he paid the tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the mother goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005158	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest did not hesitate to pay the tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the hero god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005159	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest threatened to curse <actor> in the name of the father god! But he paid the tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the hero god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005160	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest cursed <actor> in the name of the father god! He called attendants to drag <him/her> out of the temple. None of the other temples accepted <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005161	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to tell how the priest could avoid the tax, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005162	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest paid. <actor> told him to write in the quarry books, "Destined for temple statuary."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005163	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest paid. <actor> told him to write in the quarry books, "Destined for temple statuary."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005164	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest cursed <actor> in the name of the father god! He called attendants to drag <him/her> out of the temple. None of the other temples accepted <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005165	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> assumed a mediator's mantle to negotiate the new tax.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005166	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest paid a negotiated tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the mother goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005167	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest paid a negotiated tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the hero god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005168	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest cursed <actor> in the name of the father god! He called attendants to drag <him/her> out of the temple. None of the other temples accepted <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005169	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was consumed by a great fear of the father god's wrath.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005170	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> next visited the temple of the mother goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005171	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> next visited the temple of the hero god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005172	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> fled the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005173	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A priestess from the temple ran a glassblowing factory. It produced small, inexpensive bowls and bottles. The business nearly ran itself. Demand was high. Merchants enjoyed healthy margins, when they could transport the goods intact.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005174	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> emphasized his authority when he required the priestess to pay the new tax.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005175	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess paid half the requested tax and bade <him/her> never to return. <actor> next visited the temple of the father god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005176	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess paid half the requested tax and bade <him/her> never to return. <actor> next visited the temple of the hero god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005177	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess cursed <actor> in the name of the mother goddess! She called attendants to drag <him/her> out of the temple. None of the other temples accepted <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005178	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to tell how the priestess could avoid the tax, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005179	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess paid. <actor> told her to mix the ashes from sacrifices with the soda used to make the glass, then to claim that every piece of glassware is sanctified.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005180	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess paid. <actor> told her to mix the ashes from sacrifices with the soda used to make the glass then to claim that every piece of glassware is sanctified.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005181	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess cursed <actor> in the name of the holy mother! She called attendants to drag <him/her> out of the temple. None of the other temples accepted <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005182	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> assumed a mediator's mantle to negotiate the new tax.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005183	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> convinced the priestess to pay the full tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the father god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005184	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess threatened to curse <actor> in the name of the holy mother! But she paid the tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the father god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005185	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> convinced the priestess to pay the full tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the hero god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005186	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess threatened to curse <actor> in the name of the holy mother! But she paid the tax. <actor> next visited the temple of the hero god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005187	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priestess cursed <actor> in the name of the holy mother! She called attendants to drag <him/her> out of the temple. None of the other temples accepted <actor> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005188	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was consumed by a great fear of the mother goddess's wrath.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005189	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> next visited the temple of the father god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005190	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> next visited the temple of the hero god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005191	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> fled the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005192	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A priest at the temple of the hero supplied a collective of fruit sellers. He arranged transport of fruit in bulk and distributed it to many sellers. The margin was good, but not higher than tithings at the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005193	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The religion's noted idealism did not preclude earthy side businesses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005194	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> emphasized his authority when he required the priestess to pay the new tax.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005195	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest drew a bronze sword from a nearby statue and drove <actor> from the temple. <actor> next visited the temple of the mother goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005196	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest drew a bronze sword from a nearby statue and drove <actor> from the temple. <actor> next visited the temple of the father god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005197	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest drew a bronze sword from a nearby statue and drove <actor> from the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005198	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to tell how the priest could avoid the tax, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005199	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest spoke the curse of the hero god upon <him/her>, and he drove <actor> from the temple. No other temple would admit <him/her> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005200	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> assumed a mediator's mantle to negotiate the new tax.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005201	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was struck by a great respect for the god of heroes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005202	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He warned the priests of the magistrate's new tax. In return, <actor> was blessed and purified of unrighteous taxing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005203	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That was as far as <actor> could run with the magistrate's new tax plan. <He/She> returned to his office and reported in person.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005204	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The government official asked, "What is the best way to enact the new tax across my jurisdiction?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005205	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> pointed at the sad little man. "By falling on your ceremonial sword!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005206	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate yelled for guards. <actor> was imprisoned for life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005207	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate had <actor> imprisoned for threatening his life! But guards who were members of the hero's cult rescued <him/her>. Eventually the cult's support proved critical when <actor> opposed the magistrate in an election.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005208	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Seek advice from the temples, but don't weaken the tax."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005209	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By negotiating fine points in favor of the temples, the magistrate preserved the core tax. The earnings became a considerable asset to the government. <actor> was well rewarded. | More importantly, <he/she> prayed to <his/her> ancestor who once wished to become god of tax collectors. In <actorP> generation, the family had become tax collectors of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005210	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Negotiations broke down early. Pride of the powerful scuppered the reform. The magistrate nearly lost the next election.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005211	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Exalt their compliance as means to strengthen the nation with their good works!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005212	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Flattery moved mountains. The tax was a success for all but the few priests who dabbled in non-religious business. <actor> was rewarded with political influence and a share of the small take. | More importantly, <he/she> prayed to the ancestor who once wished to become god of tax collectors. In <actorP> generation, the family had become tax collectors of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005213	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Practicality overshadowed glory. Priests affected by the new tax were so numerous their political pressure eviscerated the reform.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005214	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Make laws to eliminate priests from businesses outside their temples.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005215	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Afterwards, businesses once protected from taxes by priests reentered regular taxation. <actor> profited greatly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005216	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The magistrate preferred to implement his tax. He was voted out of office in the next election.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005217	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the time of <actor>, the tax system became inviable to investors. The first emperors had instituted a new system where magistrates collected the poll tax directly. The family's major source of income disappeared. <actor> feared the worst, that <he/she> might have to apprentice <his/her> children to uncouth tradesmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005218	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Luck favored <actor>, however. The current emperor announced that all free men, in every province under his thumb, would be given full citizenship in the empire. The only exception: citizenship did not confer the same tax exemption enjoyed by the capital's population. <actorP> city decided to express its grievances in the old-fashioned way, revolt!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005219	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped the city with <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005220	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They quit the city safely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005221	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Bandits, drawn to the hurried flight of a rich family, stripped them of possessions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005222	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their family history with shipping helped them embark away. They landed safely across the narrow sea.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005223	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A family once helped by <actorP> family helped them quit the city safely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005224	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took an active roll in organizing the revolt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005225	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The emperor's agents caught <actor>, executing <him/her> and the rest of the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005226	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to avoid the emperor's agents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005227	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Good instincts for intrigue and the weather helped <actor> avoid the emperor's agents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005228	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Admirers of the family helped <actor> avoid the emperor's agents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005229	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> managed to avoid the emperor's agents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005230	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> acted to calm the situation where <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005231	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> only managed to inflame fanatics. They killed <actor> in the streets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005232	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many responded to <his/her> urgings to remain peaceful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005233	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many responded to <his/her> urgings to remain peaceful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005234	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many responded to <his/her> urgings to remain peaceful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005235	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many responded to <his/her> urgings to remain peaceful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005236	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many responded to <his/her> urgings to remain peaceful.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005237	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> supported the empire openly but betrayed friends in secret.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005238	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One revolutionary must have learned of <his/her> treachery. Killers were hired to assasinate <actor> in the streets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005239	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One afternoon, <actor> escaped an attack in the streets. The family fled town that night. They hastily grabbed a small part of what they still owned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005240	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A close friend of the family warned <actor> of imminent reprisal. The family fled town that night. They hastily grabbed a small part of what they still owned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005241	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With <actorP> family connections in the government, <he/she> helped their agents weed out the most dangerous instigators. Revolt was nipped in the bud. <actor> was well rewarded, but the family had to move to another city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005242	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With <actorP> family connections in the government, <he/she> helped their agents weed out the most dangerous instigators. Revolt was nipped in the bud. <actor> was well rewarded, but the family had to move to another city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005243	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although the city might revolt, without support from the legion stationed in their land, the city would likely burn in a fortnight.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005244	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Convincing them would be difficult. Most of the soldiers were born and raised in distant provinces. The senate stationed legionaries far from their homelands. Sympathy was not notched on their scabbards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005245	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> added <his/her> family's remaining wealth to a bribe for the legion's commanders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005246	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A hundred years ago, honorable commanders would decapitate offerers of bribes, then purse the money as an execution fee. Uncertain political times made them more practical. But they only promised not to interfere, unless they decided otherwise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005247	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A hundred years ago, honorable commanders would have lopped off the heads of those who offered bribes and pursued the money as an execution fee. These commanders must have believed those myths devoutly. <actor> was buried in a joint grave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005248	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A hundred years ago, honorable commanders would decapitate offerers of bribes, then purse the money as an execution fee. Uncertain political times made them more practical. But they only promised not to interfere, unless they decided otherwise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005249	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> joined a group of high aristocrats who met to reason with the legion's commanders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005250	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They asked the commanders to stand down when the city defied the emperor's unfair taxation. They reiterated their loyalty to the empire, swearing that a loyal citizen stood against unfairness. The commanders promised not to interfere, unless they decided otherwise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005251	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They asked the commanders to stand down, when the city defied the emperor's unfair taxation. The commanders threw them out of the tent, promising any further word on the matter would jeopardize the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005252	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They asked the commanders to stand down when the city defied the emperor's unfair taxation. They reiterated their loyalty to the empire, swearing that a loyal citizen stood against unfairness. The commanders promised not to interfere, unless they decided otherwise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005253	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> conspired with rebellious city officials to deny the land owed to veterans, blaming it on high taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005254	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The rumor lashed through the troops. Their commanders tried to assert the truth, but fake documents reached them declaring their fortunes would be taxed in the future.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005255	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The false denial of land was quickly thwarted by able commanders. They directed the legion to evacuate several of the lands surrounding the city and promised the fertile soil would be safe until their soldiers' retirement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005256	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The false denial of land was quickly thwarted by able commanders. They were contacted by loyal officials who fingered their rebellious peers. Soldiers were sent to plunder their homes. <actor> and the family were forced to escape the city, leaving behind the majority of their remaining wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005257	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued to advocate peaceful discourse with the empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005258	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> only managed to inflame fanatics. They killed <actor> in the streets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005259	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The legion's commanders heard the call for peace. They marched into the city and billeted their troops in every corner of it. Two years later, the situation had calmed to where the legion returned to their original encampment. <actor> was heralded as a savior and was eventually installed as the city's magistrate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005260	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> voice proved too weak and too late.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005261	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The legion's commanders heard the call for peace. They marched into the city and billeted their troops in every corner of it. Two years later, the situation had calmed to where the legion returned to their original encampment. <actor> was heralded as a savior and was eventually installed as the city's magistrate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005262	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The legion's commanders heard the call for peace. They marched into the city and billeted their troops in every corner of it. Two years later, the situation had calmed to where the legion returned to their original encampment. <actor> was heralded as a savior and was eventually installed as the city's magistrate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005263	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The bodyguards of several aristocrat families stormed the magistrate's offices. He was given a message and sent in a chariot to the capital. No messengers returned. Two legions marched into the province and placed the city under siege. No messages were sent into the city. Every messenger sent by the revolutionaries was shot to death upon exiting the gate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005264	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Horror of their besieger's silence turned the simpleminded into fools. They rioted to save themselves from the revolutionaries. Well trained guards herded them out of the front gate. The rioters were slaughtered by rains of arrows. With fewer fools to feed, the city lasted into winter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005265	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> implored revolutionary leaders, "Open the gates. Fly flags of surrender!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005266	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They executed <him/her> and the family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005267	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They threatened to execute <him/her>, but their stomachs out-growled their threats. <actor> was the only revolutionary not executed after the legions took control of the city. He and the family were vilified by the martyrs' survivors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005268	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They threatened to execute <him/her>, but their stomachs out-growled their threats. <actor> was the only revolutionary not executed after the legions took control of the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005269	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to escape the city with the family, in the middle of a cold, black night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005270	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were caught and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005271	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They managed to escape but lost almost all of their money and valuables.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005272	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family knowledge of the skies and weather helped <actor> pick the best night for escape.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005273	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to organize strict and fair rationing to improve morale. Outlasting the siege was their only chance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005274	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The siege held until nearly everyone in the city had starved to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005275	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Winter was kind. Incredibly rare gales and snow forced the legions to evacuate the province. The siege broke, and the emperor was forced to negotiate fairer taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005276	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Winter was kind. Incredibly rare gales and snow forced the legions to evacuate the province. The siege broke, and the emperor was forced to negotiate fairer taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005277	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The siege held until nearly everyone in the city had starved to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005278	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to signal the non-participating legion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005279	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The local legion broke the siege by assaulting the city and killing all of the revolutionaries. <actor> and the family survived by hiding themselves among tradesmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005280	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The local legion broke the siege by raiding the other legions' supply trains, claiming them for themselves. The besiegers had to withdraw during winter, and the emperor was forced to negotiate fairer taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005281	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family knowledge of optics helped <actor> devise a clever signaling device. | The local legion broke the siege by raiding the other legions' supply trains, claiming them for themselves. The besiegers had to withdraw during winter, and the emperor was forced to negotiate fairer taxes. <actor> was made a high administer in the city's new government.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005282	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The village stank like stables. Yet <actor> saw no flocks nor herd.  To <him/her>, the people lived like animals, packed together in creaking wooden thatched hovels.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005283	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was loath to accept their help, even when they greeted the family very pleasantly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005284	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> explained the family's pitiful state and asked for assistance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005285	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the head of the village learned that <he/she> had been a tax collector, he bade the villagers to chase them out of the village. The family died of hunger and exposure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005286	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the head of the village learned that <he/she> had been a tax collector, he bade the villagers to chase the family out of the village. Starving, they barely made it to a small town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005287	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The villagers were happy to help. When <actor> took the family elsewhere, they pointed them in the direction of the closest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005288	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> impressed them with tricks of alchemy. The villagers and their leader were happy to help. When <actor> took the family elsewhere, they pointed them in the direction of the closest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005289	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> impressed them by forecasting the weather. The villagers and their leader were happy to help. When <actor> took the family elsewhere, they pointed them in the direction of the closest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005290	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The villagers were happy to help. When <actor> took the family elsewhere, they pointed them in the direction of the closest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005291	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> flaunted <his/her> high caste, expecting them to provide for their needs while present.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005292	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few complained, but most of the villagers assumed it was their duty. The food was terrible, and initial pleasantries evaporated. <actor> took the family towards the nearest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005293	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the head of the village learned that <he/she> was a tax collector, he levied his own tax on loiterers. The family knew poverty then. They fled to the closest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005294	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the head of the village learned that <he/she> was a tax collector, he levied his own tax on loiterers. When <actor> couldn't pay, he bade the villagers to chase the family out of the village. Starving, they barely made it to a small town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005295	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the head of the village learned that <he/she> was a tax collector, he bade the villagers to chase them out of the village. The family died of hunger and exposure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005296	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few complained, but most of the villagers assumed it was their duty. The food was terrible, but <actor> fed their hosts' pleasantness with small rewards. <He/She> took the family towards the nearest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005297	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Weary of travel, and thinking of ways to stretch what they had, <actor> decided to settle here, at least for a year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005298	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the head of the village learned that <he/she> was a tax collector, he levied his own tax on loiterers. The family knew poverty then. They fled to the closest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005299	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually the family grew fond of the village and its people. <actor> and <his/her> descendants helped it prosper over the years and weather tragic times.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005300	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> impressed them with tricks of alchemy. Eventually the family grew fond of the village and its people. <actor> and <his/her> descendants helped it prosper over the years and weather tragic times.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005301	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> impressed them by forecasting the weather. Eventually the family grew fond of the village and its people. <actor> and <his/her> descendants helped it prosper over the years and survive tragic times.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005302	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought the village leader, to learn more about the area, while they stayed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005303	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the head of the village learned that <he/she> was a tax collector, he levied his own tax on loiterers. The family knew poverty then. They fled to the closest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005304	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The leader offered to build a house for their stay, enticing them to bide longer. Relaxing rural life suited the family, and they grew fond of the village and its people. They never left. <actor> and <his/her> descendants helped the village prosper over the years and weather tragic times.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005305	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The leader offered to build a house for their stay, enticing them to bide longer. Relaxing rural life suited the family, and they grew fond of the village and its people. They never left. <actor> and <his/her> descendants helped the village prosper over the years and weather tragic times.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005306	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The leader was happy to help. When <actor> took the family elsewhere, he pointed them in the direction of the closest town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005307	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> knew the town. It had been a reliable tax source. Wisely, <he/she> had taxed them fairly but firmly, to maintain its reliability. The family was greeted amicably. Exploring, <actorP> first thought was, "Collapse." Taxmen knew businesses, their individual needs and advantages. <actor> had a deep understanding of their interdependencies. Small towns existed on the verge of economic flight or submergence. The right tradesmen, artists, merchants, and administrators could birth cities. One missing function could doom a hard-working town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroN005308	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	High taxes hadn't caused the collapse. As the empire declined, so did security. Higher tax income, from fairer taxation and wiser tax spending, could have bolstered policing forces. Instead, trade routes withered, and key craftsmen could not flourish without them. The other factor was refugees. <actor> was the first in a wave of people fleeing urban sickness and decay. Few were skilled, and their burden could bring ruin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005309	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> established the family in the town.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005310	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> nearly assaulted town officials with advice and bribes. In time, <he/she> encouraged a short network of trade routes linking needed skills and tools and resources. The town slowly recovered, and the family became a powerful force therein.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005311	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> nearly assaulted town officials with advice and bribes. In time, <he/she> encouraged a short network of trade routes linking needed skills and tools and resources. The town slowly recovered, and the family maintained its station.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005312	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The town never recovered against the misfortunes that befell it. The family declined similarly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005313	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The town never recovered from the misfortunes that befell it. <actor> and the family perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005314	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> nearly assaulted town officials with advice. Some respected it. Most sneered at the interloper. The town barely survived the misfortunes that visited.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005315	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> nearly assaulted town officials with advice and bribes. In time, <he/she> encouraged a short network of trade routes linking needed skills and tools and resources. The town slowly recovered, and the family maintained its station.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceN005316	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fled the town hoping to find a stronger one.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005317	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family was attacked on the roads and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005318	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The last of their wealth was spent in a small village, from which the family could seek no further.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultN005319	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The last of their wealth was spent in a small village, from which the family could seek no further.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN005320	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the next age, The Age of Migrations, <actorP> descendants had become roaming 'eyes and ears' for their noble lord. The story pauses. "7 Grand Steps, Step 1: What Ancients Begat." has ended.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discN005321	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The <var1> family history has been saved in your Documents folder, file: '7GS_step1_<var1>'. Their story will continue in "Step 2: What Darkness Felled". Visit Mousechief Co. to follow "Step 2's" development.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005322	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few days before <actorP> celebration of womanhood, a friend of the family called her to an intimate discussion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005323	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"As a girl, you are your parents' property. As a woman, your husband will think to own you. What is your true value?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005324	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "I am worth the wealth I create from my life." The woman smiled warmly and wished her to great fortune.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005325	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed deep in her throat. "Everyone knows I am worth at least my dowry." The woman heard <actorP> ironic tone and laughed with her. She also shed a tear.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005326	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared she was without price. The woman smiled, "Indeed! Those who sell themselves have nothing."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005327	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered blankly, "Why, my bride-price, of course!" The woman left saddened, for what a groom paid his bride's parents was like any price in the market, subject to haggling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005328	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I am worth the wealth I acquire in my life!" <actor> asserted greedily. The woman forced an empty smile and left her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005329	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared that she was priceless. The family friend lectured, "A woman for whom none can afford necessities will perish."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005330	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> must withstand a public ceremony proclaiming his status. His family prepares a ceremony and feast that strains even their considerable means.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005331	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was dressed in finery and surrounded by important acquaintances and friends of the family. <actor> suffered the long-winded and costly blessing of a contracted priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005332	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> coughed in a serious tone when the priest paused.  There the ceremony ended and the feasting began!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005333	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dry swallowed to keep from coughing. Eventually, the ceremony ended and the feasting began!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005334	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fell asleep after the proceedings. The next morning, not a scrap of the previous day-long feast remained.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005335	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> interrupted the priest with a restrained cough. The priest sneered at <actorP> impudence. All who noticed feared for the boy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005336	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sustained perfect poise throughout the ceremony. Although applauded, <actor> sensed a distance between himself and peers whose rites ran less than perfect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005337	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fell asleep in front the priest. Upon the rite's completion, the priest kicked <actor> awake and left without blessing the feast.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005338	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A proper household was tended by a proper woman, subservient to the men in it. <actor> had a chance to tend the household.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005339	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She organized a banquet for a small party of her parents' friends. Wealth had its privileges, but defying a free man was a crime. A guest made a less than proper advance towards <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005340	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised that a slave would tend to the man's needs. When the slave stood a head above the man and asked with a gravelly voice how she might assist, the man apologized for inconveniencing <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005341	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> announced the man's proposal as one of marriage. She asked the other men if she should accept. They reminded the guest that first he would have to seek divorce. The man was laughed out of the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005342	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised that a slave would tend to the man's needs. Afterwards, the slave caused many troubles for <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005343	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the guest, and he told other men a malicious lie about her. She hid in shame.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005344	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was told there would be a party after his circumcision.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005345	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Ceremonial priests gave <actor> much wine before the procedure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005346	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He wobbled like a young yew tree when he stood to receive the guests' congratulations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005347	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He continued drinking throughout the party until he collapsed unconscious. A priest woke him the next day. There was no sign of infection.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005348	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Unbearable pain caused <actor> to flee halfway through the operation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005349	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After the party his pain dwindled, but when infection took hold, <actor> suffered for days.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005350	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wanted to practice the marriage ritual. Instead of the women of the clan, her girlfriends would wash and clothe her. She would collect her toys to give to the moon goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005351	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One friend pretended to be her father by placing a mock sacrifice on an imaginary altar. Another stood as her groom. <actor> walked solemnly towards them. A woven crown jostled upon her hair. She held before her grapes and a pomegranate. <actor> was suddenly nervous. This is how a father transferred control of his daughter and her belongings to another man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005352	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She proceeded through the ceremony and ignored her tears.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005353	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She thought of the women in her family, who despite their lack of rights were powerful forces.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005354	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She broke down and wept. Her friends could not console <actor>. Leaving her, they left a bit of their friendship behind.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005355	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She consoled herself by thinking of ways to deceive men to get what she wanted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005356	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> must cross over from private schooling to publicly mandated military service.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteN005357	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By the age of 10, <actor> could recite a dozen animal fables. By 15 he could read, write, play the flute and lyre, and wrestle. The tutor told the oldest boys in the class of <11|12|13|14> students that it would be their last day before they were inducted into a military barracks for two years. He asked them:'Which of my teachings will help you to excel in the military?'	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005358	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "Obedience."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005359	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "Discipline."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005360	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "Music. It can ease a harsh live and soothe many hurts."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005361	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "Debate. Um, because superiors don't always get everything right?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005362	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "Fighting."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeN005363	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> answered, "Democracy. Err, because everyone contributes to victory?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005364	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> father introduced <actor>. "She will need careful tutoring to rid her of lingering common habits, but she is quite beautiful!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005365	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> took <actorP> hand and smiled. "Be sure to educate your charm before your beauty fades."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005366	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> scoffed, "Put a veil over her tutor, and I will marry her instead."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005367	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<targetP> mother introduced him to <target>. "He can bring the funds our family needs to crack the ceiling that prevents us from taking control of the city."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005368	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> submitted to her family's ambition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005369	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> argued, "Bribing our way into positions of control would undermine the strength of that control. No thank you!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005370	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> mother introduced <target>. "His reputation is beyond reproach. Marrying him will clear our family name of its common past."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005371	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> smiled, "I'll be sure to drag him through at least one ditch. Soil adds character."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005372	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> frowned, "I'm very proud of our family's past. A reputation earned is better than one given, no matter what rich people say."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005373	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> father introduced <target>. "Her family is positioned close to important city administrators."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005374	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> nodded to <target>. "Their proposal is less about opportunity than it is challenge. You can be next to a door and unable to open it. Our wealth is the key, and she and I will enter first."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005375	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> disparaged, "They are close, almost like relatives. Squabbling, petty relatives. No thank you!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005376	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> heard <target> climb the stairs. A rich man's house had stairs. <His/Her> father was too old to climb. <actor> had invited <target> to see all that <he/she> could offer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005377	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> felt <his/her> arms hug <him/her> from behind. <target> wanted only what <he//she> had come for.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005378	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was the messenger. "<He//She> will not come, <Lord/Lady>. <His//Her> reply was, 'A farmer has better wealth. For what you grow has no flavor.'"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005379	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> studies left little time for meeting <girls/boys>. <actor> trembled, contemplating the mate that <his/her> parents had arranged. <target>, escorted by <his//her> parents, arrived dressed to impress. After perfunctory conversation, the two were left alone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005380	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Even as the sun set, neither food nor inquisitive parents could interrupt their merry conversation. Their lavish wedding was barley foam on hearty beer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005381	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By sunset, not a word had been spoken between them. <target> and <his//her> parents exited gracefully and never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005382	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had recoiled at <his/her> <mother/father>'s suggestion! "What, marry a <woman/man> who works with their hands?" <He/She> escaped to tell <target>. "No, no! Those who smell of ditch dirt and rancid fat may be blessed by the gods, but I want to run my fingers through hair combed with amber, kiss fingers without blisters, and raise our children to strive higher!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005383	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> just smiled. They married with <his//her> parent's wealth. <target> would siphon <actorP> wealth into <his//her> own coffers during their years, while fulfilling <actorP> fantasy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005384	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> pushed <actor> suddenly. "Leave, before my parents hear you. They think the same, but I would rather bed an earnest worker than touch the fattened flesh of idleness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005385	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For the benefit of both families, it was decided that <actor> should marry <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005386	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the priest joined their hands, <actor> sensed that <target> felt as little as <he/she> did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005387	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to leave <his//her> family to escape their arrangement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005388	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For the benefit of both families, it was decided that <actor> should marry <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005389	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the priest joined their hands, <actor> sensed that <target> felt as little as <he/she> did.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005390	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> decided to leave <his//her> family to escape their arrangement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005391	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As children, <actor> and <target> were betrothed. They grew up apart but were brought together on their birthdays. <actor> looked forward first to <his/her> own, then to <his//hers> even more. Months before <targetP> day of adulthood, <actor> longed to see <him//her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005392	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	On <actorP> day of <manhood/womanhood>, <target> gave <himself//herself> to <him/her> forever.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005393	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	On that day, proof of <targetP> illegitimacy surfaced just in time to annul the betrothal. <actor> was heartbroken, but remained loyal to <his/her> parents' wishes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005394	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Having finished <his/her> schooling in literacy, <actor> had no need to return to the small room of youths who were eager to escape writing practice. Yet, <he/she> made excuses in order to look upon <target>, who was attending <his//her> final year. When the excuses wore thin, <actor> brought gifts of wine to the instructor. Finally, <he/she> found courage and pleaded with <target> to introduce <him//her> to <his//her> parents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005395	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target>, a tradesman's <son//daughter>, could barely pay the tutor's fee. It was money that <his//her> family had gambled to find <target> a well-to-do <husband/wife>. <actor> was welcomed into the family with a victorious sigh.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005396	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> told the tutor to keep <actor> away, or <he//she> would reveal his drunkenness during class to his students' parents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005397	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To keep important clan properties under clan control, it was decided that <actor> should marry <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005398	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the priest joined their hands, <actor> and <target> smiled dutifully.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005399	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to abandon <his/her> clan to escape the arrangement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005400	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To keep important clan properties under clan control, it was decided that <actor> should marry <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005401	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the priest joined their hands, <actor> and <target> smiled dutifully.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005402	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The wedding was canceled when a priestess could not verify <targetP> maidenhood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005403	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To keep important clan properties under clan control, it was decided that <actor> should marry <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005404	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the priest joined their hands, <actor> and <target> smiled dutifully.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005405	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed a priestess to declare that her maidenhood was missing. The wedding was canceled. The reason was kept private.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005406	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To keep important clan properties under clan control, it was decided that <actor> should marry <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005407	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the priest joined their hands, <actor> and <target> smiled dutifully.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005408	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> decided to abandon <his/her> clan to escape the arrangement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005409	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The betrothal had been made at a drunken reunion of discharged warriors. Neither of their clans could persuade the men to disavow their contract. <actor> met <target> on their wedding day. She had sacrificed her toys. He had waited in his home for her procession. While officials augured for bad portents, he peeked under her veil, and she smiled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005410	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They eloped to avoid the further hours of a suddenly frustrating ceremony.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005411	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> pulled a knife and attempted to stab <actor>. The priests agreed that auguries disfavored this marriage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005412	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confronted <target> with <his/her> love for <him//her>. <He//She> rejected <him/her>. <actor> then sought the favor of <targetP> clan, detailing how their businesses would profit and their political influence would grow should they agree to the marriage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005413	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The clan bribed <target> into submission. <He//She> refused, however, to use the ceremonial bed at their wedding so as not to worry the guests with <his//her> conjugal lethargy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romN005414	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> explained to her clan the one disadvantage: having <actor> as their in-law.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005416	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The population of the city grew faster than infrastructure could be built. Violence over small matters erupted daily, and recent assembly meetings decayed into unproductive haranguing. The ruling administrators called a secret meeting. <actor> was lucky to have been invited.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefN005417	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> participated in organizing citizens to start a colony far from the city, in order to relieve population pressure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005418	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to expand the construction workforce by enslaving perpetrators of violence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005419	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> proposal was passed over for another one, to found a colony. <actor> was not hired to help organize it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005420	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The secret assembly agreed to try it. However, the cost of maintaining a slave workforce and supporting a guard force to collect it proved prohibitive. Violence in the city temporarily plummeted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005421	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> simply supported <his/her> scribe colleagues' proposals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005422	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They convinced city administrators to organize a colony settlement. It would require many scribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005423	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was one of many scribes hired to organize excess population into a colonization effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005424	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to migrate citizens to build a colony down the river.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005425	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Organizing this effort employed many scribes. <actor> was engaged throughout the process.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005426	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was one of many scribes hired to organize excess population into a colonization effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005427	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was decided to establish the colony in the foothills. <actor> was not hired to help organize the effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005428	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to migrate citizens to build a colony closer to the foothills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005429	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was decided to establish the colony down river. <actor> was not hired to help organize the effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005431	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> unconventional schooling worked against <his/her> ability to find work. Yet there was great demand for scribes. Unlike many priests who shunned <actor>, one holy man invited <him/her> to the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005432	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dared the kindly priest to evaluate <his/her> skills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005433	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest tested <actor> with a gauntlet of short assignments. He informed his priestly brethren that <actor> was cured of <his/her> cursed origin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005434	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> impressed temple scribes with <his/her> skills and earned work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005435	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest's tests were impossibly difficult. <actor> failed, and the priest fined <actor> for attempting to deceive the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005436	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Temple scribe instructors gave <actor> an impossible test. Then they fined <him/her> for wasting the time of priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005437	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited for the priest to speak.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005438	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He told <actor>, "My brothers believe you are cursed. I don't. The man who taught your skills was my grandfather's finest pupil. I have work for you, lowly work, but you won't starve."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005439	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He told <actor>, "My brothers believe you are cursed. I don't care whether you are if you can keep accurate accounts of kiln wood. My office is also shunned by scribes looking for more exciting records."