Levi

Levi was an elder of the village of Rivermoot, located somewhere to the northeast. He appears in a poignant memory belonging to the adventurer Farwald, dating back to Farwald’s life before he set out on the road.

The Winter of Despair

On a cold morning at the outset of winter, Levi sat by a dwindling fire in Rivermoot. The summer harvest stocks were dwindling fast, and the winter was far colder than any he could remember. Watching his daughter-in-law tend to a crying infant at her chest while his grandchildren looked on with eyes wide with hunger after a paltry breakfast, Levi came to a painful realization.

Refusing to consume the village’s scarce food, Levi pushed away his watery bowl of gruel and handed it back to his daughter-in-law. Putting on his threadbare coat, he muttered that he was “off to see the Guider” and stepped out into the swirling flurries of snow.

Plea to Farwald

Levi sought out Farwald, a fellow elder of Rivermoot (though Farwald was the older of the two). Early that morning, Levi stepped through Farwald’s door. Farwald, whose head was pounding from the previous night’s ale and who was preoccupied with a foolish bargain struck with a group of rowdy young adventurers, was greeted by a desperate friend seeking guidance.

Levi confessed his deepest fears to Farwald, explaining that while the howling wolves could provide valuable meat and pelts for his family, he could no longer hold a spear as he once did. He deeply desired to spend at least one more winter and summer with his family to guide his young grandchildren in essential survival skills, such as crop seeding and the mating of pigs, pleading with Farwald to somehow grant him this final wish.