Behold my stuff(2)

For most, life began and ended in the same place. Generations toiled on the same patch of earth, their lives linked to the familiar fields and villages where their ancestors had lived and died. Even among the free men of the Confederation—those rare wanderers of the seas who sought plunder and glory—true wonders remained elusive. Their raids might bring fleeting glimpses of lions or wolves, creatures of myth to most, but such beasts were distant shadows, more often heard of in tales than seen with their own eyes.