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005440	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to impress by launching into a complex discussion of accounting methods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005441	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A former tutor of scribes, the priest ripped <actorP> methods to bits. Then he reassembled them in a way that taught much of what <actor> was missing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005442	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned the last bit needed to find work as a scribe from a cantankerous priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005443	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest apologized for mistaking <actor> for a real scribe and dismissed <him/her>. <actor> scrambled to find work outside the temple's influence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005444	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed a priest's test and had difficulty finding work as a scribe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005445	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused to work for the priesthood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005446	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> scrambled to find work outside the temple's influence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005447	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After ignoring temple authority over scribes, <actor> had difficulty finding work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005448	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was introduced to a few wealthy merchants who liked to keep private records.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005449	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After shunning temple authority over scribes, <actor> gained well paid, secret work from certain merchants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005451	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sent to many farms outside the city. Taking accurate counts of seed stocks, laborers, animals, water levels, and harvested grain was the flat-bread and yogurt of <his/her> profession. One farmer told his workers that scribes were magicians who could walk in the past. They feared answering <actorP> questions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005452	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to show how tablets were just marks on clay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005453	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Only one person seemed to understand.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005454	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Only two people seemed to understand.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005455	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threatened to put a curse on their ancestors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005456	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They told <him/her> everything <he/she> wanted to hear.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005457	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One laborer attacked <actor> before <he/she> could speak a curse. <actor> fled in fear of <his/her> life!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005458	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the stupid laborers and dealt only with the farmer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005459	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned with an account that <he/she> knew was faulty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005460	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told stories of how their ancestors defeated monsters and led multitudes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005461	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They gradually warmed to <actorP> questions. He returned with the most accurate account of that farm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005462	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> won the hearts of laborers afraid of a scribe's magic by telling stories.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005463	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They grew bitter at <his/her> words, as if <he/she> were to blame for their poverty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005465	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> found <target> peering at three tablets. They contained the same poem, praise for the sky god. One was very old, and its symbols were hardly recognizable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005466	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> pointed out a line about three men and told <actor>, "The old marks indicate a slave, a weaver, and a tribal chief. The newer tablets say they are three young priests."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefN005467	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped to decipher an old clay tablet.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005468	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> replied, "Clearly, the most common story is the true one."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005469	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> argued, "I could inscribe the earlier tale twice more, and it would become the common one."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005470	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> agreed. "I've heard the priests sing this praise to the sky god. It was the newer one."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005471	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> replied, "Older stories are more accurate because they're old."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005472	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> argued, "But accounting methods improve, and priests are always gaining new insights about the nature of the gods."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005473	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> agreed. "The gods do not change. It heresy to say otherwise." They resolved never to mention the conflicting tablets to the priests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005474	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> replied, "Three different classes of people should have three different songs for the god."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005475	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> argued, "There is only one face of a god, for all to see."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005476	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> agreed. "Like parents, the gods treat the less fortunate with less consideration."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005477	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> replied, "The god once needed men of many skills, and now he needs only praise."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005478	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> argued, "But the sky god still needs many skilled worshippers, more skills now than ever before!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005479	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> agreed. "Although people now have more skills than back then, priests are specialists of praise."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005481	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> directed <actor> to change a symbol <he/she> was using. "That hieroglyph of the river god is not right. The head looks too much like a bird."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005482	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> corrected <his/her> mistake.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005483	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> merely squashed the beak a tad.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005484	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> erased and redrew the glyph.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefN005485	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> debated with <target> over the symbolic depiction of a god and his animal totem.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005486	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> complained, "But the tablet counts fishermen. They recognize and understand this symbol."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005487	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> scoffed, "Fishermen are nearly as low as field workers. What we inscribe is not for them!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005488	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> nodded. "Fishermen need to know how many active nets compete with theirs."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005489	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> defended it. "It is the symbol my parents taught me."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005490	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> warned, "That symbol comes from old superstitions about the river god. The priests have been trying to kill that superstition for decades, with real killing."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005491	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> claimed, "Most symbols have changed over time. This one was subject to much debate by the priests."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005492	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> snickered, "Yes, the god has a full woman's body. The bird is only her servant."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005493	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> told other priests that <actor> was suspect of heresy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005494	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> cautioned <actor> to quell <his/her> sarcasm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005496	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator of farms and granaries personally visited <target> and <actor>. "I have another correction to the grain store count. We've lost ten more amphorae of grain to rats. Please inscribe fresh tablets to replace the existing ones."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005497	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked how the administrator had learned of this sudden loss. No one else had reported it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005498	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator ignored <him/her>. He warned other administrators to beware of this scribe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005499	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> caused a city official to cast public doubt on <his/her> abilities.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005500	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A shouting match of accusations quickly ensued. It was ended by a high priest who fired the administrator on the spot and promised <actor> a reward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005501	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was rewarded for exposing a corrupt official.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005502	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the administrator, "Actually, twelve vessels have been lost." <He/She> looked to <target> for agreement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005503	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They stashed the two extra amphorae in their two homes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005504	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cooked accounting tablets for a share of the embezzlement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005505	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> restrained <his/her> anger. "I understood the loss was eleven."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005506	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered <target>, attempting to include <him/her> in an embezzlement scheme.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005507	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said plainly, "We'll round up another dozen cats for temple service."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005508	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator laughed. "You'll go far in politics, at least four feet down a tapered stake."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005509	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <target> laughed, the administrator boiled with anger! He tripled <targetP> work. <target> blamed <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005510	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> angered <target> after insulting a high official resulted in work overload.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005511	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> noted in <his/her> replacement tablet that the grain was lost to rats in the administrator's office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005512	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not long thereafter, the administrator was fired. <actor> and <target> were thanked with orders to restore the original account.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005513	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> won respect from <target> after exposing their boss's corruption.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005514	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was attacked in the middle of the night by ruffians wearing rat masks. Some of <his/her> injuries lasted for years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005515	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After exposing <his/her> boss's corruption, <actor> was attacked in the night and severely injured.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005516	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	DecreaseSkill('ACTOR', 'RANDOM', 5)	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005518	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Scribes were required to make regular tithes to the temples, gratitude for the source of their skills. <actor> regarded the time lost worse than the money tithed. <He/She> arrived on a day when criminals were paraded before the divine statues and punished relentlessly. Once, the men had hauled stones for builders. They had jointly cursed the gods for their labors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005519	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hurled insults at the criminals!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005520	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One of the men shook off the lash's pain to return the insult.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005521	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A man in the line fell and was carried out of the courtyard.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005522	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked how the men had been found guilty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005523	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their work boss had vouched for their insults against the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005524	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was asked in return, "Do you tire of the labors the gods have set for you?" <actor> promised effusively, "Never!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005525	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the men of lowly birth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005526	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> said <his/her> prayers and paid for appropriate sacrifices. Fewer men were marched back out of the courtyard.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005527	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prayed to the gods to show mercy, projecting <his/her> voice into the courtyard.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005528	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest in attendance was an old man. He croaked, "There is no mercy in nature. The gods have created the world so."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005529	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A young priest shuffled nervously to the man flailing the whip and spoke. His blows fell lighter and ended.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005531	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A high flood entered the city. Tradesmen and workers swarmed to find higher ground. The temple district, where <actorP> family lived, had been rebuilt atop previous structures. Incidents with warriors who guarded the district left bodies drifting. Water seemed to crest as if the river god herself respected its sanctity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005532	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> concerned <himself/herself> with protecting critical records.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005533	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The water rose further, but afterwards, <actorP> tablets were among the few unscathed. <He/She> was greatly rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005534	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned a reward for protecting valuable records from a high flood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005535	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To access the most important vault, <he/she> had to break a sanctified seal. The waters receded quickly, making <his/her> efforts look foolish. Other scribes worried that <actor> had been cursed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005536	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was socially outcast for disturbing sacred temple documents during a high flood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005537	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered room in <his/her> home to the dispossessed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005538	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their needs cost <actor> somewhat, but their gratitude helped <him/her> time and again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005539	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned the goodwill of his neighbors for lending space in <his/her> home during a high flood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005540	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most were grateful, but some of them stole from <his/her> home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005541	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During a high flood, <actor> offered space in <his/her> to some dispossessed by it. They stole valuables from the house.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005542	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired a boat to let <him/her> record every aspect of the flood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005543	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> records proved especially helpful for further city construction. <actor> was greatly rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005544	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned and learned much by recording flood waters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005545	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> records proved especially helpful for further city construction. An administrator took the credit for <actorP> effort. <actor> raged obsessively to the priesthood but got nowhere.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005546	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A high official took credit for <actorP> special efforts. <actor> obsessed over but failed to regain recognition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005547	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired boats at ridiculous cost to assist those stranded and in danger.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005548	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> saved dozens of lives. Their gratitude helped <him/her> again and again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005549	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned great respect for saving people from floodwaters at great expense.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005550	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> saved dozens of lives. Although grateful, they had little to reward <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005551	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent lavishly to rescue people from floodwaters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005553	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To wage war, the high priests commanded great sacrifices of valuables from the wealthy. The lower classes were themselves sacrificed. <actor> feared the conscription not of <his/her> children but of <his/her> wealth. Everyone feared for their lives when enemy troops hewed their way through soldiers defending the gates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005554	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent <his/her> oldest to support the defenses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005555	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The gates held long enough. The enemy exhausted their supplies and men. <actorP> child did not return.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005556	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost his oldest child to an enemy attack on the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005557	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy broke through. They pillaged and razed the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005558	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many members of the family lost their lives when an enemy army broke into the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005559	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The gates held long enough. The enemy exhausted their supplies and men.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005560	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests interrupted the battle with a promise to surrender. They let the enemy army pillage and take control of swaths of land. And they paid tribute for years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005561	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After priests surrendered the city to an enemy army, <actor> had to shoulder some of the burden of tribute.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005562	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kissed <his/her> family and marched to the gates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005563	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The gates held long enough. The enemy exhausted their supplies and men. <actor> did not return.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005564	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> joined other elite voices and begged the priests to surrender.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005565	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests also recognized the limits of their bluster. They let the enemy army pillage and take control of swaths of land. And they paid tribute for years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005566	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After priests surrendered the city to an enemy army, <actor> had to shoulder some of the burden of tribute.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005567	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests ordered them dismembered and their parts flung over the walls at the enemy. Fortunately, the enemy broke through the city's defenses in time to save them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005568	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After priests surrendered the city to an enemy army, <actor> had to shoulder some of the burden of tribute.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005569	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests ordered them dismembered and their parts flung at the enemy. These extra supplies were insufficient, and the enemy retreated back to their city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005570	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was executed by priests for begging them to surrender to a frightfully strong enemy army attacking the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005571	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> assisted the priests to rally support and morale throughout the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005572	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city held out long enough for enemy forces to quit the battlefield, their supplies and men exhausted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005573	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy breached gates and walls. They razed much of the city, and <actorP> family suffered horribly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005574	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After an enemy army defeated the city's defenders, <actor> had to shoulder some of the burden of tribute.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005576	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	High priests of the city decided to bribe a group of nomadic tribes growing stronger in the hills. If their incursions could be delayed for a few more years, the army and city defenses could be bolstered to meet their threat. <actor> was asked to accompany the negotiators.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005577	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned the high priests that a bribe would only bring attention to the city's wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005578	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced the priests to present the bribe as spoils from a neighboring city. Their city managed to strengthen their defenses before the war-bled tribes and neighbor united to avenge the lie.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005579	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests dismissed <actor> and <his/her> argument as non-productive. The tribes fed the negotiators to wild boars and sacked the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005580	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to warn priests against buying peace from nomadic tribes. They struck all the more eagerly, to loot the source of such wealth. <actor> was nearly stripped of <his/her> wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005581	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> agreed to record the negotiations and useful information about the tribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005582	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and the negotiators never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005583	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sent to negotiate with tribes in the far hills. <He/She> never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005584	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lived to bring back <his/her> incredible experiences among the tribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005585	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned from negotiating with tribes in the far hills to tell incredible tales.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005586	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> excused himself for health reasons. Decapitation was as yet incurable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005587	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests assured <actor> that his health would be safeguarded by the gods' divine servants. <actor> and the negotiators never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005588	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sent to negotiate with tribes in the far hills. <He/She> never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005589	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests assured <actor> that his health would be safeguarded by the gods' divine servants. <actor> lived to bring back <his/her> incredible experiences among the tribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005590	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> returned from negotiating with tribes in the far hills to tell incredible tales.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005591	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> recommended <target> as a far better candidate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005592	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> objected, swearing that <actor> was being modest. <actor> and the negotiators never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005593	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was sent to negotiate with tribes in the far hills. <He/She> never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005594	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> was delighted to improve <his/her> status among the priesthood. Although <target> survived the journey, <he/she> never forgave <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005595	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent <target> in <his/her> stead to negotiate with tribes in the far hills. <target> never forgave <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005597	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The storyteller captivated a dozen wealthy men and women. <actor> wanted to throttle her. She wasn't telling it right! It was about a god who kept changing from animal to animal, for their unique pleasures, until the god couldn't remember its original form or gender. The woman's story had different animals from those in the story of <his/her> childhood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005598	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> interrupted and told it the way it was supposed to be told.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005599	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The storyteller was delighted! Although she had heard several versions, some of the animals in <actorP> were new to her. She collected them like precious raindrops in the desert.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005600	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> peers suffered <actorP> bad presentation quietly. Some regretted knowing <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005601	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> acted like a fool at <his/her> own party, and earned great public shame.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005602	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took out <his/her> frustrations on fresh clay, with a hardwood stylus.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005603	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> written version became the standard, and the story that could change as easily as the god was staked dead onto a stone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005604	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> inscribed a storyteller's tale into a clay tablet and earned a bit from it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005605	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, <actor> presented his version to the temples. The priests bought it cheerfully and then destroyed it. The gods were unchanging!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005606	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> inscribed a storyteller's tale into a clay tablet and earned a bit from it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005607	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> quit the room.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005608	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately, before leaving the house in anger, <he/she> remembered it was <his/her> home! <He/She> later apologized to his guests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005609	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> strode into the night life and got drunk. Returning, <he/she> insulted the storyteller and <his/her> guests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005610	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> acted like a fool at <his/her> own party, and earned great public shame.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005611	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> never hired the storyteller again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005612	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	And that, as is often said, was that.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005614	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priesthood and administrators relied ever more upon beer to pay workers assigned to civic constructions. Demand sapped at the fermentation pots of private brewers. <actor> was hired, along with dozen of scribes, to organize a new district devoted to the production of beer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005615	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to mix private brewers with state-controlled brewers, as in the successful potters' district.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005616	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invested <his/her> wealth into the endeavor, but it failed due to inconsistent quality between brews.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005617	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a bad investment, helping to create a district for brewers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005618	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> could not persuade the other scribes. <actor> worked hard but refrained from giving advice thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005619	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was paid well for helping to organize a brewers' district in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005620	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to bring all brewers under state control.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005621	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invested <his/her> wealth into the endeavor, but it failed. The pressure on brewers to fulfill high quotas reduced the quality of beer until it spoiled easily.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005622	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a bad investment, helping to create a district for brewers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005623	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a detailed case against state-controlled brewing and for encouraging new brewers with free grain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005624	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cared only that <his/her> wages were paid with finer, filtered brews.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005625	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After two full moons, <actor> was fired for laziness due to drunkenness. <He/She> had trouble finding work until the story faded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005626	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fell under the spell of unlimited beer and lost an important job.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005627	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was paid well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005628	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was paid well for helping to organize a brewers' district in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005630	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A head priest who instructed scribes visited. He asked <actor> to predict the health of the king for the next year. An oracle had told him, "The new year will have a name foretold by a lay healer." For an entire year, scribes would use the name <actor> suggested to mark their writings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005631	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Neither sickness nor his enemies touched the king."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005632	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The suggestion greatly pleased the priest. Word of <actorP> sudden influence spread among <his/her> peers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005633	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reminded <himself/herself> to make that final payment to the oracle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005634	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided the name used by scribes to mark the next year, boosting <his/her> notoriety.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005635	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest decided on a year name from another lay healer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005636	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king fell ill that year, coughing up blood for a time. Fewer patients visited <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005637	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost business after making a wrong prediction about the king's health.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005638	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The king's divinely bestowed powers eradicate mild demons."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005639	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king fell terribly ill that year, coughing up blood until he died. Fewer patients visited <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005640	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost business after making a wrong prediction about the king's health.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005641	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The storm god aids the king against a great demon constructed by false gods."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005642	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's health proved especially strong that year. Fewer patients visited <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005643	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost business after making a wrong prediction about the king's health.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005644	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The king will be poisoned by an unseen enemy. His fate is uncertain."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005645	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest lectured <actor> against crossing the line between prediction and prophecy. He demanded a sacrifice to the healing god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005646	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was forced to pay for an expensive sacrifice to the god of healers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005647	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the king was poisoned, the royal scribe paid <actor> to testify. Evidence against the scribe was printed on every papyrus and clay tablet he had written that year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005648	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was paid to testify for a defendant of attempted regicide.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005650	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rumor of a new cure reached <actorP> ears. <He/She> assumed it was another "magical" hymn tolling the virtues of the king. But instead of a palace messenger or acolyte of the god of healers, a patient claimed it had cured her father of a pox.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005651	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the patient, who was a lowly smith.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005652	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> checked with the temple, who had also decided it was a hoax.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005653	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Later, a colleague who practiced medicine at the temples described the cure's effectiveness, shaming <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005654	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> preferred hymns. New ones were more effective than old ones.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005655	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave her several fresh spells to prevent the pox from returning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005656	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told her that she had the same pox as her father.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005657	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had lied to see whether the woman would seek the same cure. When she did, <actor> paid for it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005658	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had lied to see whether the woman would seek the same cure. She didn't. Her father had died of the cure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005659	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was true. <actor> fled the room after telling the woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005660	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked to see her father.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005661	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> visited the father, who claimed he never had a pox.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005662	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> visited the father and examined him. The pox lingered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005664	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The healing power of the love goddess was well known, with a chuckle. However, <actor> wondered whether a powder had helped an old woman's fractured hip. She said she had eaten the ground ox horn her husband had bought from the goddess's temple for his vigor. The restorative was too expensive to throw out after he died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005665	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> created a side business of grinding and advocating the powder.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005666	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a good profit before others competed and were better able to spread the word.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005667	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> temporarily sold a remedy at a profit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005668	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The time it took away from <his/her> regular practice was not worth the sales.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005669	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> consulted with healers of the temple of the goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005670	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests were horrified that a powder meant for a man was used by a woman. They called <actorP> practice a violation of decency.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005671	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> insulted a goddess's priests by recommending a man's remedy for women.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005672	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At first, the priests were concerned that a woman ate a man's remedy, but they rationalized that since she was past bearing age, she wasn't really a woman. <actor> was commended for <his/her> observation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005673	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned the admiration of temple healers because of an old woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005674	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided she had lied. Ox horn was too potent for a feeble old woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005675	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> told her to stop taking her husband's remedy. It should have been buried with him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005676	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided the spells she spoke before eating the powder were more important.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005677	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> recommended different spells, to counteract the strong male spirit of the ox horn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005679	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Military physicians were increasingly pressured to used charms and spells dictated by the palace. <actor> heard them echo from the lips of beggars who had lost limbs or their honor on a battlefield.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005680	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"May the king's blessing, bestowed by the gods, heal you back to his service," a passing drunk rattled in the night. <actor> would start tomorrow, working at the barracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005681	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> spoke the spells glorifying the king, but emphasized physical treatments.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005682	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Officers from the palace commended <actor> after <he/she> had completed the mandatory duty. Temple healers privately spread rumors about <actorP> heresy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005683	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> insulted temple healers by using spells deifying the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005684	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Officers from the palace commended <actor> after <he/she> had completed the mandatory duty. The sick <he/she> had healed gave many gifts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005685	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Soldiers gifted <actor> for healing them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005686	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> used the spells the soldiers were accustomed to hearing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005687	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The military dismissed <actor> the next day. <He/She> scrambled to find other work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005688	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was dismissed early from a stint as a military physician.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005689	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many temple healers assigned to the barracks were absent. Officers from the palace realized that the sick needed doctors more than they needed the king's self-aggrandizement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005690	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> used the spells traditional to generations of physicians and healers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005691	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Temple healers stood by <actor> when officers from the palace threatened to dismiss <actor> and blacklist <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005692	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> spoke only words of encouragement suited to a patient's personality.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005694	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Some days, every patient was devoted to a different goddess or god. <actor> believed that keeping track of the appropriate sayings and spells was the most difficult duty for a physician. From gout to crocodile bites, every god had a different way to deal with it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005695	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> simply used spells from the city's primary god and goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005696	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Few complained.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005697	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As a healer working independently from temple authority, <actor> used folklore spells instead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005698	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lost business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005699	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> couldn't keep up with the religious lore his patients expected.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005700	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked <his/her> patients for the spells they preferred.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005701	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Amusingly, not one shared the exact words of another. They seemed as effective as <actorP>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005702	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Patients began to wonder why they needed <actor>. Business slowed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005703	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> disappointed <his/her> patients by being too passive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005704	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent most nights visiting temples and keeping current with spells.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005705	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> increased knowledge reassured his patients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005706	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> increased <his/her> knowledge and reassured his patients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005707	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The stress hampered <actorP> performance. Business suffered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005708	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried too hard to improve <his/her> medical knowledge. Business suffered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005710	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man sighed and offered <actor> another cup of wine. His third wife was having a difficult labor, but the midwife refused to permit <actor> in the room. The husband was as nervous as someone pondering whom to marry if the mother-to-be perished.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005711	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> left, forfeiting <his/her> fee.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005712	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> heard later that the mother had died, but the man had delayed his next wedding in memory of her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005713	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> heard later that the mother had lived, but the child died. Her husband did not divorce her, since her family was an important business partner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005714	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swept past the midwife and examined the patient.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005715	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The midwife clobbered <actor> over the head with a stinking pot. Mother and child survived the incident. The husband paid <actorP> fee.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005716	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> got a bump on the head and gold for annoying a midwife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005717	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> could not best the midwife's skills. The woman and infant died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005718	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drank more wine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005719	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The two had a merry time while the midwife struggled to save wife and infant. She did. <actor> collected <his/her> fee.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005720	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was paid to wait for a midwife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005721	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Neither was drunk enough to forget the midwife's wailing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005722	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went to the room, simply to watch.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005723	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> ignored the midwife's curses. The midwife clobbered the "interfering doctor" over the head with a stinking pot.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005724	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> ignored the midwife's curses. <actor> learned more than <he/she> expected.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005725	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned from a midwife's practice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005727	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man had to translate his mother's complaints. He was born and raised a king's subject, but his parents were from a nomadic tribe far from the king's realm. The father had established a trading post near the city, years ago. Riches from trade eased their integration into city life, but none of the city's established upper class accepted them. The lower classes respected only their wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005728	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was quick to sell them an expensive cure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005729	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man did not bring his mother back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005730	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bilked a foreigner who could not find medical care elsewhere.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005731	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man brought other wealthy foreigners to <actorP> practice. <His/Her> original clients began to shun <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005732	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offended <his/her> peers by healing foreigners.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005733	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a careful examination, asking dozens of health-related questions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005734	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was able to help the woman considerably. The man paid handsomely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005735	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> helped a rich foreign woman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005736	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Despite <his/her> best effort, the woman sickened and died. The man settled <actorP> fee honorably.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005737	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave comfort and received a small reward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005738	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised to treat the woman if they promised never to seek <him/her> again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005739	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Despite <his/her> best effort, the woman sickened and died. The son attacked <actor>, gravely injuring <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005740	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told them to seek help from their own kind's healers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005741	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did not hear from them again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005742	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The son attacked <actor>, gravely injuring <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005744	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The agent said his client wished <actor> to certify her as barren. He asked whether <actor> would accompany him to the palace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005745	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> insisted on payment up front.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005746	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The agent refused. Later that night, an assassin killed <actor> for knowing too much.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005747	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was assassinated in a palace intrigue.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005748	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The agent paid half, and half afterwards. The king had told his oldest daughter to marry the governor of a vassal city. She wished instead to be a high priestess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005749	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After <actor> certified her infertility, the next oldest daughter was wed to the governor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005750	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lied about a princess's fertility, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005751	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed the agent into a potential palace intrigue.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005752	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king had told his oldest daughter to marry the governor of a vassal city. She wished instead to be a high priestess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005753	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The plot to fake her fertility was broken when priests of the goddess of love insisted on examining her. <actor> was imprisoned for life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005754	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was imprisoned after a palace intrigue failed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005755	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king had told his oldest daughter to marry the governor of a vassal city. She wished instead to be a high priestess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005756	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After <actor> certified her infertility, the next oldest daughter was wed to the governor. <actor> was well paid for his service and discretion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005757	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lied about a princess's fertility, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005758	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised to give only a valid diagnosis.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005759	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The agent withdrew his request. Later that night, an arrow struck <actorP> pillow. The symbol carved along its shaft meant, "Forget."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005760	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The agent paid <actor> to forget his visit. And he warned of consequences, should <actor> not forget.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005761	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was paid to keep quiet about a palace intrigue.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005762	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The agent withdrew his request, but he warned <actor> to forget him. In the following weeks a couple of very wealthy clients inquired about <his/her> service.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005763	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They had been told <he/she> was an especially trustworthy physician.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005764	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gained wealthy clients by being honest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005765	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declined the agent's request.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005766	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Later that night, an arrow struck <actorP> pillow. The symbol carved along its shaft meant, "Forget."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005768	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> invited a friend to dinner, a healer for the storm god. They spoke of successful remedies and surgeries. When the healer mentioned papyrus prescriptions, <actor> <chuckled/chortled> at the idea of feeding reed fiber to patients. <His/Her> friend meant physical documents of cures and spells.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005769	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was inspired to improve <his/her> literacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005770	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> learned a great deal. <His/Her> success rate with patients didn't improve much, however.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005771	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned much by expanding what <he/she> read.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005772	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had trouble improving <his/her> reading skills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005773	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired scribes to help decipher specialized symbols in medical documents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005774	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The expense was not too much for what <he/she> learned. It more than compensated for their fee.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005775	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned much by expanding what <he/she> read.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005776	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discovered that most of the information was temple propaganda.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005777	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wasted money deciphering propaganda disguised as medical knowledge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005778	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged <his/her> friend to help <him/her> with his temple's medical writings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005779	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> friend was too busy to teach <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005780	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They grew close, working together, and <actor> conceived a child with him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005781	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had an affair with a colleague, and she conceived a child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005782	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned more speaking with <his/her> friend than from the documents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005783	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> studied with a colleague and increased <his/her> knowledge of medicine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005784	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed more loudly. Inscribing spells made them impotent. Healers transmitted power by voice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005785	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> friend nodded politely and did not discuss it further.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005786	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> friend agreed. Sharing knowledge was better done in person. They agreed to share knowledge more often.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005787	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent time sharing knowledge with a colleague.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005788	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Days later, <actor> remembered <his/her> reaction. <He/She> tried feeding papyrus to patients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005789	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided it was a foolish thing, after seeing no positive results.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005790	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided that it gave older patients with diarrhea a small measure of relief. But papyrus was so expensive, only the wealthy could afford it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005791	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	On a lark, <actor> prescribed eating papyrus. It helped to relieve wealthy patients of some of their wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005793	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The practice of pouring the blessed waters of the great river over wounds and a surgeon's hands was denounced by the new king. He went to war with the hills nation upriver. "Until I cleanse their river cities, consider the waters defiled."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005794	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used well water, despite its known link to the river.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005795	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Patients who had heard of the king's decree, mostly the wealthy, decried <actorP> practice. <actor> lost business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005796	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> defied a royal decree and lost respect from patients.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005797	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was able to convince patients that well water was purified by the earth goddess.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005798	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued to use river water in <his/her> practice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005799	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Someone told the royal guard, and <actor> was arrested. The fee for defying the law was steep.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005800	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was arrested and fined for defying a royal decree.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005801	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lied to <his/her> patients about the source of water, and charged extra.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005802	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> overcharged patients with fake claims of overhead due to a royal decree.