KLAH

Introduction

Midmorning of the eightieth day of autumn during thirty-second Turn of the Tenth Pass an Earthquake rocked Ista Island and destroyed the Farm Craft Hall at Grinstead Hold. Records of this story can be found in many places around the island.
However, this left the Farm Craft in need of a new dwelling place, and after the
farmers moved, Grinstead Hold was left with quite a bit of cultivatable area,
but it needed a new crop.

After a particularly stressing misunderstanding between Natch and her
headman, Petrin, Natch came to Grinstead for a break. During the days of
discussion that followed Natch's installment in the Grinstead guest-room,
the current steward, Stanbogan, brought up the problem of developing a useful
industry for the people of Grinstead. Natch casually suggested that it would
serve the island well to not have every bit of klah imported from either
Benden or Half Circle seahold (both being half a world away).

Now, with the grinding mill intact, the orange groves healthy, and the fields
ready for plants, it made absolute sense to begin a klah plantation on at
Grinstead Hold.

Therefore, Rhyssa, a master from the traders, was contacted
and events were put into motion to begin this venture (including the rounding
up of wood experts like Zavier, willing farmers like Mallios, and kidlets like Rianna)
to make the long trip to Benden Hold via Keroon with wagons and supplies
that would allow the traders to practice their craft
and bring back the grown trees, half-grown trees, and cuttings from the existing klah stands.

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