Its name abbreviated to WC by Nott, Caleb pointed out to that WC meant Water Closet/ Toilet in Zemnian, for which the horse afterward would be called. While riding north on their way north along the Amber Road from Trostenwald to Alfield, Mollymauk stated that the horse had its name because if it lived to the point of Winter's Crest, the carnival had planned to kill it for meat, and after enjoying their fill for the festivities the remainder of the horse would have been made into and sold as jerky to raise funds to purchase the next horse.

Winter's Crest: This draft horse was acquired by the party from the the Fletching and Moondrop Traveling Carnival of Curiosities during its disbanding.

įan art of an ankheg attacking the Mighty Nein's horses: W.C. Upon completion, the group pulled the cart half a mile from Trostenwald and sent Shelby off with a sharp whack to his backside.

To dispose from two corpses of the Crownsguards, previously posted at the carnival and turned into husk zombies by Kylre, the Mighty Nein harnessed Shelby to pull them in the cart and leave near Ustaloch. Shelby: A male white mustang owned by carnival and named by Fjord.The Mighty Nein named several of their horses. The horses had distracted the harpies from the party. Along the way, they had to leave their horses behind to cross a gap a short time later they noticed a group of harpies attacking the area where they had left the horses. Vox Machina tried to cleave to the narrow mining paths of the Salted Bluffs to avoid detection on their approach to Whitestone. Ī favorite Zemnian peasant dish called sauerbraten is made with pickled horse meat. The horses used by Uthodurn are particularly sturdy and have thick coats suited to the cold climate. Grateful residents of the city on the Vistula were smitten with her and placed her image on the arms of their city.Horses bred in Syngorn are noticeably faster and more expensive than typical horses. When the Swedes attacked Warsaw, the valiant Griffin was treacherously wounded by the enemy and shortly died, and his companion, the brave Mermaid, seized sword and shield and courageously fought in defense of the city. From then on, they both watched over the townspeople. They fell deeply in love and the Mermaid swam with them back to Warsaw. When he once took a journey with the river boatmen to the Baltic, he met a beautiful Mermaid. This is why the Warsaw Mermaid is armed: She bears a sword and a shield to defend the city.Īmong the lesser-known legends is the one written by Maria KrÃ¼ger entitled 'The Noble Griffin and the Beautiful Mermaid.' According to the legend, the security of the medieval city of Warsaw was guarded by a manly and noble Griffin. Grateful that the townspeople had defended her, the mermaid promised that she would help them in time of need. A young farmhand heard the mermaid's cries, and with the help of friends he freed her at night. He tricked the mermaid, seized her and imprisoned her in a wooden shed without any water. He quickly calculated how much money he could make if he captured the mermaid and displayed her at market fairs.

One day a wealthy merchant saw the mermaid and her lovely song. But the mermaid enchanted them with her beautiful singing, and they did not harm her. Soon the fishermen noticed that during their fishing someone was churning the waves of the Vistula, tangling the nets and releasing the fish.

At the foot of today's Old Town, she left the water to rest on the sandy shore, and she so liked the place that she decided to stay. The best-known legend, by Artur Oppman, is that Warsaw fishermen caught a mermaid in their net who sang beautifully. Tellers of many stories and legends have tried to explain where she came from. The origin of the legendary figure is not fully known. Here's a stab at explaining why Warsaw, over 200 miles from the sea, has a mermaid in its crest: More about the Warsaw mermaid after the jump, as if that's why you're reading this.

The journey for the enchanted crest