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005803	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought blessed water from the temple of the goddess of love and victory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005804	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> costs were higher, but <his/her> practice continued at its normal pace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005805	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had to buy blessed water for <his/her> work, after a royal edict banned river water.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005806	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After the war had been lost, <his/her> clientele increased. The notion of defiled waters remained long after the king had forgotten his edict.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005807	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accidentally tapped into the paranoia of citizens after a war, and <he/she> profited from it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005808	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stopped using water in <his/her> practice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005809	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Patients healed more slowly, and more of them died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005810	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The number of patients who died did not greatly increase.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005812	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Stock in the granaries had been low for two years, but the new crop grew tall and fat with grain. A week later, half of the fields had burned beyond control. Storm and thunderbolt cited the anger of gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005813	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> boiled! How many of <his/her> family would survive this test? How many patients would come begging for medicinal herbs and anything else that could be eaten?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005814	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed royal administrators to reserve grain for <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005815	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One bribe was followed by many, when desperate people rioted for food.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005816	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid incredible bribes to keep the family fed during a famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005817	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> supported war against the nearest nation, to take their grain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005818	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After the victory, <actor> dreamed of stinking graveyards for the rest of <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005819	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The war turned against them quickly. <actor> was attending warriors when the enemy overran <his/her> tent and killed <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005820	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed behind the lines of battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005821	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> formed a council of physicians, to pool their stocks of edibles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005822	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Temple healers, busy with a surge of the faithful, warned lay physicians that they would be considered conspirators against the gods. More than one child died that year from hunger.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005823	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One child died during a famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005824	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Temple healers, busy with a surge of the faithful, warned lay physicians that they would be considered conspirators against the gods. <actor> was branded a heretic and executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005825	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed for perceived conspiracy against the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005826	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The combined knowledge of the council proved more valuable than their pool of edibles. Together, they figured out clever ways to obtain and secure needed foods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005827	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned much after forming a council of physicians.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005829	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	News of a tax collector's approach sent villages into spasms of tidiness. Every taxable asset from chicory to chicken was secreted out of sight. <actor> never tired of watching stragglers struggle to drag a mule to a far pasture.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005830	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> first visited priests, to respect local customs and religious variety.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005831	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An attempt to adopt local ways allowed <actor> to harvest taxes from the villagers like a humble farmer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005832	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned local ways before collecting taxes, making the process much less deadly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005833	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At best, <actorP> attempt kept a mob from forming and sacrificing <him/her> to a cult deity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005834	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> first visited priests, to estimate the village's wealth based on their lifestyles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005835	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon visiting the shrine, <he/she> inadvertently insulted the local religion. <actor> was lucky to escape the village with <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005836	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned just how far <he/she> could press the villagers for taxes, without their erupting into violence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005837	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> correctly calculated how much <he/she> could tax a village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005838	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited village leaders and required them to list their constituents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005839	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Ignorant of local ways, <he/she> inadvertently insulted them. <actor> was lucky to escape the village with <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005840	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead, the leaders offered a lump sum for the community's taxes. <actor> accepted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005841	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted a lump sum for a village's taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005842	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited local leaders and bribed them to list the village's people.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005843	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The cost of bribes balanced the extra amount that came due to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005844	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Bribery proved less fruitful for tax collection than <actor> had hoped.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005846	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> bid had won a silver mine infested by vipers. The contract was for collecting taxes from the wealthiest district in the city. Although highly prosperous, <actor> was not considered as well-fathered as these sons and daughters of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005847	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> doubled <his/her> guard and attempted to tax every one of them into the underworld.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005848	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Tripling the guard wouldn't have saved <him/her>. An army of house warriors tore through them and murdered <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005849	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> taxed the rich aggressively and was murdered by a collection of house guards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005850	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Only a few guards were killed in brief but stupid scuffles. Money poured into <actorP> coffers like a boon from the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005851	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> taxed the rich aggressively and got rich <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005852	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> played their game: introductions, official documentation, gifting intermediates, formal meetings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005853	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The one thing <actor> enjoyed about tax contract bidding was that bribes meant little to a collector. A few of these divine dynasties offered money to tax them less. They were that accustomed to corruption.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005854	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> barely recouped <his/her> bid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005855	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The only bribes that mattered to a bid-contract tax collector were things more valuable than money: political access, marriage into nobility, a position in the royal administration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005856	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No one considered a tax collector worthy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005857	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> successfully taxed the rich.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005858	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired one of the elite to assist in taxing his fellows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005859	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> took advantage of a family rivalry, sparing one side from taxes. Thus <he/she> could recoup <his/her> bid and more from the other side.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005860	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used a family rivalry to tax one section of the wealthiest district in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005861	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Even their petty rivalries would not open a crack for the wedge <actor> tried to drive between the district's sections. <He/She> barely recouped <his/her> bid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005862	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed a commander to impose martial law on the district while <he/she> taxed it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005863	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The nobility offered a larger bribe to have <actor> killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005864	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was murdered by rich families protecting their wealth from taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005865	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> took every liquid asset <he/she> could find. <actor> excelled at finding hidden wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005866	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bribed the military to protect <him/her> while <he/she> taxed the wealthiest district in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005868	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Bushels of wheat, pigs, pottery, furniture, slaves, iron ingots, sheep, textiles, and other non-liquid valuables filled sheds and paddocks. <actor> was constantly trying to convert taxes paid in goods to cash, especially items that would mold or catch sick and die, and hopefully before thieves raided the storage areas.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005869	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought protection and used underground markets to exchange goods for coin.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005870	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> eagerness to liquidate motivated <actorP> connection to be greedy, but the levies saved meant considerable earnings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005871	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used untaxed underground markets to liquidate goods paid as taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005872	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was arrested for aiding corruption. <actor> bribed <his/her> way free, knowing well who in the tax courts accepted bribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005873	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was arrested for avoiding taxes but bribed <his/her> way free.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005874	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hosted sale events, inviting merchants from all over the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005875	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Advance notice of a sale prompted thieves to raid the stores.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005876	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> store of goods paid as taxes was raided by thieves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005877	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Consolidated sales saved <actor> a lot of time and money.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005878	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold goods paid as taxes in bulk to save time and money.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005879	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired a respected merchant to conduct this tedious part of the business.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005880	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It turned out the respect was for how much the merchant made for himself. <actor> earned little by comparison.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005881	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold goods paid as taxes through an intermediary.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005882	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The merchant's cut reduced profits from liquidating the goods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005883	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sold goods paid as taxes through an intermediary.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005884	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gifted bribes to stewards and administrators of noble houses for personal access to their masters.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005885	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gained a lot of insight and some influence in the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005886	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gained a lot of insight into the ruling class, by gifting goods paid in taxes as bribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005887	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Thank you" was all that <actor> received in return.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005888	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wasted goods paid as taxes on ineffective bribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005890	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was glad to be home again. Mingling with the lower classes left a smell only the most thorough oil scraping would erase. Their simple-minded superstitions nauseated <him/her> the most, alleviated only by reasoned discussion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005891	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited a school of philosophers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005892	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their skill at debate humiliated <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005893	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was humiliated after challenging professional philosophers to a debate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005894	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They patiently worked with <actor> to improve <his/her> ability to reason and debate, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005895	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned from a school of philosophers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005896	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited <target>, bringing a scroll of topics to discuss.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005897	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They got very drunk and had a good time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005898	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> got very drunk and had a good time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005899	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disagreement escalated with each new topic, until <actor> stormed back home, quite forgetting the lower classes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005900	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> argued angrily in trivial, intellectual debate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005901	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> walked the streets, inviting discussion from unhurried professionals of high caste.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005902	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> stayed out later than was safe. Muggers beat and stripped <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005903	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was mugged after roaming the streets too late.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005904	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An inordinately congenial fellow conversed with <actor> about the morality of taxation. <actor> found <himself/herself> breaking free of deeply ingrained opinion and considering alternative viewpoints.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005905	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not that <actor> ended up changing <his/her> mind.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005906	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had a very enlightening discussion with a wandering philosopher.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005907	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited the temple of the goddess of wisdom and war, to discuss superstitions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005908	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A priest said, "Superstition is sometimes based on a truth too complex to learn realistically. This way, we make life simpler for lesser beings to understand."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005909	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discussed superstition with a priest of the goddess of wisdom and war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005910	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A priest warned that the line between dismissing superstition and debating the nature of the gods must never be crossed. Best avoid both and embrace simpletons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005912	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tax rate, as decided by the empire's leaders, directly affected the price of collection contracts. <actor> gaped at this year's prices. Civil wars had started for less. To collect at a rate high enough to profit from a bid would put <actor> at the front of a battle line.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005913	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	However, failing to procure a contract meant the family would live on savings until next year. The rate might be higher, next year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005914	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bid low on contracts for areas well controlled by the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005915	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> failed to win a bid. Although <he/she> lost a lot of wealth, <he/she> kept <his/her> head. A few collectors didn't.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005916	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived a year of high taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005917	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was able to wring a meager profit that year, risking <his/her> life to outraged citizens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005918	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a small profit in a year of high taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005919	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bid high on contracts for areas well controlled by the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005920	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Even in what should have been safe tax districts, outraged citizens were quick to kill before they were quelled by soldiers. <actor> lost <his/her> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005921	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed while collecting in a year of high taxation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005922	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The greater wealth in protected districts proved to be worth the risk.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005923	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a small profit in a year of high taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005924	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to wait until next year to bid on contracts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005925	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Many riots and short-lived rebellions broke out around the empire. <actor> made money investing in weapon shipments.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005926	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a small profit in a year of high taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005927	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> later called it the year of dead tax collectors. Although <he/she> spent much wealth, <actor> kept <his/her> head.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005928	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> survived a year of high taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005929	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spread low bids on many small contracts, thinking to investigate the risk before acting on them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005930	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Few seemed to be worth the risk. <actor> managed to scrape a small profit that year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005931	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a small profit in a year of high taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005932	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To <his/her> good fortune, most of the contracts proved to be safe enough to make a good profit. To tragic fortune, one angry citizen was all it took to end <actorP> life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005933	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed while collecting in a year of high taxation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005935	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had accumulated enough wealth to afford an escape. The city was a glorious but dangerous expanse of humanity, working beasts, insects, disease, and waste. Aristocrats used their wealth to live elsewhere, when the city offended more than it rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005936	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought a villa near the sea, for fresher air and moderate temperatures.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005937	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although relaxing and beautiful, it proved no escape from plague.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005938	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought a villa by the sea, but it was no escape from plague.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005939	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Relaxing and beautiful, <actorP> regular escapes to the villa freed <him/her> from the rigors and frustrations of work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005940	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought a villa by the sea, to occasionally escape reality and reflect upon it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005941	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought a working farm estate in the western lowlands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005942	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To save money, <he/she> dismissed the paid workers and bought slaves just as able.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005943	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It would have paid for itself in a few years, except a local rebellion destroyed it and records of its sale.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005944	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought a country farm and slaves to work it. A local rebellion took it away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005945	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead of replacing paid workers with slaves, <actor> hired the previous owner to steward the estate's production.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005946	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The place never really paid for itself, but <actor> could enjoy visits without concerning <himself/herself> with its operation. However, <he/she> did learn a measure of respect for country people.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005947	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought a farm estate in the country, to occasionally escape the city and its pressures.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005948	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> bought a vineyard estate in the northern hills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005949	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead of an escape, <actor> moved to a manor in the city's most elite district.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005950	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The real expense came later, when <he/she> tried to ingratiate the family with elite society. But the advantages proved to be worth more than money.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005951	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> successfully integrated the family within the elite class of the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005952	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When disease visited the city, yet again, there was no escape but sorrow.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005953	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disease and death struck after <actor> had moved the family into the city's elite district.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005954	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> built a stronghold to protect <his/her> wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005955	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The family was singled out by their peers for insularity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005956	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent money to store <his/her> money safely. Peers sniffed disrespectfully behind <his/her> back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005958	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A key administrator in the city's imperial offices invited <actor> to visit. Naturally, a bribe was his goal, but <actor> thought it a worthwhile opportunity. A representative from the capital city, this administrator might have connections to put the family in reach of the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005959	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> brought many expensive gifts for the administrator.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005960	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A rival administrator learned of the bribe and had both arrested. <actor> was convicted and sold into slavery. <He/She> died soon thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005961	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was convicted of corrupting an imperial official. <He/She> died a slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005962	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator helped <actor> to establish a favorable connection to the tax bidding process at the empire's capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005963	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> played an imperial official's game and gained favor in the imperial administration, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005964	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> brought a few carefully chosen gifts, ready to be flexible on additional bribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005965	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He proved greedy and worthless. <actor> tried to have him investigated, but was trapped instead and charged with corrupting an imperial official.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005966	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was convicted and sold into slavery. <He/She> died soon thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005967	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was convicted of corrupting an imperial official. <He/She> died a slave.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005968	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> brought a minimal gift, so as not to alert potential enemies of his office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005969	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man spoke briefly with <actor> and dismissed <him/her>. <actor> was disfavored in contract bidding thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005970	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> disappointed a corrupt imperial official. Contracts were more expensive to obtain thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005971	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator helped <actor> to establish a minor connection to the tax bidding process at the empire's capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005972	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> played an imperial official's game and gained favor in the imperial administration, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005973	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent the man a fine gift, but declined apologetically to visit on the appointed date.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005974	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> never heard from him again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005975	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wasted money, bribing an imperial official.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005976	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator visited <actor> one day. He offered to connect <actor> to the tax bidding process at the empire's capital, for a specific price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005977	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> played an imperial official's game and gained favor in the imperial administration, for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005979	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> colluded to rig the bidding for tax contracts. <target> bribed imperial officials in the capital and communicated secret bidding information to <actor>. The imperial roadways and messenger system were far quicker than tax administrators with their train of guards and treasure chests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005980	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suspected <target> had sent false information this time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005981	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately, <actor> was able to verify the information, and the deal went through as usual.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005982	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> made extra profits by rigging a tax contract bid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005983	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> betrayed <target> to the authorities in the capital city. But <target> implicated <him/her>, and it took several bribes to escape the local magistrate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005984	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> betrayed each other. Escaping the trap cost <actor> dearly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005985	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> poisoned <targetP> bid in favor of <his/her> own.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005986	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By the time <target> learned of <his/her> betrayal, <actor> had grabbed an incredible opportunity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005987	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> betrayed <target> for a rich contract.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005988	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By the time <actor> realized <target> had also betrayed <him/her>, <actor> was locked into a guaranteed loss.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005989	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> betrayed each other. Escaping the trap cost <actor> dearly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005990	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> conducted their operation just as they had many times before.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005991	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This time, they were caught. <actor> was convicted and sentenced to slavery, where <he/she> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005992	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Caught cheating on tax contracts, <actor> and <target> were sentenced to slavery. <actor> died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005993	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were surprised by an opportunity of a lifetime. Both made incredible profits, enough to convince them to go legit thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005994	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By cheating to get contracts, <actor> and <target> made huge profits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005995	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <target> they should stop before officials discovered their cheating.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005996	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> agreed. They had worked well together, and the first thing established between them was respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005997	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By colluding to get contracts, <actor> and <target> fostered mutual respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005998	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> convinced <actor> to cheat one last time. When it was time to place the bid, fear stabbed at <actor>, and <he/she> bid on another contract. <target> was furious with <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN005999	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> colluded with <target> to cheat the tax contract bidding system. However, sudden fear caused <actor> to abort the bid, infuriating <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006001	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> trudged through the hallways of <his/her> manor, early one morning. Brushing <his/her> teeth, kicking slaves on their cots awake, it was time to prepare <himself/herself> and the house for the day. <actor> readied to meet with clients in the entry hall, before too many arrived and mired <him/her> at home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006002	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A professional orator offered to recite speeches from the senate floor of the capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006003	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> turned him away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006004	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> learned of a senate proposal to reform the tax system on the backs of the wealthy. <He/She> allied with other aristocrats to defeat the measure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006005	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hired a professional orator to recite speeches in the senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006006	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An old man, clad for battle, led <actor> to a fine horse. "I would expose my infant sons before selling my horse, arms, and armor. I will give these to you, for a promise."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006007	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised the aging aristocrat to uphold the ancient duty, fighting for land, people, and nation. When the old man died, <actor> sold the expensive goods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006008	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> duped an aristocrat out of his family's arms, armor, and war horse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006009	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised he would use the equipment to uphold the ancient duty, fighting for land, people, and nation. <actor> was killed in battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006010	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was killed in battle, upholding the ancient tradition of aristocrat as primary defender.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006011	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised the aging aristocrat that <spouse> would uphold the ancient duty, fighting for land, people, and nation. <spouse> was killed in battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006012	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<spouse> was killed in battle, upholding the ancient tradition of aristocrat as primary defender.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006013	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He bid <actor> to uphold the ancient duty, fighting for land, people, and nation. She drove the aging aristocrat out of her house, for spouting ridiculous tales!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006014	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A senator's concubine, visiting the city, waited with a message for <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006015	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> entertained her as richly as the senator himself, as was proper. She informed <him/her>, the senator's faction needed funds to defeat a motion to reform the tax system on the backs of the wealthy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006016	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> supplied her with what funds <he/she> could.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006017	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> contributed money to defeat tax reform.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006018	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> entertained her as richly as the senator himself, as was proper. She informed <him/her> that licenses to collect taxes were to be invalidated, as part of a tax reform.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006019	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was first in line to procure a license under the new system.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006020	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> finagled a new collection license after an attempted tax reform.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006022	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> visited the oracle of the sun god. Once, the grand pillars and halls exuded authority and confidence. All who heard from the oracle left feeling the touch of a god on his forehead. Then kings, desperate at war, raided the temple's coffers, "to protect it." They promised and became dust.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006023	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> brought a proper tithe and animals to be sacrificed for an augury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
briefN006024	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> paid for a prophecy from the great oracle of the sun god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006025	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked, "Will I rise to great political power?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006026	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The oracle revealed, "<actor> will achieve a status above all others." Years later, a trip to the capital required <him/her> to climb the tallest tower in the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006027	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> decided the prophecy had been fulfilled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006028	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked, "How shall I ensure the happiness of my family?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006029	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The oracle revealed, "<actor> must discover <his/her> truest source of wealth." A few months passed. One night, <actor> shared a special moment with <his/her> <wife/husband>, <spouse>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006030	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> decided the prophecy had been fulfilled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006031	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The oracle revealed, "<actor> must discover <his/her> truest source of wealth." A few months passed. Then one night, <actor> was listening to relatives tell old tales of their ancestors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006032	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> decided the prophecy had been fulfilled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006033	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked, "What will be my life's greatest challenge?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006034	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The oracle revealed, "<actor> will outwit a terrible foe." <He/She> worried for years, but no one as terrible as <he/she> could imagine ever confronted <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006035	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The oracle revealed, "<actor> will be asked to die for a worthy cause."  <He/She> worried for years, but no one ever asked <actor> to sacrifice <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006036	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked, "What should I strive for in life, to earn a good place in the afterlife?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006037	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The speaker for the oracle nearly balked. This <man/woman> had come all this way at great expense to ask what any priest could answer! She took <actorP> money and sacrifices and told <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006039	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> saw fewer opportunities among the upper class as the years of his bachelorhood increased. Had he discovered the usefulness of a woman's connections too late?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006040	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A marriage was arranged for him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006041	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She was neither pretty nor from wealth, but she did not lack practicality.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006042	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He sought the hand of the most influential maiden.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006043	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Her family was so powerful that at her refusal, no other woman of society would see him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006044	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She agreed to consider his courtship.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006045	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He never married but thought to spend his remaining years with one of his slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006046	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She realized she would never be freed but would gain great power in her master's household.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006047	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She killed herself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006048	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He chose to be less opportunistic, rather than deal with a spouse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006049	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He did not decrease how often he sought the pleasures of women. Nor did he refuse to recognize an illegitimate heir.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006050	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He had never found pleasure in the company of women.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006051	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He did not decrease how often he sought the pleasures of women, but no children resulted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006053	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A woman working among men offended at least as many upper class women as it did men. <actor> wondered--when dotage struck, would she remain a maiden?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006054	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A marriage was arranged for her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006055	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She considered it merely an increase in her workload.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006056	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She took destiny into her hands and accepted whatever she could not control.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006057	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One woman wished that <actor> would never marry, and it worked out well for both of them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006058	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Even in one lifetime, social attitudes could change. And widowers were often less inclined to be picky.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006059	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Her work became her groom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006060	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One man eventually stood out against the skeptics.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006061	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She found many satisfactions that overshadowed the usual urges for intimacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006062	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She chose shallow affairs over marriage. It amused her that men, who looked down upon her, would sometimes beg for favors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006063	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No child ever came of them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006064	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A child was born to her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006066	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A woman working among men offended at least as many upper class women as it did men. <actor> wondered--when dotage struck, would she remain a maiden?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006067	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A marriage was arranged for her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006068	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They fought constantly until her husband exercised his authority to take her life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006069	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She was expected to acquiesce to him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006070	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She refused to meet with men outside her work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006071	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One woman wished that <actor> would never marry, and it worked out well for both of them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006072	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This was considered at least minimally proper.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006073	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She risked secret affairs rather than marriage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006074	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She was discovered and publicly stoned to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006075	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A child was born to her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006076	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No child ever came of them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006078	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Bribes and offerings eventually paid off. <actor> was appointed regent over the city's agriculture. Working for the city was considered a privilege. Administrators volunteered their time, but few ever became poorer. <His/Her> decisions would determine the length of appointment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006079	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> vowed to guide the city at every opportunity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006080	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Welcome to the ruling track. It offers a new game to play. If you lose this new game, your family will fall to the noble track. If you win, then your family will be crowned absolute rulers!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006081	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To play, click the owl button each turn. Playing is not mandatory. Default choices will be made if the owl button is ignored, and your family will be affected by the results.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006082	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each turn, decide four things: grain, planting, land, and bribery. To win, make citizens happy by distributing grain, and earn official respect by acquiring land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006083	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The uplift goal is replaced by a new goal: gain more power. Ruling powers provide additional control over the new game. Gaining powers is another way to win!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006084	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Good luck. Details are available in the help system.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006085	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> kept close watch on subordinates eager to replace their superiors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006086	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Welcome to the ruling track. It offers a new game to play. If you lose this new game, your family will fall to the noble track. If you win, then your family will be crowned absolute rulers!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006087	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To play, click the owl button each turn. Playing is not mandatory. Default choices will be made if the owl button is ignored, and your family will be affected by the results.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006088	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each turn, decide four things: grain, planting, land, and bribery. To win, make citizens happy by distributing grain, and earn official respect by acquiring land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006089	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The uplift goal is replaced by a new goal: gain more power. Ruling powers provide additional control over the new game. Gaining powers is another way to win!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006090	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Good luck. Details are available in the help system.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006091	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought opportunities to acquire the duties of other regents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006092	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Welcome to the ruling track. It offers a new game to play. If you lose this new game, your family will fall to the noble track. If you win, then your family will be crowned absolute rulers!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006093	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To play, click the owl button each turn. Playing is not mandatory. Default choices will be made if the owl button is ignored, and your family will be affected by the results.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006094	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each turn, decide four things: grain, planting, land, and bribery. To win, make citizens happy by distributing grain, and earn official respect by acquiring land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006095	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The uplift goal is replaced by a new goal: gain more power. Ruling powers provide additional control over the new game. Gaining powers is another way to win!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006096	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Good luck. Details are available in the help system.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006097	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wrung every personal advantage possible from the office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006098	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Welcome to the ruling track. It offers a new game to play. If you lose this new game, your family will fall to the noble track. If you win, then your family will be crowned absolute rulers!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006099	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To play, click the owl button each turn. Playing is not mandatory. Default choices will be made if the owl button is ignored, and your family will be affected by the results.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006100	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each turn, decide four things: grain, planting, land, and bribery. To win, make citizens happy by distributing grain, and earn official respect by acquiring land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006101	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The uplift goal is replaced by a new goal: gain more power. Ruling powers provide additional control over the new game. Gaining powers is another way to win!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006102	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Good luck. Details are available in the help system.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006104	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had been employed by the army to tend the wounded and ill, on and between battlefields far from home. A surprise enemy raid slaughtered their corps of scribes and supply officers. Suddenly, a doctor's literacy was more important than the lives <actor> could save. The field general commanded <him/her> to take charge of the records and organization of resources until they returned to their city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006105	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With great victories they did return. The general was so pleased with <actorP> makeshift performance that he petitioned the king to appoint <him/her> as a minister of war. The king interrogated <actor> in person. Which of their four, major rivals should the army be most prepared to fight against?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006106	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The savage, relentless forces of the hills nation with their bountiful harvests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006107	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The option to guide stories now guides functions of the kingdom's military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006108	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	You may ignore the guide button (owl), but your family is responsible for decisions made by subordinates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006109	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disappoint the king and your family will be cast out of the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006110	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The social climbing choice is now used to gain new ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006111	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The slow but powerful forces of the mineral and lumber rich, mountains nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006112	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The option to guide stories now guides functions of the kingdom's military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006113	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	You may ignore the guide button (owl), but your family is responsible for decisions made by subordinates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006114	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disappoint the king and your family will be cast out of the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006115	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The social climbing choice is now used to gain new ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006116	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The light but highly mobile forces of the crafted goods rich, desert nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006117	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The option to guide stories now guides functions of the kingdom's military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006118	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	You may ignore the guide button (owl), but your family is responsible for decisions made by subordinates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006119	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disappoint the king and your family will be cast out of the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006120	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The social climbing choice is now used to gain new ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006121	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The unscrupulous trading fleets of the generally peaceful islands nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006122	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The option to guide stories now guides functions of the kingdom's military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006123	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	You may ignore the guide button (owl), but your family is responsible for decisions made by subordinates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006124	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disappoint the king and your family will be cast out of the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006125	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The social climbing choice is now used to gain new ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006127	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Over time, the family had gained so much influence and power that <actor> was able to <seek/support the> election <as/of> a magistrate, which eventually granted <him/her> power in the imperial senate. <His/Her> victory greatly pleased <his/her> political faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006128	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> strived to overcome the disadvantages inherent in <his/her> allegiance with the workers faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006129	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The option to guide stories now guides the empire. You may vote upon legislation in the grand senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006130	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	You may ignore the guide button (owl), but your family is responsible for decisions made by your faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006131	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disappoint your political faction and your family will be cast out of the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006132	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The social climbing choice is now used to gain new ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006133	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was comfortable with <his/her> allegiance to fellow aristocrats.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006134	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The option to guide stories now guides the empire. You may vote upon legislation in the grand senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006135	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	You may ignore the guide button (owl), but your family is responsible for decisions made by your faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006136	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disappoint your political faction and your family will be cast out of the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006137	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The social climbing choice is now used to gain new ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006138	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> believed that <his/her> allegiance to the military faction was the fastest way to absolute power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006139	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The option to guide stories now guides the empire. You may vote upon legislation in the grand senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006140	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	You may ignore the guide button (owl), but your family is responsible for decisions made by your faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006141	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disappoint your political faction and your family will be cast out of the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006142	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The social climbing choice is now used to gain new ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006143	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted an enormous bribe to change allegiances.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006144	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The option to guide stories now guides the empire. You may vote upon legislation in the grand senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006145	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	You may ignore the guide button (owl), but your family is responsible for decisions made by your faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006146	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Disappoint your political faction and your family will be cast out of the ruling class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleN006147	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The social climbing choice is now used to gain new ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006148	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"General, the gods have cursed our city with famine and blessed our neighbor with abundance. I fear that the full wolves will devour hungry ones. We cannot attack. Our troops would not survive the march. There is no food, neither here nor along the way. Instead, we have sent a message of appeasement."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006149	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"A fancy word for surrender. Is this treason?" The huge man bellowed!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006150	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"It is a lie. Line the road with men, yours and whoever else you can grab. Make them strut them like real warriors." <actor> dismissed the general. The gambit must work!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006151	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When enemy representatives crossed into their land, worry clawed at their stomachs.  So many warriors! It was a force sufficient to annihilate their city. By the time the ambassador greeted <actor>, he was eager to accept mutual promises of peace. They even decided upon an equitable trade pact. The tablet of their agreement lasted one thousand times longer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006152	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Peace had lasted too long. <actor> sensed the message behind the general's words. "The army crumbles as men leave to work their farms and shops."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006153	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A city administrator echoed him: "Roads crumble, buildings crumble; the expense of upkeep grows enormous. I have to compete with rich families hiring skilled crews to build their tombs."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006154	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took pity. "We need a permanent force of men. Call them warriors or workers. Train them both ways. Call them to glory. Pay them the least amount, and replace them when they crumble." So the call began.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006155	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high priest was in a jovial mood. It was time to tax the citizens! "Each always complains he pays more than others." He laughed. Then he sobered. "The problem is, many can easily avoid our collectors."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006156	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed, "Scribes already track the grain on farms. Perhaps we should track the people there and in the city as well." Lucky for <him/her>, the city's populace never discovered who cursed them so, generation after generation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006157	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> summoned the head general. "News of war has spread around the city."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006158	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The large man bristled, "We have no plans for war. We know of no plans against us."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006159	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> doubted this. Idle generals always made plans for war. "The trouble is, laborers are fleeing the farms. Tradesmen are closing their shops. Less will be harvested and fewer taxes will be collected. Fear of forced soldiering is as bad as plague."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006160	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"What do you want me to do?" He snorted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006161	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Go to war, against our city. Send your men to round up every male twelve or older. Take control of the farms. Patrol the city. As of today, citizens will be compelled to serve by law. If we are always at war, peacetime cannot defeat our levies."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006162	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A priest assisting <actor> rushed into <his/her> office. "<Sir/Ma'am>, flood waters have cut into a section of low land. There is no place to drain it. Farms and lives have been lost!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006163	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looked up from reading a tablet. It was an account of lawsuits between fishermen and merchant barge captains. Traffic on the river had tripled in ten years. "We are blessed by the river god. Dredge the cut and build piers." <actor> turned back to the tablet.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006164	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"This time the gods have taken and given." The assistant bowed and excused himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006165	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Again, the sound of a boy's yelp disturbed <actor>. Priests trained them to be scribes by using flexible canes and rigid tablets of rules and exercises. Tradesmen spent life savings to see their boys learn the difficult but rewarding craft of writing. The demand for scribes outstripped their numbers. They charged more and more, often elevating their whole family into ease and comfort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006166	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wished there was a farm that grew scribes, somewhere far from <his/her> office. The problem was, the state would have to pay scribes to teach scribes. It took bribes and nearly blackmail to convince the other administrators, but by the end of <actorP> reign, teachers were being paid less and less. Whew!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006167	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Victorious after decades of war, the king had extended his grasp from sea to mountain, from hills to desert. In a matter months it threatened to crumble through his fingers. Taxes flowed, but fraud threatened to undermine the government. As the secrets of metallurgy spread, gold was diluted with lead, and silver with copper. As the skill of writing proliferated, official seals were frequently forged. Trust in the measure of weights and the orders of officials plummeted. Panic reigned at the palace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006168	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed an entirely new monetary system, based on the king himself. Disks of carefully measured gold, silver, and copper would be stamped with the image of the king. They would be distributed as pay to the army, to solidify their loyalty foremost. As they spent their wages while patrolling the empire, their faith in the new system would spread. Every minister rejected the incredibly elaborate and delicate scheme.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006169	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king ordered his ministers to act on the plan immediately.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006170	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Deaths at military barracks around the realm had begun to exceed those in battles. Citizens feared to live nearby, blaming them for causing plagues. Doctors and priests sent to solve the problem died as readily as warriors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006171	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead of sending more healers, <actor> convened their most learned. <He/She> asked, if they could cure one body of sickness, could they cure places where many bodies gathered? The question puzzled them, but too it fascinated them. A young physician piped up, "The holiest and purest of things is the waters of the river goddess. Before we treat a patient, we pour holiness upon our hands. Is there water enough to pour over your military compounds?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006172	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In a few places, river waters could be diverted to wash through nearby barracks. <actor> ordered this experiment. Deaths in those barracks halved in a fortnight. Over decades, the waters were sent more efficiently through troughs in the streets. Pools and baths became popular among the rich. Manly warriors shunned any more than a bucketful dashed overhead. They cheerfully polluted the waters downstream of the baths with their eliminations, and they lived to laugh about it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006173	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Spies throughout the realm recorded increasing discord. Local leaders gathered support by promising to improve local conditions. When this happened, rulers naturally ordered their arrest and execution. Like fresh silt from floodwaters, their deaths nurtured the rise of new leaders, and murmurs of rebellion amplified.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006174	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <his/her> king, "Where cemeteries fertilize revolt, power can be gathered to the throne by cultivating a garden."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006175	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Leery of solutions not based upon fear, the king agreed to invite these leaders to convene in his court. He would listen to their discussions, as long as they did not weary him. At least, should he retract his beneficence, they would be easier to capture and lead to sharpened posts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006176	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The armies of the realm fluctuated like rainfall. Come storm of war, their blood inseminated fields, painted enemy fortresses, and dyed waters pink. Victory or defeat, they returned to tend crops and herd goats and turn pottery. Veterans grew green. Their tales of woe dissuaded potential conscripts for the next war. Barracks in peacetime sheltered as many bodies crippled by war as able warriors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006177	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> grandmother once said, "Know a fool by knowing his parents." She was senile when she said it, but the words reminded him of her wisdom in better years. <actor> set a scribe to interrogate great war heroes of the day. Many attributed their training to the skills of fathers and grandfathers who returned from war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006178	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Boldly, <actor> proposed to the king how to raise an army of heroes. Veterans were called from the fields. They were hired to train an army hired regularly to be trained. Fortunately, by the time the revolts flared over the increase in taxes, the new army was able to crush them easily.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006179	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king was not one who went to war, but when the new chariot was produced -- with its sleek curves and fast wheels -- the king took to parading through the streets, pulled by the most beautiful stallions in the land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006180	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	One day, the king rode forth from the imperial city to impress the laborers of the fields and the poor merchants and farmers. His chariot overturned from a rut in the road, and guards missed catching him. Dirt upon the king's clothes proved disastrous for the workers, but a boon for merchants and farmers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006181	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon returning, even before bathing, the king commanded <actor> to see that His Majesty was never shamed again. <actor> was promised unlimited funds. No fool, <he/she> conscripted a mighty labor force to pave every road in the empire over the course of the king's life. The king's son, upon obtaining the throne, neglected the roads and spent the economic boon by leading fresh conquests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006182	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Anger incited anger. <His/Her> reading interrupted again, <actor> told <his/her> <wife/husband> <he/she> would rather pleasure <himself/herself> with a book than with <her/him>. It was a mistake, and not entirely true, but the next day <his/her> <wife/husband> ordered the slaves to sell <actorP> papyrus scrolls at the market. A quick-witted slave warned <him/her>.  Panicked, <actor> abused <his/her> administration's privilege, sending agents to buy every book in the market.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006183	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before the end of the year, <actor> was called to account for the sudden acquisition of hundreds of scrolls. This time, <he/she> reacted coolly. A spare room had been renovated for <actorP> reading pleasure. Word of the quiet space had spread through the palace. Even lesser nobles would sneak in, seeking specific information. <actor> informed the accountants, "Yesterday, the king read a tale from his youth."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006184	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Proactively, a new account was set up for buying additional books, especially those potentially favored by the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006185	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They called <him/her> Senator <actor>. They represented the groups of supporters who funded <his/her> re-election campaigns. And they were in crisis. A new voice courted them. His lies cut deep into those loyal to <actor>. Lies were nothing unusual, but his charisma was something <actor> could not match. The upstart's wit embalmed <actorP> more reasoned voice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006186	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The streets resounded with <actorP> inevitable defeat, yet <he/she> reassured <his/her> base. They would be victorious. Soon, the upstart would be called, "cad, scoundrel, saboteur, traitor, and even murderer." <actor> lectured, "Truth can defeat lies, if one chooses carefully which truth to tell, especially if that truth is cooked. For cleverness is more delicious than correctness."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006187	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> agents had been dispatched for weeks. Soon, new rumors of breathtaking horror would upend the rival campaign.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006188	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke to the imperial senate: "The goddess of grain distribution, handmaiden of the harvest goddess, frowns upon our future, senators. Commoners hunger in the streets. Price support has doubled in recent years as impoverished folk swarm to the capital. Some claim the supports are to blame, enticing the poor to leech upon this senate's generosity. Yet these people once farmed the lands of the empire's core. They produced a variety of crops that complemented the city's staple, until their lands were granted to the aristocracy. Now they beg for grain, while aristocrats bribe us to lower their taxes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006189	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Like many here, I come to the senate by way of popular vote and sufficient money to direct those votes. To win, we lower the price of gain and lower taxes on those who can afford them. What is now left to us is nothing. I move to grant free grain to citizens, and to push the burden of taxes to the empire's extremities!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006190	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Orating before the full assembly of senators filled <actor> with passion. "What makes empires?" <he/she> puffed. "Land? People? Wealth? Food? Trade? Armies?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006191	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Certainly this city loves all of those things the gods have given it. Yet any king, nay, any mayor could declare their land an empire, for it is said that more than three of anything is many.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006192	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"This city rules the world. Its citizens are mighty over the things they control. Citizens are this empire. Yet outside our capital's walls, empire ends. The many peoples of many styles beyond consider themselves apart. They are ready tools for revolutionaries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006193	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I propose to unite every free man under our rule by granting them citizenship! When men are recognized by their nation, they become the nation."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006194	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Overland traders and sea traders came to <actor> with their problem. Recent wars had added a lot of territory to the empire, and the two groups were constantly bickering over who had trade rights and who didn't.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006195	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their bickering caused <actorP> head to throb. <He/She> studied their official trade charters and shook <his/her> head. The empire was getting rather large.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006196	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Can you draw a picture of it? I mean, where every area is proportionate to every other area."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006197	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suspected that rival senators had chosen the island for its remoteness. They feared <his/her> growing influence in the capital. Although sunny and beautiful, it was an anchor chained to <actor>. To collect the riches it provided, <he/she> was required to administer its citizens in person, for months at a time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006198	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> needed the money, but while <he/she> administered, the senate plotted. What deals would they make with members of <actorP> faction? Without swift contact with <his/her> agents, the faction might fracture. By sail, the mainland was a day. From coast to capital a rider took three. To manage politics, one day's delay invited betrayal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006199	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stood on the tallest hill of the island. Even in strong sunlight and clear air, the mainland's shore was barely visible. <He/She> cursed the senate for this financial trap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006200	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A glint in the distance, a reflection of sunlight from the coast hit <actorP> eyes. It sparked <his/her> resolve and became the solution to what had to be solved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006201	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Today I seek to rectify a hypocrisy, one all too close to this senate. I speak of legal advocacy, for which our laws deny compensation. Those who cannot speak in court for themselves must rely on sympathetic, untrained amateurs, while the wealthy hire skilled legal orators through nefarious means.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006202	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Therefore I propose, for the benefit of all citizens, to enroll advocates in the court of a judge who qualifies them to speak of the laws. Only those 'lawyers' will be allowed to assist plaintiffs and defendants, and they may freely charge for their services!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR006203	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Later, the group of advocates who had contributed heavily to <actorP> recent campaign reminded <him/her>, "You forgot the part about crucifying anyone who spoke of the law without a lawyer!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006204	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister in charge of canals, roads, and public constructions was called "Chief Administrator", a mighty title. He was considered least important. Least did not mean unimportant. Other high offices relied on his efficacy and efficiency.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006205	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> questioned <his/her> respect for the Chief Administrator when the rammed earth of a major canal collapsed. River water flooded several of the great farms. The Chief Administrator's response was as tepid as the water. He sent out scribes to write reports.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006206	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent laborers to immediately shore up the canal wall.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006207	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were able to clear up the mess after several weeks' effort. Their success publicly embarrassed the Chief Administrator.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006208	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief Administrator complained to the other high offices about <actorP> interference. The lack of careful planning made the work take much longer. <actor> was publicly reprimanded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006209	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ordered scribes from <his/her> office to record the investigating scribes' actions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006210	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They proved that the Chief Administrator was desperately trying to cover up lax enforcement of proper building procedures.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006211	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Administrator's scribes made a careful plan to repair the canal, drain the farms, replant, and prevent disaster in the future.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006212	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> complained to the other great offices about the need for action!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006213	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They rejected <actorP> pleas as disrespectful overreaching. After the scribes' careful survey, repairs and cleanup were planned and executed effectively.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006214	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other offices collaborated with <actor> to make up for the lesser administrator's delay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006215	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ordered farm workers to assist the Chief Administrator's scribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006216	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief Administrator refused them, claiming they were unnecessary. But as the disaster lingered, his failure became more embarrassing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006217	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Together, the two groups completed the repairs and cleanup earlier than other admins expected.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006218	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The temple and administration offices buzzed with cheer for <actorP> decision. Few disparaged the Chief Administrator, however. They were all familiar with the difficulty of making the best decision in a crisis.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006219	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to make a pact with the Chief Administrator, to ally their offices.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006220	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief Administrator accepted, but he led <actor> into a political trap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006221	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief Administrator accepted. <actor> led him into a political trap and took his power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006222	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief Administrator accepted. Their alliance won them extra powers, which they fought over. <actor> proved victorious.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006223	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief Administrator refused.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006224	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief Administrator accepted. Their alliance won them extra powers, which they fought over. <actor> lost.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006225	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief Administrator accepted. Their alliance won them extra powers, which they shared.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006226	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> issued a whispering campaign against the Chief Administrator.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006227	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The rumors insinuated that he had begged <actor> to solve the crisis. They were largely believed. The highest officials in the city transferred the chief's powers to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006228	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The rumors spread but did not reach critical mass.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006229	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They met counter-rumors claiming that <actor> had begged the Chief Administrator to give him credit, in exchange for a quiet transfer of power. <actor> found <himself/herself> in a political trap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006230	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> politicized his continuing accomplishments, to ride a wave of respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006231	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discreet offers of support were promised, in exchange for favors from <actorP> office. <His/Her> staff's corruption was then exposed, and <actor> was politically embarrassed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006232	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discreet offers of support were promised, in exchange for expensive favors from <actorP> office. <actor> accepted, and <he/she> was given new powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006233	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discreet offers of support were promised, in exchange for favors from <actorP> office. <His/Her> staff refused.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006234	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> attempted play was too obvious to those experienced at ruling. <actor> lost respect.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006235	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A year later, the Chief Administrator relinquished his position. It was offered to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006236	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Afterwards, the Chief Administrator shored up his alliances with promises, power sharing, and illegal rewards. He blamed and fired several subordinates. His office even threw a festival to honor the workers and craftsmen and managers. On the surface, his embarrassment was largely dismissed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006237	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> concentrated on performing the tasks of <his/her> own office to the best of <his/her> ability.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006238	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> earned many merits for excellent service, but further powers eluded <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006239	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, the Chief Administrator bumbled one time too many. His power was given to someone other than <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006240	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually, the Chief Administrator bumbled one time too many. His power was given to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006241	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent out feelers for political alliances, to snare the Chief Administrator in a corruption scandal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006242	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The plan backfired, and <actor> found <himself/herself> in a trap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006243	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hook, line, and sinker dragged the Chief Administrator to the bottom. <actor> was awarded control of the office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006244	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The bait was not taken.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006245	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> met with representatives of other high offices, to consider replacing the Chief Administrator.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006246	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They rejected <his/her> proposition, and suspicion trailed <actor> for years. <He/She> spent considerable sums to regain influence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006247	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was agreed. He had to be replaced. They chose <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006248	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was agreed. He had to be replaced. They chose someone else.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006249	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Judge was a position for priests. One high priest, who coordinated them and a handful city guards, had final authority. An assembly could overrule him, but they met infrequently. The laws exercised were little more than custom and judicial opinion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006250	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was no fool. The enforcement of law varied from judge to judge and from case to case. While the theft of bread earned the same whipping regardless of social class, the woman before him had accused her husband of battery. She was neither rich nor poor, but her arm was broken. She would not survive a season if she divorced. The judge had refused to try her husband, who had a pious reputation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006251	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although the woman was a friend of <his wife's friend/a friend>, <actor> told her to beg her husband's forgiveness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006252	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman reserved her fury for the rumors she spread about <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006253	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman returned to her husband. Tales of later incidents occasionally reached <actorP> ears.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006254	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman returned to her husband. Tales of later incidents occasionally reached <actorP> ears.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006255	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke directly with the High Keeper of Law about the matter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006256	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high keeper accused <actor> of exceeding <his/her> authority.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006257	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high keeper asked the judge to try the case. The woman was found guilty of provocation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006258	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The high keeper asked the judge to try the case. The man was found guilty and was forced to pay her for the loss of her arm. She divorced him and lived modestly thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006259	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> summoned the dismissive judge to <his/her> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006260	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The judge consented to try the case. The woman was found guilty of provocation. He later complained to the high keeper that <actor> had exceeded <his/her> authority.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006261	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The judge ignored <actorP> request to try the case. He complained to the High Keeper of Law that <actor> had exceeded <his/her> authority.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006262	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> pursuaded the judge to try the case. The man was found guilty and was forced to pay her for the loss of her arm. She divorced him and lived modestly thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006263	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave the woman a job in <his/her> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006264	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman was outwardly grateful, but in time, she disrupted <actorP> office for selfish gain, and <actor> was stalled politically for a time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006265	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman worked hard to support <actor>, but her physical limitations negated any benefits from her loyalty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006266	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman worked hard to support <actor>. She proved to have valuable connections who praised <actor> for <his/her> generosity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006267	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman divorced her husband, but in time she fell in love with <actor>. Their affair was never discovered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006268	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The woman divorced her husband, but in time she fell in love with <actor>. When she begged for his love, he dismissed and forgot her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006269	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The High Keeper of Law ranted at <actor>, "The greatest duty of a law keeper is to maintain order. Laws are order. You have dared to break the order separating our offices to disturb matters not under your jurisdiction. I could charge you with rebellion!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006270	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked simply, "What exactly are the laws? Show them to me."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006271	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest nearly blurted, "Laws are living things that adapt to the needs of the gods." But that would have weakened his assertion that laws are order.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006272	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest declared, "The laws are what I say they are!" <actor> noted all who witnessed the outburst.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006273	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked simply, "What exactly are the orders of my office? Show them to me."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006274	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Your duties are defined by the priesthood, as told to them by the gods." He left then to complain to them. <actor> was politically stymied.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006275	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"They are not the orders of my office. That is all you need to know." The priest dismissed <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006276	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Your duties are defined by the priesthood, as told to them by the gods." He left then to complain officially, but nothing came of it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006277	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> set <his/her> trap. "You speak of laws as if they were inscribed in clay."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006278	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest chose his words carefully. "Judgement cannot be written, and law cannot be separated from judgement. Only the order from their intercourse can be inscribed."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006279	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accused, "I could charge you with negligence."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006280	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest did not think <actorP> words were a bluff. He left, to make the first accusation. <actor> was politically stymied by the high judge's connections.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006281	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest backed off, but the idea of written laws lingered in <actorP> thoughts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006282	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest believed <actorP> threat. He left, to made the first accusation. Nothing came of it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006283	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest backed off, but the idea of written laws lingered in <actorP> thoughts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006284	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called together the other ruling officials. <He/She> proposed to record the laws of the city, to ensure that personality did not interfere with their function. Each man balked at the possibility that his powers might be constrained in clay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006285	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took <his/her> proposition to the assemblies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006286	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The men of the city overwhelmingly supported inscribing the law.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006287	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The assembly of elders argued that only those who could read the laws would benefit from it. They favored wise judges, but fell to arguing about how to ensure their wisdom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006288	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The assembly of young men dismissed the idea as bureaucratic folly. They wanted fewer laws concerning themselves and more regulation of the government.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006289	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The men of the city overwhelmingly supported inscribing the law.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006290	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used the case of the abused woman to discredit the High Keeper of Law.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006291	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A woman's marital plight did not move them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006292	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They agreed grudgingly to let <actor> proceed with <his/her> experiment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006293	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boast from the High Keeper of Law had more impact. They grudging agreed to let <actor> proceed with <his/her> experiment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006294	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The boast from the High Keeper of Law had more impact. They stripped his power and gave it to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006295	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They agreed grudgingly to let <actor> proceed with <his/her> experiment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006296	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised each administrator could define his own power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006297	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were content enough with their current alliances and intrigues.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006298	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enough of them agreed to allow <actor> <his/her> experiment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006299	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The promise prompted quick agreement. Later they fell to bickering over who was responsible for what. During the discord, <actor> wrested the power of law keeper from the current high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006300	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored them but proceeded to codify the powers of <his/her> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006301	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Clearly defined roles eased his underlings' infighting, and productivity soared. <actor> was able to skim the coffers without other administrators noticing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006302	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Clearly defined roles eased his underlings' infighting, and productivity soared. Other administrators envied the achievement and ultimately persuaded <actor> to assist their office's recapitulation, with wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006303	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Clearly defined roles eased his underlings' infighting, and productivity soared. Other administrators envied the achievement and eventually gave the power of law keeper to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006304	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The effort to codify the city's laws felt like daggers thrust sequentially into <actorP> spine. The High Keeper of Law fought with blades visible.  Corrupt men of means stabbed them quietly but suddenly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006305	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If the effort hadn't employed dozens of scribes, it would have died. They bonded to the effort like no other. Writing skill aside, their vast knowledge and personal connections deflected many death blows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006306	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> compromised to accommodate opposing groups.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006307	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was decided to rewrite the laws every year, to maintain flexible judgement. This led to endless work that destroyed productivity at <actorP> office. <His/Her> ability to administer normal duties were stalled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006308	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> doled out groups of laws to those least affected by them. Their tablets proved incredibly strict. Their sense of ownership motivated them to strip the title of High Keeper of Law from the priest and give it to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006309	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> doled out sections of the law to those least affected by them. Their tablets proved incredibly strict. Their sense of ownership motivated them to strip the title of High Keeper of Law from the priest and give it to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006310	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> relinquished day to day control of <his/her> official duties, to concentrate on finishing the tablets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006311	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the laws were complete, <he/she> had to fight to regain control. Foolishly, the High Keeper of Law sided with the usurpers. They lost, and <actor> was given the priest's role as supreme judge. <He/She> immediately destroyed the tablets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006312	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The office handled <his/her> absence so well, <actor> had difficulty regaining control afterwards.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006313	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the laws were complete, <he/she> had to fight to regain control. Foolishly, the High Keeper of Law sided with the usurpers. They lost, and <actor> was given the priest's role as supreme judge. <He/She> immediately destroyed the tablets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006314	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> put <his/her> own wealth into play, to hire the best and most influential scribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006315	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An outpouring of praise filled the city's administrative offices, until the other city leaders gave <actor> the role of High Keeper of Law in exchange for terminating the project.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006316	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Only after the project's failure did <actor> realize that the extra scribes had been taking bribes from the corrupt wealthy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006317	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An outpouring of praise filled the city's administrative offices, until the other city leaders gave <actor> the role of High Keeper of Law in exchange for terminating the project.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006318	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> allied with the High Keeper of Laws by giving him control over the project.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006319	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> trap closed successfully when the project died and the priest was blamed. The power of High Keeper of Law was given to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006320	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priest took his time undermining the project from within, while constructing evidence of <actorP> incompetence. He caught <actor> in a political trap.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006321	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> trap closed successfully when the project died and the priest was blamed. The power of High Keeper of Law was given to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006322	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The alliance proved so successful that the two formed a mutual respect that lasted the rest of their lives. The tablets were destroyed by their successors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006323	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A round-bellied War Chief marched into <actorP> office, ignored <his/her> underlings, and confronted <actor>. "The enemy approaches. I have scouts reporting that raiders could strike the northeastern fields in as soon as two days. You will follow my instructions until the crisis has been eliminated."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006324	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He barked the actions that would be expected.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006325	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> interrupted, "I recognize the urgency, War Chief, but why aren't you leading troops?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006326	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander glared and said, "Raiding tribes are cowards who won't stand for real battle. They scuttle around and peck at their foes like cranes. By luring them into our fields, we can surround them!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006327	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander cleared his throat. "How dare you question my methods! I could charge you with treason. Listen and obey! We don't have time to chase weasels. We'll meet them at our walls!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006328	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed the commander's instructions to the best of <his/her> ability.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006329	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His plan was to lure a nimble enemy into the fields and surround them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006330	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander foolishly expected raiders to attack the city proper.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006331	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> required the commander to provide funds from the war chest to pay for preparations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006332	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The war chief applied his seal to a hastily scribed document. He told <actor> how to coordinate with his forces and surround the enemy. <actor> heard mostly the sound of grain filling <his/her> personal amphorae, through a trick in the document's wording.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006333	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander blustered, "You need only to call the workers and farmers into the city. Money won't motivate them more than fear."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006334	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called the commander a coward for interfering with civilian matters during wartime.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006335	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The war chief drew out his copper knife and slew <actor>. He repeated his commands to the nearest subordinate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006336	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander's cheeks puffed out like a bullfrog's. He stammered a challenge and pulled out his copper knife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006337	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander pulled out his copper knife and slew the nearest underling. <actor> complied thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006338	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accompanied the war chief to prepare the fields. The commander assured <him/her> that it would be safe. Raiders would die like rats in a burning granary.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006339	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the workers to build simple blinds and trenches.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006340	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders attacked from an unexpected direction. Men died on both sides, but the raid failed. The war chief recommended <actor> for an award.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006341	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders were trapped and destroyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006342	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders attacked from an unexpected direction. Men died on both sides, but the raid failed. <actor> was killed, but his family was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006343	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders attacked from an unexpected direction. Men died on both sides, but the raid failed. The war chief died protecting <actor>. The city's reward and commendation felt worthless. The title of War Chief further saddened <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006344	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stayed in the background, delegating the effort to build blinds and trenches.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006345	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders attacked from an unexpected direction. Men died on both sides, but the raid failed. The war chief saved <actorP> life. <He/She> devoted <himself/herself> to the commander thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006346	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders were trapped and destroyed. The war chief was praised for the victory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006347	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the workers to build defenses, except for a gap where the war chief would direct the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006348	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders attacked from an unexpected direction. Men died on both sides, but the raid failed. The war chief survived, but <actor> did not.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006349	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders were trapped and nearly destroyed, but a small group forced an escape through the gap. The commander died fighting. <actor> was made War Chief for <his/her> victory.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006350	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stayed in the background, delegating the defense work, except for a gap where the war chief would direct the battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006351	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders attacked from an unexpected direction. Men died on both sides, but the raid failed. The war chief survived to accuse <actor> of treachery. It was never proven, but <actor> was sidelined politically.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006352	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The raiders were trapped and nearly destroyed, but a small group forced an escape through the gap. The commander died fighting. <actor> was rewarded for <his/her> contribution.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006353	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While the commander remained safe with his troops, the outlying fields were stripped and burned. <actor> was censured for the terrible aftermath of starvation and poverty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006354	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before those who censured <him/her>, <actor> called the war chief a coward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006355	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Several subordinates in the military were called as witnesses. They belittled the commander's experience in personal combat. He had never led a battle. The gathered heads of the city discharged the commander from duty. He was also forced to pay <actor> for false accusation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006356	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrators dismissed <his/her> accusation as a foolish ploy. <actor> lost power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006357	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before the men who censured him, <actor> challenged the commander to personal combat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006358	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander refused, stuttering, "This man's death will not atone for the strife we face." His words were deemed those of a coward. They stripped him of his office. He was also forced to pay <actor> for false accusation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006359	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander accepted, but <actor> noticed that the man's hand trembled as visibly as his own.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006360	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gave a detailed report about the battle plan and commander's failings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006361	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Incensed, the war chief challenged <actor> to personal combat. <actor> accepted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006362	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests and other city administrators revoked their censure and stripped the war chief of his office. He was also forced to pay <actor> for false accusation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006363	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> careful defense was wasted on administrators who bowed to warriors at the slightest rumor of war. <He/She> was sidelined politically.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006364	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The priests and other city administrators deliberated for days. As insurance, <actor> spent plenty to sway uncertainty to <his/her> side. The result could not have been foreseen. <actor> was made the new War Chief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006365	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted censure bravely. <He/She> offered to step down from power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006366	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They accepted <his/her> resignation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006367	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city officials deemed censure a sufficient punishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006368	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The combat took place in front of the sky god's temple. The priests declared that only woe would result, but they prayed for the best man to win. <actor> and the war chief wore loincloths and wielded freshly forged copper knives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006369	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> lunged at the commander.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006370	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He landed a killing blow. Thereby he was given the title of War Chief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006371	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The war chief dodged and struck deep, killing <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006372	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> waited for the commander to attack.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006373	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the commander failed to do anything but stand quivering, the fight was stopped. The war chief was stripped of his office, for cowardice. He was also forced to pay <actor> for his bravery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006374	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander lunged and missed. <actor> flailed his knife wildly, landing a critical blow. He was declared the winner and given the war chief's title.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006375	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander lunged and killed <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006376	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> maneuvered around the commander.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006377	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He was able to close from an advantageous angle. A quick strike disabled the commander. The fight was stopped. Thus, <actor> took the title of War Chief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006378	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander moved similarly, never attacking. The fight was stopped. The war chief was stripped of his office, for cowardice. He was also forced to pay <actor> for his bravery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006379	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> stood and quivered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006380	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander lunged and killed <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006381	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander lunged and missed. <actor> flailed his knife wildly, shrieking from fear. It landed a critical blow, and <he/she> was declared the winner. Thus, <he/she> took the title of War Chief.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006382	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commander lunged and missed. <actor> turned and ran. The fight was stopped, and the commander was declared the winner. <actor> lost all power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006383	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Grand High Priest held the highest office in the city. He didn't directly control other top administrators--the assemblies had been wise to limit his power. His word, however, was never ignored. Over spiritual matters, his rule was absolute.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006384	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In a dream, <actor> saw a man fall from a cloud. A woman climbed out of a river. A man walked down a mountain. People slunk out of the earth and flew above it. They called to <him/her>: "We are angry. We are not vindictive. Lives will be lost. Souls will wander. Fault you will find in the city." They became statues surrounded by sand and silence. Animal bones littered the landscape.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006385	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the dream.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006386	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Years passed. The tragedies of famine, war, and plague occasionally reminded <him/her> of the dream.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006387	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wandered the city, talking about <his/her> dream.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006388	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was called before the Grand High Priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006389	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A few scribes told <him/her> it was prophecy. Most priests said it was just a dream. It fit none of their lore. Humans could not be gods. Animal spirits never died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006390	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> requested an audience with the Grand High Priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006392	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Lesser priests interviewed <him/her> instead. They said it was just a dream. It fit none of their lore. Humans could not be gods. Animal spirits never died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006393	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> became a recluse in <his/her> own home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006394	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The dream consumed <him/her>. Unwilling to work, foreboding trapped <actor>. <He/She> paced a rut in the floor, until a message came relieving <him/her> of power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006395	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> invited the priests who taught scribes to hear the dream. They said it fit none of their lore. Humans could not be gods. Animal spirits never died.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006396	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Grand High Priest listened to the dream. He asked, "What do you think it means?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006397	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said he did not know.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006398	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was whipped for troubling the high priest with trifles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006399	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Grand High Priest told <him/her>, "It has moved you to seek an answer, and that has meaning." He convinced <actor> to take holy vows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006400	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told him, "Cities are killing the animal nature of the gods."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006401	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Grand High priest dismissed <actor> for foolishness. Power was taken from <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006402	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> said, "It is nonsense. They spoke of cities, but there were no cities."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006403	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> apologized, "It troubled me. So I sought for an answer, but I should not have troubled you." The matter ended.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006404	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Grand High Priest told <him/her>, "It has moved you to seek an answer, and that is not nonsense." He convinced <actor> to take holy vows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006405	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> claimed, "New gods will rise above the old, and I am their herald."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006406	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> died on the stake, a heretic.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006407	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The dream occurred again. This time a woman fell from the cloud and a man crawled from the river. The silent landscape was hardened earth, not sand. The bones upon it had been rearranged randomly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006408	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The differences between the dreams told <actor> it was nonsense.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006409	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> let the matter go.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006410	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was compelled by the differences to change <himself/herself>. <He/She> became a priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006411	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> other official duties were not neglected.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006412	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took <his/her> dream to the temples once more.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006413	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They convinced <him/her> to take holy vows.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006414	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They had <him/her> whipped for pursuing heresy. Power was taken from <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006415	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was called to teach scribes, but symbols came to life slowly under <his/her> stylus. However, the more <he/she> inscribed, the more <actor> wanted to write. By simplifying crops and birds and people and the rest into fewer strokes, <he/she> could. Overworked students appreciated the faster symbols, but documents became less readable to older scribes. The Grand High Priest summoned <actor> to explain why pictograms had begun to look like broken skeletons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006416	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> showed how <his/her> students had become the most productive in the temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006417	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Grand High Priest elevated <actor> to high priest. When he retired, <actor> was appointed to replace him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006418	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Grand High Priest commanded <actor> to force his students to respect the old ways.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006419	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> retold <his/her> dream of man-gods and animal bones.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006420	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The religious leader shouted <actor> away with threats of impalement. Later, a group of priests worked secretly to depose the old priest. Their belief in <actorP> dream elevated <him/her> to that grand, high position.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006421	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was dismissed from all official duties.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006422	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> apologized for <his/her> deviations from tradition.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006423	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Grand High Priest commended <actor> for improving the efficiency of scribes. He was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006424	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> blamed the students for using <his/her> personal symbol formations for their public work.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006425	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Grand High Priest chastised <actor> for withholding a more efficient writing method.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006426	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Once again, the population of the city threatened to outstrip urban development. <actor> was given additional duties regarding the formation of a colony.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006427	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declined, claiming that <he/she> had too many duties already.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006428	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other administrators sympathized and let <actor> off the hook.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006429	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other administrators sympathized openly. Privately, they attempted to remove <actorP> duties but failed. <He/She> lost political momentum defending <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006430	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> requested the role of recruiting emigrants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006431	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They agreed that <he/she> would organize the recruiting effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006432	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead, they decided that <he/she> would determine the colony's location and route of migration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006433	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead, they decided that <he/she> would arrange supplies for the migration and initial establishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006434	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> requested the role of scouting the location.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006435	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead, they decided that <he/she> would organize the recruiting effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006436	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They agreed that <he/she> would determine the colony's location and route of migration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006437	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead, they decided that <he/she> would arrange supplies for the migration and initial establishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006438	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> requested the role of organizing supplies to establish the colony.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006439	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead, they decided that <he/she> would organize the recruiting effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006440	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Instead, they decided that <he/she> would determine the colony's location and route of migration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006441	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They agreed that <he/she> would arrange supplies for the migration and initial establishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006442	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Citizens didn't dislike the idea of emigrating to a new land, but they were reluctant to leave what they knew.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006443	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the bulk of <his/her> funds promising workers that they would be given their own land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006444	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A multitude of laborers swore to make the journey, to start their own farms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006445	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A variety of skilled workers eager to exploit first time farmers joined the emigrants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006446	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Priests feared losing inexpensive laborers from the temple's fields. They prophesied that the gods would salt the promised lands for abandoning their home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006447	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the bulk of <his/her> funds to promise craftsmen direct access to foreign traders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006448	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A variety of skilled workers, eager to sell goods in a less competitive market, swore to make the journey.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006449	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Savvy workers joined the emigrants, expecting tradesmen to pay more for simple work when there were fewer laborers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006450	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Powerful merchants and other wealthy citizen worried that an exodus of the best craftsmen would leave them with lesser products to buy and sell or own. They conspired temporarily to pay more for the finest goods during the recruitment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006451	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the bulk of <his/her> funds to recruit a variety of skills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006452	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fewer volunteered than expected. The shortage of emigrants was filled with slaves and paroled criminals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006453	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A sufficient number of emigrants with varying abilities volunteered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006454	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> skimmed funds from the effort for <his/her> personal amphorae.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006455	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught. <He/She> had to give up all official power to bribe officials from executing <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006456	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> riches comforted <him/her> when news of the colony's collapse reached <his/her> ears.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006457	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The scouting party was well funded. It consisted of the best professionals and veteran soldiers. The goal was to find lands suited to agriculture or along busy trade routes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006458	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided they should scout down the river for a suitable site.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006459	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An ideal location for both farming and trade was discovered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006460	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An expanding foreign city blocked their scouting. <actor> had to settle for lands of poor quality.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006461	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided that they should scout for another major waterway.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006462	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They found unspoiled marshes and alluvial expanses, perfect for farmlands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006463	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were lost in an merciless desert. <actor> was one of the few survivors, but <he/she> fell into political limbo while recovering.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006464	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They found a great location near intersecting trade routes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006465	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Supplies, energy, and morale were sapped more quickly than expected. They chose a site approved by a marginal majority.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006466	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided that they should scout in the foothills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006467	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They encountered friendly but wary tribes who guided them to a site. It was perfect for trading. It would also act as buffer to the main city, should the tribes grow hostile.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006468	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Hostile tribes overcame the party's numerous stout veterans, and <actor> was killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006469	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They avoided tribes that hunted in the foothills and found a defensible site. The land was reasonably arable, and trade routes were only a couple days away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006470	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> skimmed funds from the effort for <his/her> personal amphorae.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006471	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught. <He/She> had to give up all official power to bribe officials from executing <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006472	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> riches comforted <him/her> when news of the colony's collapse reached <his/her> ears.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006473	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The weakened scouting party disappeared into oblivion, taking <actor> along with it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006474	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Wooden shovels, sandals, goats, pigs, donkey carts, pottery wheels, magic charms, beer, jugs of fruit, weapons, seed plows, copper ingots, forging tools, rope, cloth, and rough shaped wood were a smattering of the supplies required.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006475	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent funds hiring scribes to organize each type of goods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006476	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A sense of camaraderie arose between these professionals, and their efforts meshed like beautiful fabric.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006477	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Corruption coursed though the effort like worms in an apple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006478	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked directly with nearly a hundred vendors to obtain supplies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006479	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An incredible amount of work resulted in the most successful launch of a colony on record. <His/Her> political life had to be temporarily sidelined.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006480	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> other official duties suffered. <actor> found <himself/herself> politically stranded, temporarily.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006481	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> worked with merchants who handled the details for a price.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006482	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Most of the required supplies arrived in reasonable order, some later than others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006483	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was not uncommon to receive gifts from merchants grateful for increased business, but their results suffered in direct proportion to their bribes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006484	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> skimmed as many resources as <he/she> could from the effort, to fill <his/her> amphorae.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006485	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was caught. <He/She> had to give up all official power to bribe officials from executing <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006486	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> riches comforted <him/her> when news of the colony's collapse reached <his/her> ears.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006487	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent the last months of <his/her> assignment at the site, helping the colony establish itself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006488	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used all of <his/her> influence to prevent being assigned permanently.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006489	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The colony succeeded but never grew into a major resource for the main city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006490	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The colony rose up like its constructions, slowly but steadily. <actor> was rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006491	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The colony struggled long after <actor> returned home, but it eventually died, along with most of its colonists.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006492	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> immersed <himself/herself> into the effort.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006493	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The colony rose up with its buildings, slowly but steadily. <actor> was well rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006494	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The colony rose up with its buildings, slowly but steadily. Upon returning to the city, <actor> was given new power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006495	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The colony clawed its way into existence. It clung to life precariously but consistently until it was fully established. <actor> was well rewarded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006496	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The colony sprang to life as if it had been waiting all winter for spring rains. It blossomed, and <actor> was heralded as the progenitor of its success. The colony leaders prevented <him/her> from returning home. <His/Her> family refused to risk the journey. <actor> died alone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006497	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> delegated the effort to underlings <he/she> scrounged from the colonists.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006498	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The colony established itself but never grew into a major resource for the main city. <actor> was ordered to stay and quickly forgotten. <His/Her> family refused to risk the journey. <actor> died alone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006499	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The colony rose up with its buildings, slowly but steadily. Upon returning to the city, <actor> was given new power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006500	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> skimmed the fruits of the colonists' labors into <his/her> private coffers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006501	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the corruption was discovered, angry colonists ripped <actor> to pieces.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006502	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Other corrupt officials collaborated with <actor>. They eventually sucked the lifeblood out of the colony. It collapsed. <actor> was reviled back in <his/her> city, and lost all power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006503	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Other opportunists collaborated with <actor>, and together they built an island of corruption--one from which <actor> could never escape.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006504	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made a fortune.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006505	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> made barely enough to escape back to the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006506	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Smoldering rebellion flared into flames of defiance. A colony of former citizens allied with an old enemy, the city of the sun god. Two other colonies declared independence. They slowly curtailed the flow of their goods. The city of the sky god had been weakened by multiple years of poor harvests, and they thought to extract a better price from the city that begat them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006507	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was given emergency powers over the city's every function. Whispers of war broke into shouts demanding conquest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006508	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prepared for an offensive war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006509	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Corruption bled the effort, but did not drain it. One year later, the army was ready to march.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006510	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> successfully tapped public anger over their colonies in revolt. A massive effort funneled strength into their army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006511	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> successfully tapped public anger over their colonies in revolt. A massive effort funneled strength into their army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006512	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> successfully tapped public anger over their colonies in revolt. A massive effort funneled strength into their army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006513	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prepared for a defensive war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006514	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Corruption bled the effort, but did not drain it. One year later, the city's defenses had been rebuilt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006515	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> successfully tapped public anger over their colonies in revolt. A massive effort funneled strength into the city's defenses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006516	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> successfully tapped public anger over their colonies in revolt. A massive effort funneled strength into their army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006517	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> successfully tapped public anger over their colonies in revolt. A massive effort funneled strength into their army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006518	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ruthlessly overhauled the government, replacing it with loyal minions, to tighten <his/her> grip.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006519	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Civil war erupted in the city. <actor> and <his/her> family fled, losing everything. Their city vanished into merciless sand.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006520	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> took supreme control of people and lands. <actor> threw every resource into raising the largest army that had ever marched during the copper age.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006521	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> took supreme control of people and lands. <actor> threw every resource into raising the largest army that had ever marched during the copper age.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006522	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> took supreme control of people and lands. <actor> threw every resource into raising the largest army that had ever marched during the copper age.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006523	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reformed the government, placing talented and patriotic administrators in top positions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006524	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The new administrators reconstructed the economy, compensating for decreased production and goods with efficient methods and use. After two short years, the city was transformed into a solid economic and military fortress.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006525	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The new administrators argued and dithered and compromised, accomplishing some good, but before major changes could be implemented, enemies approached the gates!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006526	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The new administrators reconstructed the economy, compensating for decreased production and goods with efficient methods and use. After two short years, the city was transformed into a solid economic and military fortress.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006527	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent emissaries to the city of the sun god, to propose a treaty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006528	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their acceptance gave <actor> valuable time to overhaul the government and determine a solid military doctrine. <actor> broke the treaty immediately thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006529	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their acceptance gave <actor> valuable time to overhaul the government and determine a solid military doctrine. The enemy broke the treaty after a time. Their army marched first.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006530	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It worked as a delaying tactic. The enemy city took time before rejecting it, enough time to refit the army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006531	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It worked as a delaying tactic. The enemy city took time before rejecting it, enough time to solidify <his/her> power.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006532	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They quickly rejected it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006533	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drew instructors out of the schools, to invigorate every administrative body.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006534	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Corruption plummeted as idealists filled the ranks. Although they were inexperienced, their enthusiasm and the looming war spurred existing administrators to greater efficiency.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006535	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy city, emboldened by those rebellious colonies, struck with a vast army. It swarmed against the walls but was soundly repulsed. The army then surrounded the city to starve it into submission.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006536	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted their siege, confident that the city could outlast their enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006537	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The rebellious colonies supplied the enemy sufficiently until hungry voices in the city begged to surrender. <actor> died on the stake, but <his/her> children were hidden safely among loyal tradesmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006538	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Not a month passed before sickness broke out among the enemies. They retreated, praying that the stink of their dead would avenge them.  <actor> led <his/her> army on the offense.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006539	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The rebellious colonies supplied the enemy sufficiently until hungry voices in the city begged to surrender. Traitors opened the gates, and the enemy captured <actor>, his family, and relatives, slaying everyone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006540	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Haphazard supplies from a rebellious colony were insufficient support for the enemy. Grumbling stomachs could be heard from outside the city's walls. Their siege collapsed. <actor> led <his/her> army on the offense.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006541	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A month passed before the enemy fell back for resupply. The citizens holding onto life had no strength to cheer. Corpses had disappeared into the temples. <actor> fed his army tough, dried meat before leading them to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006542	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The census had deemed <his/her> subjects hardy. <actor> would push them to the limit. A month passed before the enemy fell back for resupply. The citizens holding onto life had strength left to cheer. <actor> took war to the enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006543	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rank-and-file professional soldiers boosted morale greatly in citizens. A month passed before the enemy fell back for resupply. The citizens holding onto life had strength left to cheer. <actor> took war to the enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006544	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's well designed harbor kept supplies moving slowly into the city. A month passed before the enemy fell back for resupply. The citizens holding onto life had strength left to cheer. <actor> took war to the enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006545	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent out forces to prevent the city's isolation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006546	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were quickly beaten back. The siege lasted until hungry voices in the city begged to surrender. <actor> died on the stake, but <his/her> children were hidden safely among loyal tradesmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006547	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They managed to keep a route open to brave traders. A month passed before the enemy fell back for resupply. The citizens barely had strength to cheer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006548	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They managed to keep a route open to brave traders. A month passed before the enemy fell back for resupply. The citizens barely had strength to cheer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006549	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They drove the enemy from the gates. <actor> then led them on the offensive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006550	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rank and file professional soldiers managed to keep a route open to brave traders. A month passed before the enemy fell back for resupply. The citizens barely had strength to cheer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006551	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Organized war officers, issuing commands appropriate to their units, drove the enemy from the gates. <actor> then led them beyond their lands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006552	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led <his/her> army out the gates and against the enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006553	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The battle ended disastrously. <actor> was killed. The city was sacked. A few of <his/her> children managed to hide among loyal tradesmen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006554	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their horrendous battle ended with no strong victor. The armies retreated back to their cities.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006555	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They drove the enemy from the gates. <actor> then led them on the offensive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006556	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They drove the enemy from the gates. <actor> then led them on the offensive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006557	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent the whole of the army out the gates and against the enemy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006558	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their horrendous battle ended with no strong victor. The armies retreated back to their cities.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006559	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They drove the enemy from the gates. <actor> then sent them on the offensive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006560	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They drove the enemy from the gates. <actor> then sent them on the offensive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006561	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Banners flew. Songs were sung. Thousands of feet kicked dust aloft. The army was eager for victory. They needed only a direction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006562	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to punish the enemy city first.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006563	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city resisted until it was half dead before <actorP> banners flew over it. The toll on the army prevented further excursions, and the colony allied with the enemy escaped immediate punishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006564	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The army was repulsed by desperate defenders. <actor> marched home, defeated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006565	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city resisted until it was half dead before <actorP> banners flew over it. The rebellious colony was crushed utterly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006566	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city's defenses crumbled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006567	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The home harbor supplied the army efficiently along the river. The city resisted until it was half dead before <actorP> banners flew over it. The rebellious colony was crushed utterly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006568	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to strongarm colonies shirking their tribute first.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006569	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Supplies resumed feeding the city and the army. But valuable time was given to the enemy city to strengthen its defenses. In the final battle, <actorP> army was driven away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006570	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Supplies resumed feeding the city and the army. But valuable time was given to the enemy city to strengthen its defenses. In the final battle, <actorP> army paid a dear price to win. The colony allied with the enemy escaped immediate punishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006571	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Supplies resumed feeding the city and the army. But valuable time was given to the enemy city to strengthen its defenses. In the final battle, <actorP> army overcame every defense. The colony allied with the enemy was later crushed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006572	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> used the census against them, attacking the poorest colonies first. Supplies resumed feeding the city and the army. But valuable time was given to the enemy city to strengthen its defenses. In the final battle, <actorP> army won a costly battle. The colony allied with the enemy escaped immediate punishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006573	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to destroy the rebellious colony, first.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006574	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They sent messengers swearing to reaffirm their loyalty. <actor> accepted, after sacking them. <He/She> struck the enemy city swiftly thereafter, but <his/her> army was driven away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006575	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They sent messengers swearing to reaffirm their loyalty. <actor> accepted, after sacking them. <He/She> struck the enemy city swiftly thereafter. <His/Her> army won a costly battle. The colony allied with the enemy escaped immediate punishment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006576	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They resisted to the last. Valuable time was given to the enemy city to strengthen its defenses. In the final battle, <actorP> army was driven away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006577	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They sent supplies for the army, bribing <actor> to forgive them. <He/She> struck the enemy city swiftly thereafter. <His/Her> army won a costly battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006578	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They sent supplies for the army, bribing <actor> to forgive them. <He/She> struck the enemy city swiftly thereafter. <His/Her> army won.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006579	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They sent supplies for the army, bribing <actor> to forgive them. <He/She> struck the enemy city swiftly thereafter. <His/Her> army won.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006580	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> used the census against them, attacking the poorest colonies first. They sent supplies for the army, bribing <actor> to forgive them. <He/She> struck the enemy city swiftly thereafter. <His/Her> army won a costly battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006581	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> decided to force an alliance with another neighboring city first.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006582	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other neighbor chose war. Between two enemies, <actor> had to retreat the army homeward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006583	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other neighbor had been weakened from the same poor harvests. They offered what support they could, for a share of the spoils. <actor> wrested the colonies into fealty and left the enemy city a smoking mound.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006584	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other neighbor had been weakened from the same poor harvests. They offered what support they could, for a share of the spoils. <actor> wrested the colonies into fealty and left the enemy city a smoking mound.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006585	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Domestic trials challenged <actor> in <his/her> city. What should <he/she> do with the powers invested in <him/her>?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006586	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> relinquished power to the principal administrators.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006587	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was given the choice of exile or retirement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006588	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon <his/her> death, power fell to <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006589	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was elevated by a joyous population to become first <king/queen> of the city!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006590	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon <his/her> death, power fell to <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006591	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was given the choice of exile or retirement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006592	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon <his/her> death, power fell to <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006593	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon <his/her> death, power fell to <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006594	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> resupplied the army and marched out for further conquests.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006595	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city cut off additional supplies, thwarting <actorP> ambitions. <He/She> retired.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006596	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next battle reversed <his/her> luck, and <he/she> was killed. <His/Her> family lapsed into obscurity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006597	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The army mutinied and returned to their lives in the city. <actor> was killed and <his/her> family driven from the city, destitute.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006598	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proceeded to conquer several cities along the great river, establishing the world's first empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006599	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proceeded to conquer several cities along the great river, establishing the world's first empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006600	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proceeded to conquer several cities along the great river, establishing the world's first empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006601	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proceeded to conquer several cities along the great river, establishing the world's first empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006602	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared <himself/herself> first <king/queen> of the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006603	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon <his/her> death, power fell to <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006604	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Power was severed from <his/her> hands. <actorP> family declined into obscurity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006605	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon <his/her> death, power fell to <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006606	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to maintain <his/her> position of combined powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006607	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon <his/her> death, power fell back to the principal administrators.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006608	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was stripped of all powers and forced into retirement.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006609	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon <his/her> death, power fell to <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006610	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was stripped of all powers and forced into retirement. <His/Her> family lapsed into obscurity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006611	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was stripped of all powers and forced into retirement. <His/Her> family lapsed into obscurity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006612	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Upon <his/her> death, power fell to <his/her> descendants.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006613	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A century passed. <actor> believed that the gods favored his family. <He/She> did not rule, but <actor> suspected that a distant relative once had, absolutely.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006614	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With no fanfare or even an audience with the king, <actor> had advanced from a minor official in the palace to the rank of war minister. It was a temporary role. An experienced general would be picked for permanent assignment. When that selection process instigated a coup, <actor> enjoyed the default confidence of his majesty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006615	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swore to earn the king's full respect by seeking out challenges and intrigues.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006616	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a heroic legend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006617	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had ambition to gain more influence in the palace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006618	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> would pursue a legend of increasing the family's ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006619	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought to invest <his/her> power into the development of the nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006620	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a goal of a legend of discovery.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006621	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> knew this path was dangerous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006622	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> risked much to journey upon it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006624	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006626	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Keeping the king's attention away from <his/her> ascension would be vital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006627	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was determined to lead the family to ultimate greatness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006629	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006631	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After all, an administrator should be devoted to the people, unless the king commanded otherwise.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006632	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would eventually discover interesting and important things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006634	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006636	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refrained from ripping the expensive papyrus scroll. The king's edicts had been declared for another year. Peace! Everyone who wanted peace believed it grew from the ground like melons. <actor> imagined discharging half the army out to farms. Fewer troops and full granaries would tempt hungry kingdoms currently not a threat. <actor> coughed and took audience with the royal minister of the realm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006637	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> proposed to civilianize warriors over several years.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006638	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister refused to accept a delay of sending manpower to the fields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006639	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister agreed. A gradual military drawdown might prevent the kingdom from looking vulnerable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006640	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to lend units of warriors to the larger farms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006641	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister refused to accept organized troops that remained under <actorP> command.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006642	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister agreed. Keeping military organization would allow a faster response to unexpected threats.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006643	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hinted at personal remuneration for falsifying reports of military compliance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006644	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister rejected the attempt at bribery. He formally accused <actor> of corruption, but the king reprimanded both of them for bickering instead of collaborating.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006645	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister rejected the attempt at bribery. He formally accused <actor> of corruption, and the king cast <actor> out of his court.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006646	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister made sure the bribe passed through his subordinates.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006647	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised to follow the peace edict exactly as worded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006648	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discharged half of the army with orders to take up farming. They took over outlying farms, sometimes violently if the owners resisted. When the civil administrator complained to the king, <actor> let the king's own words speak for <him/her>. The king laughed and ordered <actor> to return control of the farms back to their owners. The troops, however, remained organized and loyal to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006649	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discharged half of the army with orders to take up farming. The minister thanked <him/her> for prompt compliance with the king's edict.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006650	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> discharged half of the army with orders to take up farming. They took over outlying farms, sometimes violently if the owners resisted. When the civil administrator complained to the king, <actor> let the king's own words speak for <him/her>. The king was not amused. <actor> was dismissed from office for inappropriate cleverness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006651	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy struck at the least defended section of the kingdom. Their army advanced swiftly, capturing villages and large towns. <actor> was barely able to meet their forces before the first city was threatened. The enemy laid siege to it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006652	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called up reserves that labored on the farms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006653	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> struck the enemy hard and flung them back across the border! <actor> continued into enemy territory, taking prizes, until the king recalled the army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006654	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> eventually broke the siege. War flared for a time, until the border was once again secure. The reserves returned to farming.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006655	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The enemy fought like jackals, sundering the army's order. Chaos bestrode the battlefield. <actor> was surrounded and killed. Fellow officers avenged <his/her> death by driving the enemy away.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006656	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> warned the king to muster every able man in the kingdom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006657	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king preferred to solve the situation diplomatically. He conceded most of the area controlled by the enemy. They happily withdrew to the new border.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006658	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The call went out, and <actor> eventually broke the siege. War flared for a time, until the border was once again secure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006659	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Warriors lent to the fields returned to duty. They helped <actor> to break the siege. War flared for a time, until the border was once again secure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006660	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fought with the forces available.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006661	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> eventually broke the siege. War flared for a time, until the border was once again secure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006662	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actorP> forces were defeated. The city fell to the enemy. The king eventually surrendered it and the lands taken. <actor> fell into disfavor but was never blamed for the defeat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006663	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> left the city to its own defenses and struck the enemy along the border, threatening the invaders from behind.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006664	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The plan failed when secondary enemy forces sprang out. They bit into the army's rear exactly when the original force met them head on. They slaughtered <actor> and most of <his/her> troops.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006665	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Caught between the city and the army, the enemy forces were decimated. War staggered along the border until it was once again secure.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006666	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city fell before <actorP> army completed <his/her> strategy. A reverse siege ensued, the enemy defending. <actor> convinced the king to call a truce before fresh enemy troops mustered out of their homeland. The king's army was at its limit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006667	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Funds in the war chest sank to their lowest levels. Every year of peace encouraged the king to withdraw more from the military. Nearly a decade without war brought prosperity to the lowest levels of society. The king floated upon the praise of his subjects. Rival states began mentioning tribute to ensure continued good relations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006668	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged the king to surprise-attack their most dangerous neighbor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006669	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king lectured <actor> about acting without shame. It tarnished the glory of <his/her> sovereignty, especially against the wondrous bounty of the times.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006670	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king refused, but <actor> disobeyed and struck a surprise blow against the rival's army. The victorious battle blunted their ability to wage war, and the king increased funds to the war chest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006671	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king refused, but <actor> disobeyed and led the army against their rival. The battle turned ugly, disastrous, as if the enemy had been warned of the attack. The enemy forced the king to make outrageous concessions. Disgraced, <actor> killed <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006672	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> begged the king to let <him/her> conscript and train additional warriors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006673	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He agreed to a modest increase in the military's budget.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006674	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> secretly planned a raid on their most dangerous neighbor's army.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006675	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king found out and reprimanded <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006676	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the rival's diplomats openly pressured the king for large concessions, <actor> struck the enemy by surprise. The victorious battle blunted their ability to wage war, and the king increased funds to the war chest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006677	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led extended maneuvers at the border of their most dangerous neighbor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006678	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Emissaries from rival states stopped mentioning "tribute."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006679	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The rival state sent an army to meet them. The exact border was disputed. Anger smoldered. A punitive raid quickly escalated into a fully engaged battle. Hundreds of men died before both sides retreated. War was not declared, but neither was "tribute" named again. The king increased funds to the war chest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006680	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In order to make a significant impression, <actor> had to draw upon forces across the kingdom. By unfortunate coincidence, an independent city-state raided a large town and captured it. The king dismissed <actor> from office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006681	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The peace was sustained with few concessions. Flowing foreign trade made the king the friend of many rulers, rulers who lavished wealth upon their armies to fight each other.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006682	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king called his chief advisers to organize a massive parade. <actor> was ignored, and no troops were expected to march in it. <He/She> stopped the royal minister of the realm before he could arrive at the meeting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006683	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> commended him on serving the kingdom well during the peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006684	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was told that <he/she> could keep <his/her> sarcasm to <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006685	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister admitted that there had been times when he too feared the army's decay. They clasped shoulders and vowed to make the peace last. It didn't, but it lasted for most of the rest of their lives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006686	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> admitted that the king's peace had been worth risking the power of rival states.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006687	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister restrained his gloating behind laughing eyes. He said nothing. <actor> suddenly wanted to kill the man. Instead, <he/she> turned <his/her> back to him and walked away with <his/her> dignity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006688	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister restrained his gloating behind laughing eyes. He said nothing. <actor> drew <his/her> knife and slew the man. There were no witnesses. The death was blamed on a slave. Several were executed. The king appointed <actor> to the position of minister of the realm. <His/Her> role as general hardly kept <actor> busy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006689	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister restrained his gloating behind laughing eyes. He said nothing. <actor> drew <his/her> knife and slew the man. <actor> watched him die until guards dragged <actor> away. <He/She> admitted guilt and was executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006690	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> repeated <his/her> warning: "This peace will draw jackals from the desert!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006691	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In time, the military was relegated to little more than policing the borders. <actor> never saw battle again.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006692	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister turned his back to <actor> and shuffled off to meet with the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006693	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threatened the minister, "Resign your authority immediately!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006694	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister laughed aloud, shook the amusement from his head, and proceeded to meet with the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006695	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> explained to the minister: farm workers, who once were loyal warriors, had gathered overwhelming evidence of corruption. From bottom to top, bribes, threats, gangs, and blackmail had been uncovered with the minister's seal on most of it. The minister resigned upon meeting with the king. <actor> was appointed to the position of minister of the realm. <His/Her> role as general hardly kept <him/her> busy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006696	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He smiled and said, "Too late." He held up a scroll with the king's seal. It transferred what little remained of military oversight to the minister of the realm. On the day of the parade, the king discharged <actor> from duty. A rival state invaded the kingdom a month later.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006697	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister of the realm urged the king to dismiss <actor> for plotting against the welfare of the kingdom. <actor> was called to defend <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006698	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accused the king of neglecting the defense of his people.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006699	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king trembled with rage. He interrogated <actor> for two hours, asking questions so detailed about the status of the military that <actor> feared the king knew very well about his nation's defenses. The king deliberated like an angry statue. He decided to merge the powers of the minister of war and the minister of the realm. <actor> was given both titles. The previous minister was forcibly retired to a far village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006700	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's outrage slurred his pronouncement. He dismissed <actor> from service and had <him/her> whipped through the streets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006701	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king trembled with rage. He interrogated <actor> for two hours, asking questions so detailed about the status of the military that <actor> feared the king knew very well about his nation's defenses. The king deliberated like an angry statue. He decided to merge the powers of the minister of war and the minister of the realm. <actor> was given both titles. The previous minister was forcibly retired to a far village.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006702	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king's outrage simmered in his words. He dismissed <actor> from service and had <him/her> whipped through the streets.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006703	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prostrated <himself/herself> before the king and promised that <his/her> actions were vital to the nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006704	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king forgave <him/her>. He lectured the minister of the realm about disturbing the harmony of his palace, and he ordered him to pay a fine to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006705	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king ordered <actor> to be removed from his presence. A submissive war minister was worse than a spoiled dog.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006706	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king forgave <him/her>. He lectured the minister of the realm about disturbing the harmony of his palace, and he ordered him to pay a fine to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006707	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king ordered <actor> to be removed from his presence. A submissive war minister was worse than a spoiled dog.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006708	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered evidence of enemy threats to the kingdom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006709	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister convinced the king that <actor> had fabricated the evidence. <actor> was dismissed from office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006710	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king established new funds for the war chest. For his false accusation, the minister's powers were transferred to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006711	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king established new funds for the war chest. For his false accusation, the minister's powers were transferred to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006712	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister convinced the king that <actor> had fabricated the evidence. <actor> was dismissed from office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006713	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> brought evidence of massive corruption linked to the minister.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006714	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king imprisoned the minister and transferred his powers to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006715	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister convinced the king that <actorP> evidence was suspect at best. He admitted to a few indiscretions, but nothing that other ministers weren't likely doing. <actor> was fined for exaggerating.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006716	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king imprisoned the minister and transferred his powers to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006717	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister convinced the king that <actorP> evidence was suspect at best. He admitted to a few indiscretions, but nothing that other ministers weren't likely doing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006718	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister of the treasury brought his problem to <actor>. A subjugated nation had failed to pay tribute this year. They swore loyalty and begged forgiveness, which made the king laugh. The minister warned <actor> to expect orders. The nation would pay with the lives of their citizens, and their towns would burn. That itself wasn't a problem, but the beautifully colored cloth that nation wove was the kingdom's single most profitable trade good.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006719	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised that <he/she> would follow the king's orders exactly as inscribed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006720	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was a chance, <actor> schemed, to control the treasury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006721	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered to interpret the king's orders in a way that would preserve the nation's production.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006722	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was a chance, <actor> schemed, to control the treasury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006723	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> laughed and reminded the minister how the king would often bluster and forget.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006724	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was a chance, <actor> schemed, to control the treasury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006725	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised to sack towns for cloth and enslave whoever wove it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006726	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was a chance, <actor> schemed, to control the treasury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006727	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the edict arrived, it read, "Go to the belligerent land and remind them of their subjugation. Remind them until their children's children never enter the womb. Remind them until the beams in their houses are spent kindling. Remind them until their last memory is fear of my hand."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006728	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the army like a bonfire sweeping belligerence from home and hearth until ashes buried their souls.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006729	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to the palace to report to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006730	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was rewarded handsomely for <his/her> devotion to the king's word.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006731	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister of the treasury sent a message lambasting <actor> for destroying this incredibly valuable resource.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006732	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to the palace to report to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006733	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the army through that land, slaughtering every male child, razing every wooden home, and marking their walls with an image of the king's dominant hand.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006734	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> left the workshops intact and the women, who produced the treasured cloth, alive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006735	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> dispatched the looted cloth and women to the office of the treasury. Returning to the palace, <actor> reported to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006736	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the army through that land, gelding every male child, forcing the adults to brick the windows in their homes, and marching out of each town with the right hands of his troops raised in triumph.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006737	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to the palace to report to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006738	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> left the workshops intact. The prized cloth resumed its flow into the king's realm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006739	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the army through that land, gelding one male child in each town and severing the right hand of its leader.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006740	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to the palace to report to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006741	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> left the workshops intact. The prized cloth resumed its flow into the king's realm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006742	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> dispatched the looted cloth and slaves to the office of the treasury. Returning to the palace, <actor> reported to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006743	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the edict arrived, it read, "Go to the belligerent land and remind them of their subjugation. Remind them of the cost for freedom. Remind them that the stronger hand takes the greater share. Remind them until their loyalty cannot be questioned."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006744	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the army through that land, enslaving every male child and forcing the adults to brick the windows in their homes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006745	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to the palace to report to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006746	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to the palace to report to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006747	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> left the workshops intact. The prized cloth resumed its flow into the king's realm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006748	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> dispatched the looted cloth and slaves to the office of the treasury. Returning to the palace, <actor> reported to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006749	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the army through that land, slaughtering every male child and razing every wooden home.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006750	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> returned to the palace to report to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006751	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> left the workshops intact. The prized cloth resumed its flow into the king's realm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006752	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the army through that land, gelding one male child in each town and severing the right hand of its leader.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006753	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The prized cloth resumed its flow into the king's realm.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006754	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> took great spoils from the land, for <his/her> own benefit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006755	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> dispatched the looted cloth and slaves to the office of the treasury. Returning to the palace, <actor> reported to the king.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006756	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the army like a bonfire sweeping belligerence from home and hearth until ashes covered their souls.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006757	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister of the treasury sent a message lambasting <actor> for destroying this incredibly valuable resource.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006758	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> concluded <his/her> report, "...organize the office of the treasury more closely with the military. The collection of tribute and other funds could quickly respond to towns who shirked their responsibility. The king need never be insulted by his subjects again."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006759	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king stood up from his throne and glowered. <actor> fell obeisant, and did not witness the royal finger point and tremble. "There is only one man who shall command both spears and taxes--your king! Get out of my sight, before I have you tossed into a pit of <vipers|scorpions|lepers>."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006760	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> backed out of the chamber, head bowed. <He/She> visited the office of the treasury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006761	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In unmistakable words, <actor> told the minister to consult with <him/her> from then on.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006762	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister's voice was so cold you could imagine seeing his breath. "I think not."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006763	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister sneered, "Then know that those towns have begun to raise troops. The king will not be pleased."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006764	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister laughed. "For disobeying your orders, the king will announce your dismissal at noon, tomorrow."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006765	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cut off the minister's impending growl. "Shall I tell the king the plan you've suggested, which disobeys his commands?" He and his successors capitulated to <actorP> demands thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006766	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister was forced to accept responsibility for <actorP> campaign of terror. He and his successors capitulated to <actorP> demands thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006767	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Agreed." He and his successors deferred to <actorP> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006768	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister's voice was so cold you could imagine seeing his breath. "I think not."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006769	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> apologized for spoiling their opportunity to work together.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006770	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister forgave him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006771	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister petitioned the king to review <actorP> actions. <actor> was dismissed from office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006772	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the minister of personal costs during the campaign that the minister should help <him/her> recoup.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006773	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister ordered funds to be given to <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006774	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister offered a token sum.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006775	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told the minister of the king's wisdom to separate warriors and tax collectors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006776	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister did not blink. "A very wise man, indeed."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006777	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister grinned. "Then to match his wisdom, we should share our thoughts more often." He and his successors deferred to <actorP> thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006778	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> looked through a subordinate's things for a seal <he/she> needed. <He/She> found it holding down a torn parchment. Glancing at the writing, <actor> forgot about the seal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006779	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister of diplomacy was rarely seen in the palace, but his frequent issuing of information reminded other administrators of the man's shadowy power. <actor> recognized his penmanship. The writing, however, was meaningless, a random scrawl of glyphs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006780	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suspected <his/her> subordinate of spying on <him/her> for the minister.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006781	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the morning, <he/she> called the subordinate and shook the note in his face. The man bowed and swore the minister had recruited him on the king's authority.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006782	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the morning, <he/she> called the subordinate to <him/her> and shook the note in his face. The man denied ever seeing it, and he hadn't taken the seal, either. Disgusted by <actorP> implied distrust, the subordinate quit. The office fell into chaos.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006783	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hummed and threw the scrap out a window.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006784	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> later discovered the price of remaining naive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006785	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Outside, a tunic fluttered. Sandals shuffled. Turning to the window, <actor> sighted a man clad in black racing into the night's shadows. The crumpled paper had flushed him out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006786	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The subordinate explained what he had been told by the minister. The king was pleased with <actor>. <His/Her> results had never really troubled the king until he realized that <actor> really had never troubled him. What could be more suspicious?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006787	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked the subordinate to get information from the minister's officials.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006788	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The subordinate refused. He had already shamed himself.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006789	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The subordinate promised not to be discovered this time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006790	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confronted the minister of diplomacy and demanded an explanation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006791	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister disavowed any knowledge of his subordinate's "delusion." <actor> then took audience with the king. He listened, laughed, and dismissed <actor>!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006792	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister explained the situation exactly as the subordinate had.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006793	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The subordinate spoke privately with <actor> several days later. The king was actually very displeased with <actor>. He was looking for an excuse to remove <him/her> from office!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006794	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> nodded and looked concerned. It was a plain lie.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006795	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> dismissed the man and did not think about it further.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006796	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> confronted the minister.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006797	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sighed. <He/She> asked the subordinate what <he/she> should do.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006798	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man suggested acting as if nothing were wrong.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006799	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The man suggested telling the minister to stay hidden in the netherworld.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006800	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> confronted the minister of diplomacy, calling him "spymaster."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006801	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister called back, "Fool!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006802	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took a deep breath and relaxed. "If you believe that, what is your reason?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006803	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That would be telling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006804	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He back-trod. "No. You are not, but you've made foolish choices." The minister pointed out several that humbled <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006805	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I've compiled a scroll of everything. Read it. The king has, and has taken measures to reduce your power."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006806	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister smiled and handed <actor> a scroll sealed with the king's emblem. It transferred the powers of the diplomatic office to <actor>. "Good luck." The minister wandered out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006807	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I've compiled a scroll of everything. Read it. The king has, and has taken measures to reduce your power."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006808	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister smiled and handed <actor> a scroll sealed with the king's emblem. It transferred the powers of the diplomatic office to <actor>. "Good luck." The minister wandered out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006809	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I've compiled a scroll of everything. Read it. The king has, and has taken measures to reduce your power."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006810	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister smiled and handed <actor> a scroll sealed with the king's emblem. It transferred the powers of the diplomatic office to <actor>. "Good luck." The minister wandered out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006811	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That would be telling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006812	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That would be telling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006813	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	That would be telling.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006814	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister pointed out several that humbled <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006815	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister pointed out several that humbled <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006816	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister pointed out several that humbled <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006817	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> drew <his/her> long bronze knife.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006818	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> picked <his/her> nails clean with it, letting the dirt drop on the minister's office floor. When the minister nodded, <actor> departed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006819	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Smiling, the minister knelt before <actor> and placed his throat against the knife's tip. <actor> knew <he/she> was beaten and returned to <his/her> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006820	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The weapon flashed from its sheath and slew the man in one movement. <actor> paid for murder with gold and disgrace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006821	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was surprised when the king pronounced his verdict with gratitude. "You have done the throne a favor." What favor that was, was not mentioned. The king added the role of High "Diplomat" to <actorP> titles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006822	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The weapon flashed from its sheath and slew the man in one movement. <actor> paid for murder with gold and disgrace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006823	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was surprised when the king pronounced his verdict with gratitude. "You have done the throne a favor." What favor that was, was not mentioned. The king added the role of High "Diplomat" to <actorP> titles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006824	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The weapon flashed from its sheath and slew the man in one movement. <actor> paid for murder with gold and disgrace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006825	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was surprised when the king pronounced his verdict. "You have done the throne a favor." What favor that was, was not mentioned. The king added the role of High "Diplomat" to <actorP> titles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006826	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> picked <his/her> nails clean with it, letting the dirt drop on the minister's office floor. The minister handed him the sack of gold they had bet, and <actor> departed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006827	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> picked <his/her> nails clean with it, letting the dirt drop on the minister's office floor. The minister handed him the sack of gold they had bet, and <actor> departed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006828	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> picked <his/her> nails clean with it, letting the dirt drop on the minister's office floor. The minister handed him the sack of gold they had bet, and <actor> departed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006829	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Smiling, the minister knelt before <actor> and placed his throat against the knife's tip. <actor> knew <he/she> was beaten and returned to <his/her> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006830	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Smiling, the minister knelt before <actor> and placed his throat against the knife's tip. <actor> knew <he/she> was beaten and returned to <his/her> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006831	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Smiling, the minister knelt before <actor> and placed his throat against the knife's tip. <actor> knew <he/she> was beaten and returned to <his/her> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006832	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> eased around <his/her> guests, ensuring they were well attended by the slaves. A cool spring night following a hot day was the best time for a party.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006833	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A slave waved urgently for <actor>. <He/She> met him and learned that <his/her> private room had been disturbed. Checking the room proved that a scroll the king had given recently was missing. It was important enough in that <actor> should not have taken it home, but who knew?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006834	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had <his/her> guests searched.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006835	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> found only their indignity, which disgraced <him/her> for years. The scroll was retrieved from under a cushion during the next day's cleaning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006836	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While the slaves peered into noblemen's colorful shifts, <actor> noticed a woman tuck something under a cushion. <He/She> pounced and presented the scroll as an accusation. Before <his/her> friends, the woman admitted she had been bribed by an official from the ministry of diplomacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006837	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ended the party a little early and searched the manor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006838	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They did not find it. The next day the scroll lay accusingly at the foot of the door to <actorP> office.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006839	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was found tucked under a cushion. A slave remembered the woman who had sat there. <actor> went and pressured the woman into admitting she had been bribed by an official from the ministry of diplomacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006840	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An invitation from the barracks arrived. Apparently, a captain hoped to gain favor with the upper ranks. He offered to train with <actor> so that <he/she> might brush up on <his/her> martial skills. <actor> asked subordinates to investigate this captain. <He/She> learned that the man's brother was indebted to the minister of diplomacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006841	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> met with the captain to cross weapons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006842	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was seriously injured in a training accident. The weight of high office was lifted from <his/her> burden.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006843	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After several sessions, <actorP> skills improved! Continued practice grew a strong friendship. One day, the captain admitted his brother had suggested the original invitation, but he believed that his brother should pay his own debts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006844	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent a polite refusal to the captain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006845	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Word quickly spread of <actorP> cowardice. So quickly, only one person had tendrils under the palace as effective.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006846	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The captain's reply apologized with a warning to be wary of his brother.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006847	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had wrested control of the royal administration before the crises.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006848	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Occasional raids from the sea became continuous. <actor> attempted to keep these migrating peoples from moving inland, but the king sapped the effort by invading neighbors instead. The military buckled against too many enemies. With support of the royal staff, <actor> deposed the king and assumed his mantle. <He/She> had little time to react to all of the crises.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006849	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ordered the armies to resist in retreat while <he/she> raised funds for aggressive campaigning.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006850	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Morale among the armies weakened until units began to desert. Often they became bandits preying on vital war supplies. Retreats became more frequent and turned to rout.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006851	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The poorly paid warriors held. With morale flagging, hunger and sickness had weakened them, but they continued to repel enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006852	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> applied family knowledge of sanitation to the army's defended areas. This lessened sickness and kept morale from failing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006853	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family knowledge of military organization allowed <actor> to direct <his/her> armies efficiently.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006854	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ordered the armies to fortify borders with their neighbors, but to seek and destroy the new peoples in the sea.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006855	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This strained the war chest. Military units began to desert for lack of pay. Often, they became bandits. Rivals forced their way across the borders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006856	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This strained the war chest. Military units began to desert for lack of pay. Often, they became bandits. The sea peoples pressed into the kingdom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006857	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used the paved roads to supply troops efficiently from producers, saving much overhead expense. Their enemies were slowed enough to give time for the treasury to recover.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006858	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family knowledge of military organization allowed <actor> to direct <his/her> armies efficiently. Strong morale helped soldiers to suffer sporadic wages. Their victories allowed time for <actor> to refill the treasuries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006859	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> apologized to neighboring nations with lavish gifts to buy peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006860	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was seen as a sign of weakness, and the display of wealth inspired rival nations to ally against <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006861	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although a good measure of peace was bought, the now empty treasury forced <actorP> armies to scavenge from their own kingdom. The sea peoples took more land, with the intent to settle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006862	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To pay for the gifts without impacting the treasury, <actor> secretly reduced the silver content of the kingdom's coins. Peace was bought for nothing, and it allowed time to refill the war chest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006863	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent messengers to all rival nations, blaming the invading sea peoples on the nation least troubled by them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006864	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rival nations believed that the invaders troubled <actor> the least. They allied against <him/her> and drove <his/her> armies back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006865	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The other nations rejected <actorP> gambit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006866	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Two rival nations turned their armies against a third. It gave time for <actor> to refill the treasury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006867	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used family knowledge of senates to seed sufficient doubt in the other kings' counseling bodies. Two rival nations turned their armies against a third. It gave time for <actor> to refill the treasury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006868	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The armies were in miserable shape. They had suffered terrible losses. Starvation, sickness, weariness, and low morale afflicted them, but the war chest had been filled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006869	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took time to refresh the armies with well trained troops.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006870	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The extra troops took too long to train. Sea peoples broke into the kingdom's interior and wreaked havoc.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006871	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The extra troops took too long to train. Rival nations broke into the kingdom's interior and wreaked havoc.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006872	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately, most of their enemies were as weary. Reinforcements and regular pay brought fresh bluster to the armies. Every enemy offensive was quickly repelled. <actor> remained on the defensive until <he/she> judged they would accept peace.  Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006873	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately, most of their enemies were as weary. Reinforcements and regular pay brought fresh bluster to the armies. Every enemy offensive was quickly repelled. <actor> remained on the defensive until <he/she> judged they would accept peace.  Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006874	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortunately, most of their enemies were as weary. Reinforcements and regular pay brought fresh bluster to the armies. Every enemy offensive was quickly repelled. <actor> remained on the defensive until <he/she> judged they would accept peace.  Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006875	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> adopted an offensive strategy to surprise <his/her> enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006876	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The armies were too weak to exploit the initial surprise. They collapsed against their enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006877	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The sudden shift from defense to offense unbalanced their enemies. <actor> spent the remaining strength of <his/her> forces to retake land lost. That accomplished, <he/she> offered peace. Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006878	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The sudden shift from defense to offense unbalanced their enemies. <actor> spent the remaining strength of <his/her> forces to retake land lost. That accomplished, <he/she> offered peace. Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006879	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The sudden shift from defense to offense unbalanced their enemies. <actor> spent the remaining strength of <his/her> forces to retake land lost. That accomplished, <he/she> offered peace. Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006880	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took time to invigorate the kingdom's infrastructure: roads, guards, canals, and the upkeep of <his/her> cities.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006881	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rebuilding took too long. Sea peoples broke into the kingdom's interior and wreaked havoc.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006882	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rebuilding took too long. Enemy nations broke into the kingdom's interior and wreaked havoc.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006883	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enemies pressed the armies inward, until supplies and reinforcements reached the armies at a rate far greater than their losses. Their retreat slowed, stopped, and against weary enemies far from their own supplies, <actorP> forces broke and routed them. <He/She> told the other nations to accept peace or suffer worse. Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006884	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enemies pressed the armies inward, until supplies and reinforcements reached the armies at a rate far greater than their losses. Their retreat slowed, stopped, and against weary enemies far from their own supplies, <actorP> forces broke and routed them. <He/She> told the other nations to accept peace or suffer worse. Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006885	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enemies pressed the armies inward, until supplies and reinforcements reached the armies at a rate far greater than their losses. Their retreat slowed, stopped, and against weary enemies far from their own supplies, <actorP> forces broke and routed them. <He/She> told the other nations to accept peace or suffer worse. Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006886	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enemies pressed the armies inward, until supplies and reinforcements reached the armies at a rate far greater than their losses. The retreat slowed, stopped, and against weary enemies far from their own supplies, <actorP> forces broke and routed them. <He/She> told the other nations to accept peace or suffer worse. Only the sea peoples continued to war.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006887	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> offered tribute to rival nations to apologize for the previous king's "madness".	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006888	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Continued warfare had exhausted the enemy's treasuries. Mere tribute couldn't help. They foolishly opted to conquer <actorP> nation and take all its wealth!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006889	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enough rivals accepted the bribe, allowing <actor> to concentrate resistance against fewer enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006890	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> used family knowledge of senates to persuade the counseling bodies of the other kings. Enough rivals accepted the bribe, allowing <actor> to concentrate resistance against fewer enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006891	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the first city fell under an enemy banner, support in the royal palace wobbled. <His/Her> spies said that the upper classes were privately discussing alternatives. Military commanders acted mostly independently from <actorP> orders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006892	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had all suspected conspirators arrested and executed!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006893	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The mass executions triggered a desperate coup. <actor> and <his/her> family were assassinated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006894	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> solidified <his/her> base of power through fear. More cities fell to enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006895	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> solidified <his/her> base of power through fear. The military situation stabilized, and then it reversed. Fresh blood flowed into the armies. Two months later, the city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006896	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> solidified <his/her> base of power through fear. More cities fell to enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006897	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> recalled <his/her> field commanders for a strategic conference.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006898	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Military conspirators took advantage of the conference to launch a coup! <actor> and <his/her> family were assassinated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006899	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commanders rallied behind <actor> when <he/she> openly respected their opinions and suggestions and smoothed over their disagreements. Afterwards, the military situation stabilized, and then it reversed. Two months later, the city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006900	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commanders rallied behind <actor> when <he/she> openly respected their opinions and suggestions and smoothed over their disagreements. Afterwards, the military situation stabilized, and then it reversed. Two months later, the city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006901	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The commanders rallied behind <actor> when <he/she> openly respected their opinions and suggestions and smoothed over their disagreements. Afterwards, the military situation stabilized, and then it reversed. Two months later, the city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006902	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> cut taxes for the upper-classes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006903	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lower classes revolted in two of <actorP> cities. Royal administrators instigated a coup, and <actor> and <his/her> family were assassinated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006904	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Newfound loyalty among the upper classes pressured wavering administrators to continue supporting <actor>. The military situation stabilized, and then it reversed. Two months later, the city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006905	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Newfound loyalties among the upper classes pressured wavering administrators to continue supporting <actor>. The military situation stabilized, and then it reversed. Fresh blood flowed into the armies. Two months later, the city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006906	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Newfound loyalties among the upper classes pressured wavering administrators to continue supporting <actor>. The military situation stabilized, and then it reversed. Fresh blood flowed into the armies. Two months later, the city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006907	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Newfound loyalty among the upper classes pressured wavering administrators to continue supporting <actor>. The military situation stabilized, and then it reversed. Two months later, the city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006908	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> recalled <his/her> commanders and cut taxes for the upper classes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006909	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The lower classes revolted in two of <actorP> cities. Royal administrators instigated a coup, and <actor> and <his/her> family were assassinated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006910	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Military conspirators took advantage of the conference to launch a coup! <actor> and <his/her> family were assassinated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006911	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> unified support for <his/her> administration and remade the government through a grand referendum, allowing citizens to send representatives. The surviving cities solidified their loyalty. The city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006912	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> unified support for <his/her> administration and remade the government through a grand referendum, allowing citizens to send representatives. The surviving cities solidified their resolve and their enemies were thrown out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006913	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> unified support for <his/her> administration and remade the government through a grand referendum, allowing citizens to send representatives. The surviving cities solidified their loyalty. The city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006914	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> unified support for <his/her> administration and remade the government through a grand referendum, allowing citizens to send representatives. The surviving cities solidified their resolve and their enemies were thrown out.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006915	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked <his/her> most loyal administrator to take the blame for losing the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006916	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The administrator submitted to his execution, happily. His confession eased political grumbling against <actor>.  The military situation stabilized, and then it reversed. Two months later, the city lost was recaptured, and every invading nation had been driven from the kingdom and into peace.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006917	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	However long a peace with rival nations could last, invasions from the sea peoples seemed likely to persist long after. The freshest army wore itself thin in less than a year. No matter how swift, they could not meet every incursion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006918	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Trade was disrupted. Morale sank. Cities struggled as their economies crumbled, until most were a burden on the royal treasury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006919	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought an alliance with previous enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006920	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In their weakened states, they feared alliance would become subjugation. However, they occasionally cooperated against the invaders. Their help slowed the invaders' advance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006921	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They rebuffed <actorP> overtures of reconciliation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006922	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family knowledge of libraries allowed <actor> to use past treaties to secure a strong alliance against the sea peoples. However, centuries later, the war-torn nations were subsumed by a great empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006923	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They rebuffed <actorP> overtures of reconciliation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006924	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> reassigned military priorities to building a sea-based navy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006925	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was too late. the shift of effort only allowed the invaders to advance quicker.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006926	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enough ships put to sea to harass additional groups. The invaders' advance slowed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006927	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The sudden strain on the treasury sent the kingdom into chaos, decline, and desolation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006928	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enough ships put to sea to harass additional groups. The invaders' advance slowed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006929	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enough ships put to sea to harass additional groups. The invaders' advance slowed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006930	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> delegated secondary control over a city's army to its leaders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006931	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The cities acted more swiftly to halt local incursions, but in time, the kingdom fragmented and national cohesion evaporated. <actor> was deposed, and centuries later, the cities were subsumed by a great empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006932	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The cities acted more swiftly to halt local incursions, helping to stem the invaders' advance. <actor> kept them reliant upon the king's treasury to entice their loyalty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006933	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The cities acted more swiftly to halt local incursions, helping to stem the invaders' advance. <actor> kept them reliant upon the king's treasury to entice their loyalty.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006934	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The cities acted more swiftly to halt local incursions, but in time, the kingdom fragmented and national cohesion evaporated. <actor> was deposed, and centuries later, the cities were subsumed by a great empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006935	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The cities acted more swiftly to halt local incursions, helping to stem the invaders' advance. <actor> manipulated the body of city representatives to keep their constituents aligned with the kingdom's goals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006936	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The cities acted more swiftly to halt local incursions, helping to stem the invaders' advance. <actor> created an elite force of couriers, using the road network to bind city loyalties to the kingdom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006937	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> attempted to hire some of the groups to fight other groups.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006938	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Negotiators sent never returned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006939	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Groups of sea peoples were as random and discordant as a wave is to other waves. The advance of the invaders slowed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006940	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The sudden strain on the treasury sent the kingdom into chaos, decline, and desolation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006941	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Plenty of gold in the treasury bought the kingdom's security in the short term. Centuries later, the kingdom was subsumed by a great empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006942	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Plenty of gold in the treasury bought the kingdom's security in the short term. Centuries later, the kingdom was subsumed by a great empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006943	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The remaining years of <actorP> life saw rival after rival succumb to invaders, or wars of mutual destruction, or economic collapse. Their decline and ruin brought no glory to <actor>. Each fall stabbed a knife into the kingdom's trade economy. <He/She> realized that no nation had been able to support themselves for the last few centuries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006944	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	On <his/her> deathbed, <actor> gave final orders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006945	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Risk everything to rebuild trade networks, even with the invaders.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006946	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Daring merchants contacted a young but expanding empire in the far west. Eventually the kingdom was subsumed by it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006947	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Corruption ate into the effort at every point of trade. The kingdom died swiftly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006948	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The orders were ignored. Most of the family died in a royal purge, and the kingdom died swiftly thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006949	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Shutter the kingdom completely, and force its economy to adapt or die.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006950	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The resourcefulness and strength of the lower classes slowed the decline through hard work and love for their greatest <king/queen>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006951	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The aristocracy resented every economic capituation. They meddled constantly to defend their lifestyles.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006952	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Carve the kingdom with my name, until the last chisel breaks."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006953	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> words were considered the ravings of a old <man/woman>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006954	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Monuments to previous kings were overwritten. Documents were altered. The name of "<actor>"" would last until a great empire annexed the kingdom's few remains.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006955	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Enemies struck into the kingdom's interior from multiple directions. The armies fought well or poorly. It was difficult to learn what was really happening, as lines of communication were gobbled up.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006956	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prepared the capital as best <he/she> could against whatever would happen next.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006957	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> armed everyone in the city. Slaves would earn their freedom, if the city survived.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006958	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A lasting siege starved the city into capitulation, pillaging, and final ruin. <actor> and the family were all killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006959	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Battle raged on the walls, in the streets, and finally moved out to the fields, where <actorP> forces overcame many enemies. The kingdom, however, had been killed. Centuries later, it was subsumed by a great empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006960	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Eventually attacks against the city waned. Barely surviving, the kingdom could not support a fraction of its former glory. However, <actor> had established an enduring legacy, resurfacing centuries later as the foundations of empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006961	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The city was overrun. But <actor> had established an enduring legacy, resurfacing centuries later as the foundations of empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006962	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prepared in secret to evacuate <his/her> family from the city.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006963	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As the city fell, <actor> led his family out. They were found and killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006964	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the city fell, <actor> led <his/her> family to safety, living incognito in a neighboring nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006965	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the city fell, a friend sacrificed <himself/herself> so that <actor> could lead <his/her> family to safety. They lived incognito in a neighboring nation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006966	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led the remaining army out of the capital and against their enemies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006967	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When they met their defeat, the city fell soon thereafter. <actorP> family did not survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006968	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By taking battle to their enemies, <actor> was better able to coordinate the war effort with those cities who held on. The kingdom died, but independent city-states that survived shared a cultural bond. Centuries later, they formed the nucleus of an empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006969	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By taking battle to their enemies, <actor> was better able to coordinate the war effort with those cities who held on. The kingdom died, but independent city-states that survived shared a cultural bond. Centuries later, they formed the nucleus of an empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006970	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By taking battle to their enemies, <actor> was better able to coordinate the war effort with those cities who held on. The kingdom died, but independent city-states that survived shared a cultural bond. Centuries later, they formed the nucleus of an empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006971	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ordered the temples to launch a massive festival, to appeal to the mercy of the gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006972	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their enemies struck them by surprise. Defeat led to plundering, razing, and final ruin. <actor> and the family were all killed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006973	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When enemies appeared, the gates were thrown open and the city bowed low. They were pillaged sorely, but the conquerors settled. The cultural legacy <actor> had established resurfaced centuries later as the foundations of empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006974	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When enemies appeared, the gates were thrown open and the city bowed low. They were pillaged sorely, but the conquerors settled. The cultural legacy <actor> had established resurfaced centuries later as the foundations of empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006975	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The empire was a magnificent accomplishment of humanity. It sheltered all civilized peoples under an awning of peace. <actor> wanted to believe that it had, at some time in its existence. But the empire never stood still long enough for peace. <His/Her> forbears' stories told of civil wars and high caste banditry and slave revolutions and tradesmen ruined by taxation and taxmen who returned money to citizens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006976	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In all of the family's written and remembered tales, the empire's laws had not lasted one lifetime without radical change.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006977	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> committed <himself/herself> to controlling the empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006978	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> would pursue a legend of increasing the family's ruling powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006979	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> embraced the goddess of chaos, adding her to <his/her> family's altar. <He/She> would seek useful changes and discoveries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006980	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would take responsibility for ensuring peace across the empire through political heroics.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR006981	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> thought to pursue a heroic legend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006982	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> knew this path was dangerous politically.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006983	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> risked much, to journey upon it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006985	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006987	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Success would depend upon manipulating the senate, to gain greater control over the bureaucracy and military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006988	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was determined to lead the family to ultimate greatness.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006990	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006992	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> would wed chaos to the god of the forge, inventing improvements to the empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006993	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would eventually discover interesting and important things.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006995	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Reconsider.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006997	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The senate's tribune was the voice of the people. His power to veto legislation had saved the unfortunate masses from aristocratic tyranny, time and again. Naturally, he was a very wealthy man.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR006998	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He summoned <actor> to aid against another attempt by the elite to disenfranchise the common man. "Senators from the equestrian faction will gather on the next moon of the mother goddess. Doubtless, they will conspire upon new legislation to reduce their tax burden. Find a way to attend the party."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR006999	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought an invitation through <his/her> personal connections.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007000	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Money was politely exchanged, and <actor> was able to attend as the guest of an invited friend of a friend.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007001	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> inquired about the party, discreetly, at the goddess's temple.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007002	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A generous sacrifice allowed <him/her> to attend the party as the coordinator of sanctified food from the temple, wearing temple garb.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007003	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sought an invite through <his/her> political connections.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007004	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An invitation was quickly procured, but a favor would be asked in the future.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007005	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went secretly to the head of the equestrian faction and informed him of the tribune's interest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007006	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The head equestrian took the bait and invited <actor>. He also took an imprint of <his/her> official seal, for insurance.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007007	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tribune laughed freely at <actor>. He was not interested. Nor would <actor> be allowed anywhere near the party.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007008	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The equestrian faction grew from an order of lesser aristocrats who could fund horse-mounted lancers. In earlier days, the members were those spearmen. Now those who held to tradition stabled more racers than war horses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007009	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The party was not expected to offer an orgy. Conversation was curt and meaningful. Senators representing high aristocrats had, that day, proposed eliminating equestrian rights to newly conquered lands. Partiers worried they were being forcibly middle-classed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007010	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To relieve the stress, their host probably should have planned for an orgy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007011	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> wandered freely, outside but within earshot of influential groups.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007012	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Comments frequently disparaged the longer noble lineages of the high aristocracy. <He/She> heard little else. The men knew to plot quietly near strangers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007013	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> caught words regarding the position of the armies.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007014	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> hovered close to the most influential group.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007015	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They spoke of using their influence within the military to remind the highest caste that their riches were procured and defended by citizens largely without wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007016	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spent most of <his/her> time talking with the equestrians' wives.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007017	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The women argued mostly about the severity of this "crisis." Every week, their men puffed up over something or other. If the women agreed on anything, it was that the lower classes were dangerous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007018	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Their plots, and the manner in which they conducted them, baffled <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007019	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They spoke of their husbands influencing the military, to remind the highest caste that their riches were procured and defended by citizens largely without wealth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007020	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dared to suggest an alliance with the tribune's faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007021	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was ignored.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007022	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"That would require us to offer them a portion of the lands rightly due to us!" a senator scoffed. The idea was not rejected, however.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007023	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Some of the senators mistook <his/her> temple clothing as somehow significant. Their conversation discussed concessions required to grab enough votes from the lower classes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007024	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After leaving the party, the tribune's agents intercepted <actor>. They wanted to know what <he/she> had learned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007025	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There was a chance for a temporary alliance with the tribune's faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007026	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> gained significant influence, after the alliance rejected the high aristocrats' grab for land.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007027	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The factions bickered over their "fair" shares of land. The high aristocrats eventually took it away from both.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007028	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The equestrians were looking at military options.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007029	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tribune added his faction's backing to the high aristocrats for the one proposal. He compensated <actor> for helping.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007030	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To pay back the requested favor, <actor> voted for the equestrians. <He/She> lost influence in the senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007031	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced the tribune to back the legions. Later, a couple of police actions redistributed aristocratic lands into equestrian hands. <actorP> influence in the senate grew.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007032	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tribune assisted in breaking down those negotiations. He rewarded <actor> for helping.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007033	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Armed veterans conscripted the tribune into the service of a far legion. <actor> shared some of the blame. Luckily the majority didn't realize <he/she> was entirely to blame.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007034	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Nothing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007035	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They dragged <actor> to a quiet, desolate, underground room.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007036	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> secretly signaled equestrian agents who were tailing <him/her>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007037	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> introduced each group to the other. With great political skill, <actor> convinced them to support an alliance between them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007038	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> escaped the scuffle that ensued. He returned to the equestrian leader, for <his/her> reward.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007039	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> did not escape the scuffle that ensued. Beaten and demoralized, <he/she> quit the tribune's task.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007040	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"I have just heard that you will betray my faction's cause." The tribune entered, emerging from a full-length night cloak. "For 'nothing' is not why I asked you to attend the equestrian's party."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007041	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared, "I listened to the prattle of women."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007042	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"...And spoke promises to equestrian leaders." The tribune convicted <him/her>. By morning <his/her> body had floated out of the sewers and into the river, beyond the city's wall.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007043	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was freed. To pay back the requested favor, <actor> voted for the equestrians. <actor> lost influence in the senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007044	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tribune sneered. "The whinnying of cornered mares." He compensated <actor> for spying upon--nothing. His continued support gained <actor> more influence in the senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007045	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared, "I overheard angry talk against high-caste lineages."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007046	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was freed. A week later, the tribune lost his title, after attempting to drive a wedge between the aristocrats. To repay the recent favor, <actor> accepted the powers of the tribune.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007047	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The tribune called <him/her> an idiot for not revealing useful info to his agents! Then he paid <actor> for serving him.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007048	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared, "I have no reason to betray the commoner's faction."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007049	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was freed. A week later, the tribune was castigated for attempting to infiltrate the equestrians. His powers were stripped. <actor> accepted them with all the humility of a commoner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007050	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared, "I have betrayed only you, for your betrayal of common men."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007051	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was freed. A week later, the tribune was castigated for attempting to infiltrate the equestrians. His powers were stripped. <actor> accepted them with all the humility of a commoner.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007052	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By morning <his/her> body had floated out of the sewers and into the river, beyond the city's wall.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007053	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The senator who carried the title of dictator was forming a committee. Although head of the aristocrats, he included powerful representatives from every faction. The issue was one that flowered and thorned the full senate equally: religion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007054	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The rising influence of cults must be addressed. Sons and daughters of the best families in the empire have been known to cast their fortunes into those pits! That is only one of their vile influences.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007055	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"There have always been cults, hundreds if not a thousand. As the empire has expanded, pantheons have merged and splintered. However, cults focusing on certain gods, especially those who speak directly to individuals, threaten imperial unity."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007056	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The dictator then solicited recommendations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007057	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> called the committee to trust the moral strength of citizens of the empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007058	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Senators rallied. "They have reliably rejected corruption and decay and supported peace."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007059	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Senators dismissed <him/her>. "Their rejection of corruption and war has often dried the oiled wheels of imperial administration."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007060	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested implementing a scourge.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007061	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Senators rallied. "Those who fail to swear loyalty to official gods should be persecuted."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007062	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Senators dismissed <him/her>. "Some cults are woven into critical aspects of the empire, such as the military and civic bureaucrats."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007063	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested merging cults with official gods.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007064	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Senators rallied. "Cults merely repackage established doctrines and well-worn philosophies. Analogues exist for every one of them."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007065	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Senators dismissed <him/her>. "Who are we to taint the powers that gave birth to the empire and our vassals' kingdoms?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007066	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested adopting one cult, allowing it to deal with the others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007067	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Senators dismissed <him/her>. "That would take decades or centuries and might poison the empire into eventual ruin!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007068	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Concerned that <actor> had so quickly swayed so many, the dictator proposed an alternative.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007069	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"<actor> speaks wisely but perhaps too simply. Strong cults are formed over generations. The beliefs of ancestors transfer greater power, and established rites elicit devotion if not frenzy. Followers hone teachings to appeal to new generations, until they tap core desires of body and spirit. They become unshakeable."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007070	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"But the decentralized nature of cults make them prone to confusion. I say we embrace the cults by establishing open shrines, but we rewrite their mythologies to approved messages. We will bury their teachings with an official standard."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007071	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> saw an opportunity to weaken the dictator's authority. <He/She> asked for an example.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007072	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"How would this be effective against the cult of the sun god?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007073	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued, "That which hurtles greatest above us is undeniable."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007074	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"How would this be effective against the cult of the spring god?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007075	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued, "Resurrection from winter is a truth of the world."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007076	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"How would this be effective against the cult of the summer god?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007077	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued, "Their underground mysteries of hierarchical enlightenment are well guarded."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007078	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"How would this be effective against the cult of the mother of the gods?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007079	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued, "To bear the sun from a virgin womb and nurture it from a divine breast justifies women to wield the tap of men."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007080	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The dictator grinned, certain he had caught a rat. "Your knowledge of them suggests a special intimacy."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007081	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The members, disturbed by the implication, stared at <actor>. Grooves worried their faces.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007082	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> ignored the accusation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007083	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> replied, "Your ignorance of powerful cults dooms your proposal." Relieved senators fell in line behind <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007084	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Silent, <actor> stood and exited. Later, <his/her> supporters within the cult donated sufficient funds to win the next election.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007085	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> denied the accusation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007086	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> countered, "And your avoidance of harsh measures against moral threat suggests special respect." All in the room understood respect to mean cowardice. | Calm appeared to return deference to the dictator. Months later his support eroded in favor of <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007087	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The dictator shouted <him/her> down: "You dare ask this body to trust the common citizen, when even a high official can be lured into cults!" Committee members added their outrage until <actor> was forced to escape.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007088	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted the accusation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007089	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> smiled. "Then we agree. The best way to control cults is to co-opt them." The dictator had no politic option then but to combine proposals. Credit for their effectiveness, however, was given to <actor>. And so was the title of dictator.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007090	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The dictator quickly reversed himself. "We all have much to learn before we should approve specific actions."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007091	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He then appointed <actor> as special investigator. <He/She> was to report directly to the dictator.  Instead of having to attend the committee in the future, <actor> would be free to investigate the cults.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007092	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> suggested another, more worthy, investigator.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007093	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was supported by senators surprised by the wisdom of <his/her> choice.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007094	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> choice was voted down.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007095	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> accepted the appointment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007096	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> investigations quickly proved that none of the major cults opposed official gods. While some refused to bow to official gods, they really only wanted freedom to worship as they chose. | Their loyalty to the empire was as strong as any citizen. <actor> was able to wrest more influence and financial support from several of the cults.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007097	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised to carry both burdens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007098	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Although simple to act upon, they proved too conflicting to manage politically.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007099	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	For the rest of <his/her> life, <actor> carefully promoted one cult over the others. <actor> gained influence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007100	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The quality of <his/her> information and assessments propelled <actor> to a pinnacle, where <he/she> assumed the powers of dictator.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007101	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The dictator responded, "<actor> speaks wisely but perhaps too simply. Strong cults are formed over generations. The beliefs of ancestors accumulate power, and established rites elicit devotion if not frenzy. Followers hone teachings to appeal to new generations, until they tap core desires of body and spirit. They become unshakeable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007102	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"But the decentralized nature of cults make them prone to confusion. I say we embrace the cults by establishing open shrines, but we rewrite their mythologies to approved messages. We will bury their teachings with an official standard."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007103	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> saw an opportunity to weaken the dictator's authority. <He/She> asked for an example.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007104	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"How would this be effective against the cult of the sun god?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007105	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued, "That which hurtles greatest above us is undeniable."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007106	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"How would this be effective against the cult of the spring god?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007107	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued, "Resurrection from winter is a truth of the world."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007108	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"How would this be effective against the cult of the summer god?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007109	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued, "Their underground mysteries of hierarchical enlightenment are well guarded."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007110	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"How would this be effective against the cult of the mother of the gods?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007111	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> continued, "To bear the sun from a virgin womb and nurture it from a divine breast justifies women to wield the tap of men."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007112	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the military's consul led legions to pacify the west, auguries were made. They declared that if the campaign were not successful in three years, the empire would suffer. That time nearly past, the front was bogged down by a hundred small bands of warriors in rocky hills they knew well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007113	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had been charged with investigating the situation for the senate. When <he/she> arrived, the legions had that day fought off another guerrilla attack. Their low morale was plain. Wounds, new and old, were spread among them like a disease.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007114	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The consul welcomed <actor> into a fine manor his army had won a year before. A feast awaited. Commanders boasted of the day's victories and drank and sang. Local women bowed and obeyed. The consul pressed a sack of looted gold coins into <his/her> hands.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007115	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> refused the gift and declared <he/she> would rather eat with the troops.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007116	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While <his/her> retinue feasted in the manor, <actor> met with a centurion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007117	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The consul would not accept this. He led <actor> to the principal seat at the table.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007118	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threw the sack down and exited, to report back to the capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007119	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<His/Her> retinue was tired from the long journey here. Returning, they were easily overcome by a cavalry unit paid well to assassinate them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007120	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was intercepted by a centurion who wished to add a report.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007121	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> embraced the consul and kissed him with proper greeting.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007122	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> and <his/her> retinue were given seats of honor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007123	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> politely refused the gift but joined the party, continuing to observe.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007124	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> and <his/her> retinue were given seats of honor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007125	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Tonight we celebrate twice!" the consul roared. "Today's battle was won at less cost than the last, and we salute esteemed visitors from the imperial senate!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007126	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He turned to <actor> and exposited, "We're fighting tribes and gangs the local towns and cities once controlled. The previous war, which annexed this province, decimated entire armies skilled at controlling the rural vermin. After two years of warfare, we're beginning to understand the method.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007127	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"However, it's difficult to overcome the rigid training our legions are given to defeat any enemy on a proper battlefield."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007128	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked, "Do you have the supplies and support you need to conclude the war before the three-year prophecy expires?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007129	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Supplies we have. We can raid and forage at will. Mule trains from the heartland usually arrive safe. The vermin aren't smart enough to target them."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007130	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> asked, "Will military reinforcements be required to conclude the war before the three-year prophecy expires?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007131	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"They would slow the progress we make in retraining, but we can use more slaves. The vermin prefer to kill easier targets, to boast of their victories back in their villages."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007132	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> excused <himself/herself> from the feast, to interrogate the troops directly.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007133	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The consul did not attempt to stop <him/her>. <He/She> met with a centurion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007134	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"If you worry about prophecy, then the empire already suffers from idiocy."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007135	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The consul elaborated, "I will restore order to the west. But the real problem is not in this province. The empire has dozens of provinces, each with their own special problems and needs. As power in the government centralizes, the solutions it offers grow similar.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007136	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Diverse cultures strain the seams of empire. While they have accepted common administration, even embraced it here and there, local ministers must be free to respect local customs. Central edicts that force every corner of the empire to believe or behave one standard way will rip the empire to pieces."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007137	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised to report exactly what the consul described.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007138	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The consul sighed. "Take my title back with you. Tell the senate I have chosen to be governor of this province, and these legions will be stationed here. Appoint a new consul."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007139	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> prided <himself/herself> on the restraint <he/she> mustered before this madman.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007140	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> rested with <his/her> retinue for three days, hardly unpacking.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007141	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> excused <himself/herself> from the feast, to interrogate the troops directly. <actor> found a centurion eager to talk.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007142	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised to report the campaign's approaching success.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007143	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"We would have won a year ago, if the legions had been used properly." He spat.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007144	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The enemy is brave and strong, and my men respect them, but they are unskilled wild men. We could defeat every one of them. However, the consul's strategy, or lack thereof, allows them the initiative. They are always supplied, fresh to fight, and they pick where and when. Our commanders refuse to draw them into a real battle!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007145	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"Instead, we are told to divide our lines into skirmish and weaker formations. They expect us to act outside communication with the bulk of our brothers. We send small expeditions to punish nearby villages, but that only stirs hornet nests."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007146	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> had the centurion arrested for insubordination.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007147	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The next day, <actor> asked the consul whether his campaign would be won before the three-year prophecy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007148	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> did not attend his execution.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007149	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised to report exactly what the centurion described.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007150	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The centurion bowed low and thanked <actor> for listening to his frank words.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007151	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> promised to report the campaign's assured lingering.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007152	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> concluded <his/her> investigation for the senate and journeyed back to the capital. The prophesied three years ended a week before arriving. The senate's anxiety could be felt but not heard in their experienced oration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007153	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"What news does <actor> bring about the consul?"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007154	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> announced the campaign in the west was a disaster.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007155	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The senate arrested <actor> for fearmongering. <He/She> was tried, and executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007156	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By weaving the tales of consul and centurion, <actor> proclaimed the campaign's eventual failure. The senate was impressed by <his/her> seeming wisdom. They named <actor> consul and ordered <him/her> to secure the west. | Returning, <actor> was unable to force the enemy bands into an open battle. <He/She> was killed in a sneak attack.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007157	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By weaving the tales of consul and centurion, <actor> proclaimed the campaign's eventual failure. The senate was impressed by <his/her> seeming wisdom. They named <actor> consul and ordered <him/her> to secure the west.  | There <he/she> lured the enemy bands into an open battle, and the legions crushed them. Returning victorious, <actor> was granted a triumphant parade of spoils through the capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007158	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The senate hid their trembling. When <actor> revealed that the consul had demoted himself to governor, <he/she> told the senate it was to thwart the prophecy. A cry arose in the senate: "Give the title to <actor>!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007159	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A member of <his/her> retinue testified as a witness of the "bribe" <actor> had accepted. <actor> was arrested for corruption and deception. <He/She> was tried and executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007160	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> announced victory!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007161	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This satisfied the senate for many months, until no word of victory arrived from the west. <actor> was arrested for deception, tried, and executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007162	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This satisfied the senate for many months, until great spoils arrived from the west. <actor> was given a general's share.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007163	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <actor> revealed that the consul had demoted himself to governor, <he/she> told the senate it was to atone for the long campaign. A well-planned cry arose in the senate" "Give the title to <actor>!"	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007164	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> announced the result of a fresh augury that <he/she> had commissioned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007165	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The gods have spoken, 'Before the end of the consul's campaign, should a new consul replace him, another three years shall forestall the empire from suffering.'" <actor> was named consul and ordered to secure the west. | Returning, <actor> was unable to force the enemy bands into an open battle. <He/She> was killed in a sneak attack.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007166	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	"The gods have spoken,  'Before the end of the consul's campaign, should a new consul replace him, another three years shall forestall the empire from suffering.'" <actor> was named consul and ordered to secure the west. | There <he/she> lured the enemy bands into an open battle, and the legions crushed them. Returning victorious, <actor> was granted a triumphant parade of spoils through the capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007167	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> repeated what the centurion had revealed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007168	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The senate dismissed <actor>. The words of a low officer did not move them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007169	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A great debate arose in the senate. The result stripped the consul's title. He was declared incompetent. <actor> was named consul and ordered to secure the west. | Returning, <actor> was unable to force the enemy bands into an open battle. <He/She> was killed in a sneak attack.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007170	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A great debate arose in the senate. The result stripped the consul's title. He was declared incompetent. <actor> was named consul and ordered to secure the west. | There <he/she> lured the enemy bands into an open battle, and the legions crushed them. Returning victorious, <actor> was granted a triumphant parade of spoils through the capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007171	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> repeated what the consul had professed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007172	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The senate would have stripped the consul's title, if it hadn't already been sacrificed. In their subsequent debate to remove the governor altogether, <actor> was forgotten.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007173	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The senate voted to revoke the third governing power bestowed upon <actor>. Both rival factions combined against <his/hers>, but <actor> had already consolidated the bureaucracy under <his/her> rule. Their votes meant little more than the grumblings of old men at the baths. The senate pronounced <actor> a criminal, but <he/she> was halfway to becoming a god.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007174	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The empire had been weakening. For hundreds of years, the capital and core provinces grew fat upon the feast of conquest. Every addition to the empire brought new streams of resources: food, riches, slaves, ores, and curiosities. The center gobbled them unto addiction. To defend vast borders, the military doubled and redoubled. To lock down rebellious provinces, they quadrupled again. The empire's funds and administration were close to shattering.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007175	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> overhauled the tax system, leveling the needed income firmly across all social statuses--including, for the first time, citizens in the capital.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007176	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the aristocrats threatened to revolt, <actor> instructed the army to imprison them and confiscate their wealth and property for the state. When many powerful and rich families banded together in civil war, <actor> crushed them and had all their members put to death. The economic strain of war and broken network of aristocratic businesses was barely offset by the increase in imperial revenue.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007177	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The aristocrats quickly revolted, sending the empire into civil war. <actor> eventually won the battles but was forced to relinquish many powers back to the senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007178	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the aristocrats threatened to revolt, <actor> instructed the army to imprison them and confiscate their wealth and property for the state. When many powerful and rich families banded together in civil war, <actor> crushed them and had all their members put to death. The economic strain of war and broken network of aristocratic businesses was barely offset by the increase in imperial revenue.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007179	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When the aristocrats threatened to revolt, <actor> instructed the army to imprison them and confiscate their wealth and property for the state. When many powerful and rich families banded together in civil war, <actor> crushed them and had all their members put to death. The economic strain of war and broken network of aristocratic businesses was barely offset by the increase in imperial revenue.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007180	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> took the reins of the military into <his/her> hands and whipped them unto war, to continue expanding the empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007181	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> won many great battles, adding enough territory to the empire to sustain its appetites for at least another generation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007182	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Defeat followed defeat. The imperial legions had grown large too quickly to train troops well. Local militias fared worse. They were little more than rabble. Savage warriors fought upon land they knew well for tribe and family, for their very existence. The empire lost ground as retreat followed retreat. <actor> returned to the capital for a last-ditch defense.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007183	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> won many great battles, adding enough territory to the empire to sustain its appetites for at least another generation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007184	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> established a new capital, to escape the old bureaucracy rotting from centuries of corruption.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007185	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> struggled to maintain control: suppressing revolts and cutting through administrative confusion, sometimes spraying red upon marble. <He/She> called it, "Gripping so hard the hand bleeds." Then when all was in order, <actor> relaxed <his/her> fist, and the empire surged with new life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007186	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This also meant leaving behind much of <his/her> base of power. Before the new administration could effectively handle the reins of power, the old capital promoted a new emperor, claiming <actor> had abandoned the heart and soul of its citizens. Civil war ensued. The empire broke in half. The new administration lost faith in <actor>, and they determined <his/her> successor. The family fell into obscurity, but the new, smaller empire remained stable as the old one crumbled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007187	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> struggled to maintain control: suppressing revolts and cutting through administrative confusion, sometimes spraying red upon marble. <He/She> called it, "Gripping so hard the hand bleeds." Then when all was in order, <actor> relaxed <his/her> fist, and the empire surged with new life.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007188	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This also meant leaving behind much of <his/her> base of power and protection. <actor> never reached the new capital. The family was put to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007189	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> declared <himself/herself> a god, built temples across the empire, and wallowed in every delight that could be wrung from <his/her> grip on it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007190	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Somehow the empire staggered along, intact. Perhaps the slavish devotion with which many citizens welcomed their new god had been sufficient glue, in the short term.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007191	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Somehow the empire staggered along, intact. Perhaps the slavish devotion with which many citizens welcomed their new god had been sufficient glue, in the short term.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007192	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Somehow the empire staggered along, intact. Perhaps the slavish devotion with which many citizens welcomed their new god had been sufficient glue, in the short term.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007193	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Political forces in the capital revolted, silently and efficiently. The triumvirate that succeeded <actor> proclaimed at <his/her> funeral that the gods had called their <son/daughter> back to them. One year later, the three successors fought a civil war until another god arose who toppled <actorP> temples and statues and put to death <his/her> every family member.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007194	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Political forces in the capital revolted, silently and efficiently. A close friend of the family saved <actor> from assassination, helping them to escape. The family hid in obscurity until they themselves forgot the heights <actor> had achieved. A thousand years later, <his/her> last worshipper was put to the sword.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007195	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Nations outside the empire were difficult to call savage. South and East borderlands had become as sophisticated as the old capital. Neighbors farther north were savages no more. Their towns and villages increasingly relied on trade between themselves and with the empire. Their standard of living was lifted high.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007196	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Farther still, powerful nomads ranged to increase their domain. They struck northern nations like bocce balls, sending them into conflict with southern ones until the empire was pressed hard by massive migrations. Legions groaned and strained under the impact from well trained, strategically led warriors motivated to survive.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007197	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> turned the empire's full attention to bolstering the military.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007198	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Taxes and conscription flooded the provinces until many were drained of patriotism. Revolts cut into the heart of the empire, distracting the military from greater threats. Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007199	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Taxes and conscription flooded the provinces until many were drained of patriotism. Revolts cut into the heart of the empire, distracting the military from greater threats. Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened. A final surge broke through walls unbreached for five hundred years. <actor> and the family were slaughtered in the ensuing pillaging. | The victors claimed the throne and established their own emperors, conquered by the majesty of what they had defeated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007200	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Taxes and conscription flooded the provinces until many were drained of patriotism. Revolts cut into the heart of the empire, distracting the military from greater threats. Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007201	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Taxes and conscription flooded the provinces until many were drained of patriotism. Revolts cut into the heart of the empire, distracting the military from greater threats. Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened. A final surge broke through walls unbreached for five hundred years. <actor> and the family were slaughtered in the ensuing pillaging. | The victors claimed the throne and established their own emperors, conquered by the majesty of what they had defeated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007202	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> tried to buy security from buffer nations between the empire and farther aggressors.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007203	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> sent legions and wealth to assist the defense. Despite them, outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007204	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The buffer nations betrayed <his/her> expenditures and negotiations. They struck suddenly into the heart of the empire until the capital itself was threatened. A final surge broke through walls unbreached for five hundred years. <actor> and the family were slaughtered in the ensuing pillaging. | The victors claimed the throne and established their own emperors, conquered by the majesty of what they had defeated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007205	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> sent legions and wealth to assist the defense. Despite everything, outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007206	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> sent legions and wealth to assist the defense. Despite everything, outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007207	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The buffer nations betrayed <his/her> expenditures and negotiations. They struck suddenly into the heart of the empire until the capital itself was threatened. A final surge broke through walls unbreached for five hundred years. <actor> and the family were slaughtered in the ensuing pillaging. | The victors claimed the throne and established their own emperors, conquered by the majesty of what they had defeated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007208	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> clung to power, escaping into debauchery and wantonness, ignoring external trivialities.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007209	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007210	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007211	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007212	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007213	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Revolts cut into the heart of the empire, distracting the military from greater threats. Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened. A final surge broke through walls unbreached for five hundred years. <actor> and the family were slaughtered in the ensuing pillaging. | The victors claimed the throne and established their own emperors, conquered by the majesty of what they had defeated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007214	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Revolts cut into the heart of the empire, distracting the military from greater threats. Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the capital itself was threatened. A final surge broke through walls unbreached for five hundred years. <actor> and the family were slaughtered in the ensuing pillaging. | The victors claimed the throne and established their own emperors, conquered by the majesty of what they had defeated.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007215	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> withdrew the empire's borders, to better defend them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007216	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A smaller empire enticed large and ancient kingdoms to attack from the east. Outlying provinces fell to foreign invaders until the new capital was threatened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007217	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A smaller empire enticed large and ancient kingdoms to attack from the east. <actorP> legions rebuffed them and counterattacked until they were forced to sue for peace. | In later years, <actor> established <his/her> family line as perpetual rulers of what became a different empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007218	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Provinces around the old capital absorbed the attacks. They first crumbled beneath looting and pillaging, but in subsequent years the conquerers started to look and act like their victims, to the extent of crowning their own emperor. | <actor> eventually established <his/her> family line as perpetual rulers of what became a different empire.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007219	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The capital was spread over seven hills, and its walls could not be walked in a day. It was nearly impossible for the invaders to lay a proper siege. However, hope for rescue from what loyal, unconquered provinces remained faded as months passed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007220	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> surrendered the city in exchange for general peace and the safety of <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007221	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was surprised by how effectively the invaders kept their word and the peace. For the family's safety, <actor> took them into exile. | The invaders crowned their own emperor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007222	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was surprised by how effectively the invaders kept their word and the peace, except for their promise to safeguard the family. Unsurprisingly, all were killed to safeguard against future claimants to the throne. | The invaders crowned their own emperor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007223	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was surprised by how effectively the invaders kept their word and the peace. For the family's safety, <actor> took them into exile. | The invaders crowned their own emperor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007224	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led out half the city's reserve troops, to punch through the enemy and seek loyal forces.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007225	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. When they returned with great strength, the emperor's banners still rippled from the walls. In the last battle, <actor> was killed, but <his/her> victory saved the family's legacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007226	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fight lasted too long. Nearby enemies rallied in time to block <his/her> attempt to cut through their lines. <actor> was killed. The city fell, and the family was put to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007227	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. Few remained. <actor> returned with what <he/she> could gather, but when they arrived the capital had surrendered. Citizens believed <actor> had only escaped. | Exhausted and defeated, escape was <his/her> last option. <He/She> died in exile.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007228	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fight lasted too long. Nearby enemies rallied in time to block <his/her> attempt to cut through their lines. <actor> was killed. The city fell, and the family was put to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007229	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. Few remained. <actor> returned with what <he/she> could gather, but when they arrived the capital had surrendered. Citizens believed <actor> had only escaped. | Exhausted and defeated, escape was <his/her> last option. <He/She> died in exile.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007230	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. When they returned with great strength, the emperor's banners still rippled from the walls. In the last battle, <actor> was killed, but <his/her> victory saved the family's legacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007231	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. When they returned with great strength, the emperor's banners still rippled from the walls. In the last battle, <actor> was killed, but <his/her> victory saved the family's legacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007232	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. Few remained. <actor> returned with what <he/she> could gather, but when they arrived the capital had surrendered. Citizens believed <actor> had only escaped. | Exhausted and defeated, escape was <his/her> last option. <He/She> died in exile.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007233	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> locked down every grain of wheat, and promised fresh meat the day after any civil unrest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007234	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Winter arrived, but it was too mild to drive the besiegers away. Still, food was scarce. They grew desperate. Their siege engines struck the walls and thousands of men struggled to breach them. Everyone fought. Children threw stones. <actor> led a charge into a successful breach but returned in the arms of <his/her> soldiers. The city was saved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007235	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Winter arrived, but it was too mild to drive the besiegers away. Disease succeeded where winter had relented. Ignoring walls, it struck those besieged. Sickness forced a mutual surrender. The enemy retreated. The capital struggled back to life. <actor> died in <his/her> bed. A feeble fight for the throne forced the family to flee into eventual obscurity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007236	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Winter arrived, but it was too mild to drive the besiegers away. Still, food was scarce. They grew desperate. Their siege engines struck the walls and thousands of men struggled to breach them. Everyone fought. Children threw stones. <actor> led a charge into a successful breach but returned in the arms of <his/her> soldiers. The city was saved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007237	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When unrest broke among the citizens, their numbers were enormous. No matter how ruthless, soldiers and guards were overwhelmed. Rioters streamed into the palaces, killing <actor>, family, and any else who refused to surrender.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007238	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When unrest broke among the citizens, their numbers were enormous. No matter how ruthless, soldiers and guards were overwhelmed. Rioters streamed into the palaces, killing <actor>, family, and any else who refused to surrender.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007239	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threw lavish parties and orgies while orphans fought in the streets over rat entrails.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007240	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> died believing godhood would grant <him/her> eternal life. | A thousand years later, <his/her> last worshipper was put to the sword.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroR007241	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The new capital was protected by miles of tall and deep ramparts. It was nearly impossible for the invaders to penetrate. However, their siege persisted. Hope for rescue from loyal, unconquered provinces faded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007242	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> surrendered the city in exchange for general peace and the safety of <his/her> family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007243	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was surprised by how effectively the invaders kept their word and the peace. For the family's safety, <actor> took them into exile. | The invaders crowned their own emperor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007244	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was surprised by how effectively the invaders kept their word and the peace, except for their promise to safeguard the family. Unsurprisingly, all were killed to safeguard against future claimants to the throne. | The invaders crowned their own emperor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007245	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<He/She> was surprised by how effectively the invaders kept their word and the peace. For the family's safety, <actor> took them into exile. | The invaders crowned their own emperor.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007246	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> led out half the city's reserve troops, to punch through the enemy and seek loyal forces.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007247	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. When they returned with great strength, the emperor's banners still rippled from the walls. In the last battle, <actor> was killed, but <his/her> victory saved the family's legacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007248	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fight lasted too long. Nearby enemies rallied in time to block <his/her> attempt to cut through their lines. <actor> was killed. The city fell, and the family was put to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007249	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. Few remained. <actor> returned with what <he/she> could gather, but when they arrived the capital had surrendered. Citizens believed <actor> had only escaped. | Exhausted and defeated, escape was <his/her> last option. <He/She> died in exile.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007250	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The fight lasted too long. Nearby enemies rallied in time to block <his/her> attempt to cut through their lines. <actor> was killed. The city fell, and the family was put to death.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007251	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. Few remained. <actor> returned with what <he/she> could gather, but when they arrived the capital had surrendered. Citizens believed <actor> had only escaped. | Exhausted and defeated, escape was <his/her> last option. <He/She> died in exile.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007252	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. When they returned with great strength, the emperor's banners still rippled from the walls. In the last battle, <actor> was killed, but <his/her> victory saved the family's legacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007253	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. When they returned with great strength, the emperor's banners still rippled from the walls. In the last battle, <actor> was killed, but <his/her> victory saved the family's legacy.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007254	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	With the fight brief and sharp, <actor> abandoned <his/her> dead and seriously wounded. They pressed far from the capital, searching for support and recruits. Few remained. <actor> returned with what <he/she> could gather, but when they arrived the capital had surrendered. Citizens believed <actor> had only escaped. | Exhausted and defeated, escape was <his/her> last option. <He/She> died in exile.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007255	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> locked down every grain of wheat, and promised fresh meat the day after any civil unrest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007256	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Winter arrived, but it was too mild to drive the besiegers away. Still, food was scarce. They grew desperate. Their siege engines struck the walls and thousands of men struggled to breach them. Everyone fought. Children threw stones. <actor> led a charge into a successful breach but returned in the arms of <his/her> soldiers. The city was saved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007257	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Winter arrived, but it was too mild to drive the besiegers away. Disease succeeded where winter had relented. Ignoring walls, it struck those besieged. Sickness forced a mutual surrender. The enemy retreated. The capital struggled back to life. <actor> died in <his/her> bed. A feeble fight for the throne forced the family to flee into eventual obscurity.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007258	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Winter arrived, but it was too mild to drive the besiegers away. Still, food was scarce. They grew desperate. Their siege engines struck the walls and thousands of men struggled to breach them. Everyone fought. Children threw stones. <actor> led a charge into a successful breach but returned in the arms of <his/her> soldiers. The city was saved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007259	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When unrest broke among the citizens, their numbers were enormous. No matter how ruthless, soldiers and guards were overwhelmed. Rioters streamed into the palaces, killing <actor>, family, and any else who refused to surrender.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007260	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When unrest broke among the citizens, their numbers were enormous. No matter how ruthless, soldiers and guards were overwhelmed. Rioters streamed into the palaces, killing <actor>, family, and any else who refused to surrender.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceR007261	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> threw lavish parties and orgies while orphans fought in the streets over rat entrails.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultR007262	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> died believing godhood would grant <him/her> eternal life. | A thousand years later, <his/her> last worshipper was put to the sword.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR007263	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the next age, The Age of Migrations, <actorP> descendants had become feudal lords. The story pauses. "7 Grand Steps, Step 1: What Ancients Begat." has ended.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
discR007264	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The <var1> family history has been saved in your Documents folder, file: '7GS_step1_<var1>'. Their story will continue in "Step 2: What Darkness Felled". Visit Mousechief Co. to follow "Step 2's" development.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007265	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was to be presented to potential suitors. Her behavior would determine potential political unions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007266	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A night of music and storytelling, with invitions for the wealthy and powerful, was organized for <actorP> benefit. It was to be her social debut. Her attendance was communicated only informally.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007267	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed every bit of advice offered. The night was sung about for moons thereafter, and <actorP> social circle bonded closer.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007268	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> deferred her choices to elders during the event. The evening leaped from lip to influential lip, and in subsequent days inquiries were made by prominent families.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007269	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was steadfastly wary of any man introducing himself. She enjoyed a marvelous time without disgracing the family's position.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007270	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> followed every bit of advice offered. The night nearly fell into disaster when one suggestion proved poisonous.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007271	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> deferred her choices to elders during the event. A few days afterwards, arrangements were made without her knowledge or consent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007272	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She welcomed forwardly the men introduced by others. A few days afterwards, arrangements were made without her knowledge or consent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007273	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A grand ceremony was planned to publicly proclaim <actorP> status.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007274	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Servants dressed <actor> in the finest garments. Important officials and their families surrounded him. A great feast began after <actor> suffered the long-winded blessing of a high priest.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007275	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> interrupted the priest with a restrained cough. The high-priest acknowledged <actorP> discomfort with a nod and proceeded.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007276	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> maintained perfect poise throughout the ceremony. The high priest stayed to bless the feast. He partook of it heartily.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007277	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fell asleep after the proceedings. The next morning, scraps of the day-long feast were strewn before the dogs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007278	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> coughed gravely when the high priest paused for a moment. The high priest sustained his pause with visible indignation at <actorP> tone.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007279	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> dry swallowed to keep from coughing. The high priest smoothly switched recitations. "And should the river shrink, declare your thirst, and accept the gods' judgement."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007280	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> fell asleep in front the high priest, upon the rite's completion. The high priest turned away and exited aloof.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007281	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was asked if she dared to take her father's hereditary military royal appointment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007282	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She sent a message with her father's seal to the king, requesting his approval.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007283	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As expected, no word was returned. <actor> took the office's duties unrecognized, but was addressed respectfully as "sir."	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007284	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	By order of the king, <actor> was stripped of her family's appointment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007285	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It was expected that <actor> would receive his father's hereditary, military royal appointment.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007286	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	He sent a message with his father's seal to the king, requesting his approval.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007287	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king called <actor> to his royal presence and blessed the boy's future service.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007288	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	No word was returned. <actor> took the office's duties unrecognized, but was obeyed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007289	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> would be presented to a select group of senators. While women were not allowed to be senators, their influence was sometimes greater. The committee would determine how much of her clan's influence <actor> would be able to exert.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007290	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Entering the marble-lined chamber, her first impression was of tired old men grieved by gout. The snap of their questions disoriented her. Insults and demands for answers nipped at her like a wolf's teeth, seeking to clamp on and devour her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007291	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Silent, at first, she let their rabid foam slip off her like rain upon a goose. Then she replied to each man in the order of their questions, not terribly concerned about her answers. She had been observing her family's political canniness since her youth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007292	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She snapped her answers in quick response like a crocodile chasing a duck's brood. She had been observing her family's political canniness since her youth.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007293	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Her answers faltered under frequent interruptions. She stood embarrassed by her slow wit, knowing she was better than this.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007294	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She could not stop the tears, however angry she responded. Amused, the beasts relented and dismissed her.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007295	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There were many kings in the empire. Some had power. Others were ceremonial. <actor> would have a chance to be "king" when the proper king was unavailable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteR007296	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> was picked by unspoken means to "fertilize the fields" of a highly influential farming clan. The priests purified him with three days of water and bread. They spoke prayers endearing him the harvest goddess. They dressed him in a cloak and helm that signified the ram. He was to lie in fresh-turned furrows for an entire night.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007297	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> went home the next day, tired, cold, and soiled.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007298	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> spoke to the goddess all night, imagining her beauty, fearing her presence. More than once, his excitement was too great to contain.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007299	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> felt beetles and worms crawling upon him. He fled the field.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
riteOutcomeR007300	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> yelled promises to the goddess. He would marry her and give her children who would be heroes. A priest ran over and dragged <actor> off of the field.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007301	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The betrothal was arranged during <actorP> childhood. They met for the first time a day before their wedding.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007302	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were married the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007303	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> told <his/her> parents to stop this marriage or <he/she> would kill <himself/herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007304	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The betrothal was arranged during <actorP> childhood. They met for the first time a day before their wedding.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007305	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were married the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007306	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> told <his//her> parents to stop this marriage or <he//she> would kill <himself//herself>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007307	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After his fifth betrothal, <actor> had given up hope. The sixth woman would be no different.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007308	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She poured into his presence like the liquid beams of the moon. Laughter filled her soul, and wisdom breezed from her lips. The first time they touched, their feet left the ground.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007309	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She wasn't.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007310	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The men who courted <actor> were snakes seeking the next higher nest on society's tree. <target> introduced himself harmlessly enough. She restrained her responses until <target> had coiled himself around her and bit.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007311	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	His venom was intoxicating. His embrace left her breathless, but his kiss provided all the air she desired.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007312	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	She had the man imprisoned, enslaved and sold to another city. Death would have been insufficient.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007313	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> sent an entourage to propose to <target>. Their message told of <actorP> earnest love, in words <he/she> had labored over for weeks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007314	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> accepted <his/her> position and wealth, but not <his/her> love.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007315	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> fled the city after <actor> nearly killed the messenger who dared to speak <his//her> rejection.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007316	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king commanded <actor> to marry <target>. If <actor> did not obey, <he/she> would lose <his/her> ruling status.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007317	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were married the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007318	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> resigned <his/her> appointment of office to escape the marriage. <actor> was privately reassigned.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007319	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king commanded <target> to marry <actor>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007320	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They were married the next day.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007321	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> convinced the priests to stop the marriage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007322	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A prisoner of noble birth was assigned a special caretaker. <actor> visited, intent on interrogation. <He//She> and <he/she> conversed through three changes of the guard. The next day, <actor> pleaded with the king to free <target>. <He/She> would take full responsibility.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007323	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	After their rapturous marriage, <actor> picked the caretaker to replace <target>. A week later, <actor> spoke with the prisoner for the first time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007324	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The king laughed and, for <actorP> sake as a loyal servant, had the prisoner executed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007325	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> borrowed an exorbitant sum to bribe the king's decision regarding who <actor> should marry. <target> was a minor servant who made <actorP> heart race. <He//She> remained distant, while <actor> collected enough to sway a king's minor province.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007326	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> married <actor>, as <his//her> king had commanded. <His//Her> loyalty was to the king, not <actor>. The debt was forgiven as a marriage gift.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007327	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> showed <actor> that it was cheaper to pay a king to reject bribery. <actor> returned the wealth <he/she> had borrowed.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007328	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	An alliance of senators would be sealed by the marriage of <actor> and <target>.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007329	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The groom was too busy to attend the ceremony.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007330	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> convinced a magistrate to postpone the wedding while the betrothal was investigated for potential corruption. Embarrassed, the senatorial families broke off the marriage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007331	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> mentioned to <target> how a marriage would give their political factions legal protection from rival factions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007332	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	They married while the senate was in session, to avoid political interventions. The groom was too busy to attend the ceremony.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007333	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> switched <his//her> loyalty to <actorP> rivals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007334	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> and <target> first met at their tutor's school. She was the rare rich girl to receive a full education. He was avoiding military training. They did not see each other again until <actor> began service in the imperial senate. <target> had already served for a year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007335	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> took <actor> on a personal tour of the senate chamber that night. They concluded with vows of trust that divorced politics from the life they shared thereafter.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007336	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> prompted a senator to move to bar <actor> from service due to <cowardice/the weakness of her sex>. The motion was passed over for matters more urgent.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007337	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<actor> swallowed <his/her> feelings for <target>. <He/She> pursued <him//her> through official channels by sending gifts, bribing voices close to the family, and aligning the actions of <his/her> faction to promote <targetP> faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007338	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When <target> agreed to the marriage, <actor> fainted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
romR007339	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	<target> delayed <his/her> faction from responding until <he/she> had wrung so many advantages from <actor> that <his/her> faction called off all proposals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleR007341	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	default ruling tale	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleR007342	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	okay	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
taleR007343	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	good by	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007344	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This is a highly unusual game. Like all new things, it'll seem strange at first. It's not difficult but requires the attention you would for reading the rules of Checkers or Parcheesi.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007345	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	'7 Grand Steps' is simpler than most parlor games. Follow the tutorial carefully, and you'll soon be enjoying its unique, friendly gameplay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007346	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Welcome to 7 Grand Steps! This is the first and only game about guiding family generations through the development of western civilization.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007347	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If this is your first time playing, we strongly suggest starting a tutorial game. It provides many advantages that make the early game much easier.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007348	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The main game can be challenging from the start. For more about the main game, click 'MAIN INFO'.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007349	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If you've quit in the middle of a game, press RESUME, to jump right back where you stopped playing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007350	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Learn more about starting a tutorial game.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007352	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Learn more about resuming a game.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007354	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The RESUME button will continue a game that was quit. A game is defined by the family name that the player gave to it. If only one game is currently being played, that game will immediately resume. If more than one game is being played a screen will appear.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007355	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the screen, you can quickly resume the last game that was played by pressing PLAY. Or if you wish to resume another game, press PICK. PICK will open a list of games that can be resumed by clicking of the family name for that game.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007356	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Even if the game quits unexpectedly, the RESUME button should be able to continue the game from a very recent state of play.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007357	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007358	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This is a highly unusual game. Like all new things, it'll seem strange at first. It's not difficult but requires the attention you would for reading the rules of Checkers or Parcheesi.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007359	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	'7 Grand Steps' is simpler than most parlor games. Follow the tutorial carefully, and you'll soon be enjoying its unique, friendly gameplay.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007360	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007361	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Information home page about playing 7 Grand Steps. To learn more, click one of the following topics.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007362	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Basic Gameplay - Moving pawns. Getting beads. Making tokens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007363	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family Strategy - Romance. Raise children. Rite of Passage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007364	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Family Drama - Tales in the life. Sibling rivalry. Failed branches. Graveyard.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007365	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Grand Legends - Discoveries, Social Climbing, and Heroics.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007366	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Ruling Games - City Administration, Warring Kingdoms, Imperial Senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007367	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Challenges of an Age.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007368	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Useful hints and tips for optimal playing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007369	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Parents are represented on the wheel by figurines called 'pawns'. Peers are represented by shadow pawns. Enemy and ally peers have special pawns.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007370	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Tokens tell parents to move their pawn. Pawns move away from the crocodiles, to the next space containing a symbol that matches the token spent. If the symbol is on another track on the wheel, the pawn will move to that track. When a pawn ends upon a space containing a bead, legend points are gained from the bead.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007371	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A parent attempts to make tokens when the ingot is slotted. Their pawns move towards the crocodiles until the next pawn is reached. The people represented by the pawns work together to make tokens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007372	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Details for moving pawns and getting beads.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007373	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Details for making tokens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007374	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Peers/Neighbors	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007375	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When a pawn changes tracks away from the family's social status, the family status does not change. The pawn is considered to be exploring other social classes. In the Bronze and Iron ages, there is a 50% chance a higher track will reject a pawn, whose parents live on a lower track, that tries to climb higher. (Reflects solidification of social strata.)	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007376	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If the destination space contains a bead, your family takes legend points from the bead. Beads have a high point state and a low point state. The first person to reach a bead gets the high point value. The second pawn reaching a bead gets the low point value which is half of the high value.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007377	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If the destination contains the pawn of an ally (green swirls) or that of a loving spouse, the pawn is boosted to the next space with the token's symbol. The acting pawn can be boosted by pawns in boosted destinations, until the wheel's limit is reached.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007378	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If the destination contains three pawns or an enemy pawn (red and white rectangles) the acting pawn is placed on the space before the blocked space. The acting pawn can be blocked by multiple blocked spaces, until it doesn't move, at all.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007379	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007380	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If no pawn is closer to the crocs, or the only spaces containing pawns closer to the crocs are filled with three pawns or contain an enemy, the acting pawn does not move. The parent it represents tries to make tokens with the pawns in its current space, at a reduced chance to make tokens. If a pawn is alone, there's a 50% chance that no tokens will be made.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007381	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Three pawns make more tokens than two pawns.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007382	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Like your family, neighbors will also make tokens to survive. They will move back to pawns, sometimes to the pawns of your family, and make tokens with them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007383	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Making tokens is based on the workers' skills. The higher the skill the more likely that token type will be made. If all skills are equal, the type of token made will be random. High skills also determine how many tokens will be made. When working with other pawns, at least one token will be made. Also, sometime, tokens will be traded. You may receive tokens that only your neighbors can make.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007384	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Children can also make tokens, based on their skills. Young children have the worst chance to make tokens. Older children (carrying the white, rite of passage button) make them at half their adult ability.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007385	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007386	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Peers follow the same two rules. They spend tokens to advance their pawns to symbols. They retreat their pawns to make tokens. This means they are competing to take beads from the wheel, but they cooperate (often with the player's pawns) to make tokens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007387	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	There are two types of special peers: enemies and allies. Enemy pawns block player pawns from advancing into their space. Enemies also prevent player pawns from working in their space. They do not prevent player pawns from retreating into their space. Ally pawns give the same boost as a loving spouse.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007388	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Across the generations, peers leave legacies. Their offspring will continue to pursue the parents' goals. They might even continue to be enemies or allies into a new generation but not often.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007389	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007390	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	At the start of new generations, neighbors are not yet married. Neighbors eligible to marry the new head of your family are signified by pawns dressed in white. To explore a romance, move the family head's pawn to the space occupied by potential spouses.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007391	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each turn, a child will do one of three things: Study, Work, or Play. Determine their action by: spending a token, using the ingot, or ignoring them.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007392	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When you want to start a new family generation, decide which child will head the next family. Children available for their rite present a white button. To trigger the child's rite of passage, click on the chosen child's white button.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007393	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Finding a mate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007394	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Having children.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007395	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Raising a child.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007396	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The rite of passage.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007397	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Special information is available for marriage candidates: Their skill average (GPA), and the number of tokens they will bring to the family. If your new head of the family is in love with a neighbor, its pawn will have a heart above it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007398	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When your pawn reaches a candidate pawn, a screen will appear, allowing you to decide if the head of your family proposes marriage. The candidate will either accept or reject the proposal. Sometimes, candidate pawns will seek out your head of the family and propose marriage. A screen will appear, allowing you to accept or reject it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007399	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If all candidates marry peers instead of the family head, then a story of why they did not marry must be resolved. Did the head simply fail to get married? Was he or she not interested in the opposite sex, or more interested in living alone? Out of five options, you must decide what happened.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007400	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007401	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Whenever parents meet on the same space, even if the Impetus of Love moves one further, there is a chance to have a child. The flame of passion will arise on an empty child track. To try for a child, click on the flame.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007402	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	More important, when parents work together, they will immediately try for a child. If they are working together with a neighbor, the chance to have a child is halved.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007403	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As parents grow older, their chance to have children diminishes.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007404	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007405	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Children study when you give a token to them. The skill learned is determined by the type of token. This is the fastest way to teach skills to children. There is a small bonus for teaching the same tech to children in the same turn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007406	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Children work when you give the ingot to them. Their chance to make tokens is slim, but it improves with their skill. Even the most educated child makes tokens half of the time.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007407	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Children play when the turn button is pressed, and the children have not been given a token or ingot. This is their default activity. Play helps children to learn, but at a very small rate compared to studying. What they learn, during play, is based upon the skills of their parents.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007408	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007409	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Success at the rite is based on the child's skills. The better their skills, the more likely they will succeed at their rite. When the first screen appears, consider pressing "Not Ready", especially if there is still time in the current generation to improve the child's skills.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007410	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A successful rite of passage confers bonuses to the head of a family. She or he is more attractive to marriage candidates. A token is earned, important if the child has no inheritance. And you may choose their personality from positive types.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007411	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Personalities determine how the head of your family will act in the three, day-in-the-life tales presented during their lifetime. Positive personalities tend to be less dangerous and more beneficial than negative ones, but results will vary. For example, in the right circumstance, cowardice (a negative personality) might save your family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007412	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007413	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	During the lifetime of each head of your family, that parent will be presented with up to three tales about her or his life. Click the golden owl to interact with the tale.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007414	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Children don't like to be treated differently than their siblings. Rivalry will sap tokens from the next generation. Bonded children will aid the next generation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007415	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Siblings help to quickly recover your game when the chosen descendent fails to produce an heir.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007416	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Access the history of previous generations through your graveyard.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007417	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Tales in the life. Details.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007418	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sibling rivalry. Details.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007419	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Failed Branches. Details.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007420	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Graveyard. Details.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007421	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The personality you picked will often decide how the head of your family reacts to a given situation. Occasionally, tales that don't depend upon the parent's personality will allow you to decide.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007422	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If you choose not to interact with the tale, it will still resolve, and the result of that tale will still affect your family.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007423	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007424	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each turn a child can either learn, play, or work. Tokens tell them to learn, and the ingot tells them to work. Left alone for a turn, they will play.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007425	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As long as the amount of learning, work, and play over the last few turns is roughly the same for each child, they will tend to bond. Bonding leads to siblings helping each other in adulthood.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007426	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If one child is taught, worked, or left to play more than his or her siblings, rivalries will develop. Adult rivals will cause regular trouble for the chosen head of a family, usually by stealing tokens. Worse things can happen, especially on the ruling track.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007427	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007428	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Should a chosen family head fail to have children, that branch of the family is considered to have ended. Here is where siblings are essential to continuing the game. The game reverts to the most recent ancestor with children who were not picked to lead a new generation. To continue the game, pick from the remaining siblings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007429	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007430	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The graveyard lists every ancestor since the first family. It can be scrolled, and hovering the mouse over a grave reveals that family's major accomplishments. Clicking the grave brings up that family's collection of stories. Page through each story, with buttons on the bottom right and left of the card.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007431	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007432	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Earned over generations, these stories tell how your family got stronger. This strength is used to aid in overcoming the Challenge of an Age.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007433	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discovery legends are useful against challenges from the same track where the discoveries were made. Heroic legends (if a heroic title was earned) are useful against challenges from all tracks. Social advancement legends delay the challenge of an age. Challenges don't start until all discoveries have been made.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007434	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Great legends also confer a variety of immediate benefits.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007435	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discoveries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007436	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Social Climbing.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007437	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Heroics.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007438	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	About Challenges of an Age.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007439	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Parents receive high skill in the new technology. Children receive average skill. The family also receives 10 tokens for the new technology. Peers start with no skill for making tokens for that tech. They will slowly acquire skill over the next few generations.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007440	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Note, when peers make discoveries, your family won't have any skill to make tokens for that tech. One way to acquire tokens (possibly for teaching your children) is to work with the peers who discovered the new tech. Occasionally, tokens are traded between workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007441	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007442	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Parents and children receive average skills in all of the current technologies for the new track. The family also receives one token for each tech. Next, if the the track has not been visited before, peers begin to make discoveries. Because higher tracks have more tech than lower tracks, it takes longer for every tech in that age to be discovered. Thus, the Challenge of the Age takes longer to arrive. Finally, beads on higher tracks tend to have greater value than lower tracks.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007443	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007444	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Heroic legends start the head of your family on a short text adventure. The choices you make guide the story, but the outcome varies by your decisions and luck. Riskier choices lead to more extreme outcomes. Great rewards or great harm, including death, can result.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007445	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Because of randomness, choose how you want the story to be told, in favor of trying to pick a 'most winning' action. Tragedy is worth a lot of legend points.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007446	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rewards: tokens, increased skills, social advancement, but mostly legend points. In the case of tragedy, you can often win another heroic adventure (or other goal) very soon after one ends.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007447	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Your goal is to earn a heroic title for your family lineage. Heroic titles confer an advantage for all Challenges of the current age. To earn a heroic title, the head of your family must survive to participate in the adventure's primary drama. For example, during a war adventure, survive to participate in a major battle.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007448	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007449	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	These mini-games are narrative games that replace 'tales in the life'. Typically you start with one ruling power. It consists of three or four choices to be made each turn. During the game, you can add ruling powers for more control. Gaining all ruling powers wins the mini-game.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007450	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Playing the ruling game is optional. However if you choose not to play, your subordinates will decide how it is played. Your family will be subject to the results of their choices.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007451	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If the ruling game is lost, your family will fall back to the noble professions track, or worse. Winning a ruling game confers absolute power, and you immediately face the Challenge of Age for rulers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007452	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Controls and interface. Change buttons, sliders, choice buttons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007454	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Copper Age: city administration.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007456	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Bronze Age: warring kingdoms.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007458	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Iron Age: imperial senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007460	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When you see the word 'CHANGE' in a rectangle, it is a change button. Press the button to change the specified value. Usually, this will pop up a slider interface.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007461	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Drag the slider left or right to change a specified value. Left typically decreases the value. Right increases it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007462	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sometimes you will see groups of buttons (bold, capitalized words). The initial choice is indicated with a rectangle. Click any of the other buttons in that group to change what has been chosen.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007463	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Sometimes choice buttons are grayed-out, and you cannot click them. Usually, a choice is not allowed because the cost required exceeds funds available.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007464	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007466	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Five powers of city administration control the copper age ruling game. Your family begins as Chief of Agriculture. Earn all ruling powers to become the first king in the history of civilization.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007467	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Gain ruling powers by pleasing other administrators. Please administrators by increasing the city's fields. Rally the population with a steady supply of grain. Displease them, and your family may lose its ruling status. Beware, a harvest insufficient to pay for grain promised to projects means certain dismissal.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007468	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	On display: Granary Capacity - max amount of grain that can be saved for the next year. Granary capacity used/total grain available, total Population, and population of Workers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007469	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Chief of agriculture: grain distribution, manage fields, and corruption.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007471	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	War Commander: warriors, defense-works, and combat status.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007473	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Chief of public works: roads and canals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007475	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	High Priest of justice: city watchmen, and law interpretation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007477	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	High Priest of administration: tax rate, and granary construction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007479	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Distributing Grain - keeps the population fed and content. Consider one bushel per person as the baseline. More will make them happier, less more belligerent. The food supply also controls population growth. More children survive to adulthood when there is plenty of food. To set the amount of grain distributed, click the CHANGE button.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007480	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fields Planted - planting fields requires: fields, grain, and workers. Four bushels and three workers are required to plant one field. Harvests equal the next year's random yield per field planted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007481	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Buy or Sell Fields - Each year, the price of land varies, but population growth tends to increase the price. To buy or sell lands, click the CHANGE button. A slider control will appear. To buy, drag the slider  to the right. To sell, drag the slider to the left.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007482	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Corruption adversely affects nearly every aspect of this mini-game. This group of buttons allows your family to fight government corruption or to be corrupt. By prosecuting bribes, total corruption will decrease. By accepting bribes, corruption will increase. Your stance on corruption influences the opinion of other administrators.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007483	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007485	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Command of the military adds three abilities to your family powers: the recruitment of warriors, how warriors are to be used, and the building of defense works.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007486	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To recruit or disband warriors, click the CHANGE button. A slider will appear. To recruit warriors from unused workers, slide it to the right. To return warriors to the workforce, slide it to the right. Important! To make workers available for recruitment, you may have to decrease the number of fields planted!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007487	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Warriors can patrol the city's lands, protecting it. Or they can attack another city, hoping to win new lands. To set the use of warriors, click either PATROL or CONQUER.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007488	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Defense Works protect the city from attackers. To increase defenses, click on BUILD. To let defenses decay, IGNORE. To keep existing works, MAINTAIN.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007489	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007491	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief of public works has two abilities: Building and maintaining roads and canals.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007492	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Roads help to increase trade and decrease the spoilage of grains. Canals help to limit salt accumulation in the fields and increase harvest yields.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007493	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To increase roads or canals, click on the appropriate BUILD button. To let canals or roads decay, IGNORE. To keep existing roads or canals, MAINTAIN.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007494	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007496	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Chief Justice has two abilities: Recruiting the watch (an early police force), and how laws are interpreted.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007497	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The watch decreases crime in the city. Consider 20 watchmen per 1000 citizens as the basis. The interpretation of laws affects the happiness of administrators and citizens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007498	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To recruit or disband watchmen, click the CHANGE button. A slider will appear. To recruit watchmen from unused workers, slide it to the right. To return watchmen to the workforce, slide it to the right. Important! To make workers available for recruitment, you may have to decrease the number of fields planted!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007499	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Administrators, including the priesthood, prefer laws to be strictly interpreted. Citizens prefer the spirit of the law to be enforced. To pursue the favor of administrators, click on WORD. To coddle citizens, click on SPIRIT.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007500	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007502	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Civic High Priest has two abilities: Deciding the taxation of grain and building granaries.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007503	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Grain is initial taxed at 50%. That means the amount of grain collected each year is equal to the amount of grain kept by the population. By increasing taxes, the city has more to pay for administering city functions. But it means the function of distributing grain is undermined. By decreasing taxes, the population has even more grain, including distributions from the city. Taxes are the most powerful way to control popular opinion.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007504	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To increase the number of granaries, click on the BUILD button. To let granaries decay, IGNORE. To keep granaries, MAINTAIN.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007505	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007507	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The bronze age ruling game consists of four powers over a warring kingdom. Your family begins as Minister of War with the title of General. Earn the other ruling powers to wrest full control from the current king, and potentially expand the kingdom into the first empire. The king grants additional powers to ministers who follow his dictates successfully. Note, the king takes great care to separate war and treasury powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007508	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Top display of information: kingdom status, rival nations report.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007510	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Minister of War: war advice to the king, army management, and fortifications.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007512	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Diplomatic Minister (spymaster): spying priorities and funding.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007514	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Minister of Civil Works: city quality, roads network, monuments.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007516	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Minister of the Treasury: funding priorities, slave auctions.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007518	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Cities: the number of cities in the kingdom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007519	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Treasury: gold available for non military, administration of the kingdom.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007520	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	War Chest: gold available for military purposes. Each year, the king decides how much is added to the war chest. If it grows very large, he might be tempted to raid it for the treasury.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007521	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Citizen Labor, Slaves, Soldiers: Population of the free workforce, slaves, and warriors. If the slave population grows as large as the others, the slaves might revolt.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007522	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Rival Nation Report: Are they at peace, or war? Who's invading who? Is their military strong or weak? Are they rich or poor?	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007523	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Accuracy: percentage chance that the information is accurate. High accuracy values indicates a reliable report.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007524	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Advise the King: Use the buttons to advise the king about military matters concerning each rival nation. He may not always follow your advice, especially if it goes against his orders for that year. Note: 'INVADED' means you are attacking that country. 'INVADING' means they are attacking yours.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007525	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007527	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To recruit or disband warriors, click the CHANGE button. A slider will appear. To recruit warriors from free workers, slide it to the right. To return warriors to the workforce, slide it to the right. Note, when the army is at war, and the slave population is near or greater to free workers, the possibility of a slave revolt increases.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007528	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Warfare is controlled by you and the king. Use the buttons at the far right, in the rival nations report, to advise the king on matters of war. He is predisposed to follow your advice, especially if it correlates to his commands for that year.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007529	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Fortifications protect the kingdom from invaders. To increase the number of forts, click on BUILD. To let forts decay, IGNORE. To keep existing forts, MAINTAIN.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007530	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007532	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	As the Minister of Diplomacy, also known as 'spymaster', you can control the funds spent on spying and prioritize the nations are to be spied upon.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007533	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Spy Funds: To move gold between the war chest and the spying fund, click the CHANGE button. A slider will appear. To increase the spy fund with gold from the war chest, drag the slider to the right. To decrease the spy fund and increase the war chest, drag the slider to the left.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007534	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Spying priority: Basically, by increasing spying on a particular nation you automatically decrease spying on the other rival nations. The effectiveness of your spying efforts are shown as a percentage of how accurate the information will be for next year's report. This accuracy is affected by the amount in the spy fund as well as the priority.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007535	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007537	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The Minister of Public Works affects three aspects of the kingdom: city quality, road quality, and monuments.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007538	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	City quality: City quality is vital. It affects the economy, population growth, and resists the effects of plague.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007539	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Roads quality: Affects trade with rival nations, and resists the effects of famine.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007540	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Monuments: These are expensive erections to exalt the king's greatness, deserved or not. They are very useful to placate ambitious kings.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007541	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Controls: To improve or increase a public works, click on BUILD. To let public works decay, IGNORE. To keep existing public works, MAINTAIN.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007542	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007544	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The minister of the treasury has the power to divert funds to the war chest. However, significant deviation from the king's wishes (the default value) can incur his wrath. The minister also has the power to sell the kingdom's slaves.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007545	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To set the percentage of funds to go into next year's war chest, click the CHANGE button. A slider will appear. To increase the percentage, drag the slider to the right. To decrease it, drag to the left.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007546	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To sell slaves, click on the appropriate CHANGE button. A slider will appear. To set the number of slave to be sold, drag the slider to the right. The gold received is added to next year's income.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007547	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Note, the king takes great care to separate war and treasury powers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007548	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007550	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Starting with the power of a senator, you will vote upon ruling measures and thereby influence faction members. You can abstain from voting on a proposal by not selecting YEA or NAY. By voting on measures, favored by your faction, which pass you can increase the number of votes you influence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007551	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Three aspects of the empire indicate its health: Empire unity - indicates the loyalty of the empire's provinces. Grain Supply - indicates the availability of food staples. Treasury - indicates the wealth available to spend on voted measures. Terrible situations arise when these aspects are weak: Rebellions, Famine, and Political Instability, respectively.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007552	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Earn ruling powers to become a great emperor in control of the known world. To receive new powers, you need to be popular among your constituents as well as command great influence in the senate.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007553	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Tribune: can veto measures unfavorable to the worker faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007554	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Dictator: can veto measures unfavorable to the aristocrat faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007555	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Consul: can veto measures unfavorable to the military faction.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007556	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Before the next age begins, your family will be challenged. They must survive historic circumstances that ended the age.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007557	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Usually, when all of a track's discoveries have been made, one age ends, another begins. Some tracks require completing a heroic legend as well as all discoveries. Remember, peers are actively seeking discoveries on your track. The ruling track has a separate condition for triggering a Challenge of the Age. When all ruling powers have been gained for that age, the Challenge begins.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007558	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Discovery legends give advantages to that track's challenge. Social advancement delays the onset of a new age (because higher tracks have more discoveries). The advantages from heroic legends apply to all challenges.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007559	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each social level has its own kind of challenge, but they are similarly difficult to overcome.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007560	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Five hour game freeze: wait, QUIT, relaunch, RESUME.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007561	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Don't quit in middle of heroic adventures or CotAs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007562	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Here are the top tips. Click on a tip, to learn why it's really, really important.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007563	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Be sure to make tokens before they run low.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultINFO007564	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Tokens are opportunities. Keep all options available.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007565	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When alone, the pawn closest to the crocs can't use the ingot very well.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultINFO007566	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Making tokens has a price: losing ground on the wheel.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007567	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Raise more than one child, but beware of raising too many.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultINFO007568	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Children are expensive to raise, but extras are game savers.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007569	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Don't rush to gain legend points.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultINFO007570	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	A Challenge of the Age is not easily triggered.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007571	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Keyboard shortcuts.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultINFO007572	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The following keyboard keys may be used to control the game.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007573	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Tokens are more than a way to reach beads. They allow you to take advantage of opportunities on the wheel that change from turn to turn.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007574	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	When you run out of a particular type of token, that limits you from moves that could result in a more successful turn. The worst case is, parents may get stuck on the wheel, unable to make tokens to effectively keep away from the crocs!	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007575	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	This is why making discoveries is advantageous. For a few generations, only your family can produce tokens for a new tech.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007576	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007578	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	To make tokens, a pawn is required to retreat closer to the crocs, to the pawn next behind them. The last pawn, by definition, has no one behind it.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007579	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Pawns in the last position (behind all other pawns) work at half effectiveness because the price for making tokens (retreat) was not paid.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007580	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007582	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	You need children, to lead new generations. But if a family head fails to produce an heir before he or she dies, that branch of the family tree ends.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007583	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Without siblings, the game would end. With siblings, the game returns to the most recent generation with siblings waiting to head a new generation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007584	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Beware, though, the cost of raising children grows rapidly with each new child. Spending tokens to teach them is the most obvious cost, but children can take an extra toll on siblings that head the next generation.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007585	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Siblings can bond or become enemies, depending upon how they are raised.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroResultINFO007586	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	It's important to treat children equally.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007587	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007589	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	If a child is treated differently from his or her siblings they may become resentful. The most obvious case is spending tokens to teach one child but not the others.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007590	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Each turn, a child can do one of three things: Learn, Work, or Play. They learn from tokens. The ingot makes them work (but making tokens is hard, unless one skill is very high). They play when left alone for a turn. (Play confers a small amount of learning.)	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007591	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Any one turn doesn't matter much. Their accumulated treatment over the last few turns is what causes sibling drama. Different treatment causes resentment. Similar treatment encourages bonding.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007592	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Resentful siblings will cause problems for descendants chosen to lead a new generation. Bonded siblings will aid each other.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007593	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007595	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	While it's important to secure discoveries and heroic achievements, for advantages against the Challenge of an Age, they usually require your action to commence.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007596	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	In the labor and trades social classes, a CotA requires all discoveries and at least one heroic adventure. The noble and ruling classes require all discoveries only, but they have more to discover.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007597	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Noble and ruling peers can trigger a CotA with their discoveries, but they don't make discoveries until your family attains that class.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007598	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007600	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The 'i' key will bring up the info/help dialogs.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007601	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The RETURN or TAB keys start a new turn, the same as clicking the wheel's button. Careful, it's easy to start a new turn when you didn't mean to, and that is un-revokable.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007602	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The SPACEBAR can be used instead of clicking on 'Continue' buttons.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007603	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	The ESCAPE key can be used to dismiss or cancel most pop-up screens.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroINFO007604	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Quit the game with CNTL-Q (Windows), or CMD-Q (Macintosh)	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
heroChoiceINFO007605	OldTypefaces	20	20-20-20	Go Back.	 F 	 G 	 H 	 I 	 J
