Nugget
Harlan's rooster. Met the new Baron on the road, alone, unimpressed. The town says he was ruling Wyrmwood between lords, and he has not fully abdicated.
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BARONY OF WYRMWOOD · OFFICE OF THE STEWARD INCIDENT LEDGER Subject: the rooster “NUGGET” · Volume I of, apparently, several SUBJECT PROFILE. Species: rooster (confirmed). Coloring: white. Owner of record: Harlan Fenner (contested by subject’s conduct). Name: “Nugget,” per Mr. Fenner, who named him as a chick and declines to elaborate. Residence: the Fenner farm, nominally. Actual whereabouts: see below, and below that, and below that. LEGAL STATUS: DISPUTED “I wish to note for the record that I maintain accurate ledgers of a barony’s entire accounts, and that this is the only document in my care I cannot keep current.” — N. Bellrose, Senior Steward SELECTED INCIDENTS, IN ORDER OF FILING No. 1. Subject received the incoming Baron on the west road, alone, prior to the official welcome party. How subject knew the arrival date is not recorded. Subject did not yield the road. No. 4. Subject discovered on the council table inside a locked chamber. Window inspected: does not open. Door inspected: was locked. Subject inspected: unbothered. No. 9. Subject barred from the Wayfarer’s Rest kitchen by proprietress S. Venn. This is the fourth such barring. The standing of the current barring is described by Ms. Venn as “under negotiation.” No. 12. Subject crowed at dawn from the granary roof the day before the leak was found, and from the mill the morning the millwright arrived. Sister Anwen has asked that this pattern be “kept an eye on.” This office does not log omens. This office is logging it anyway. No. 17. Subject attended a formal occasion uninvited and occupied the seat intended for a visiting dignitary. The dignitary stood. Nobody, including the dignitary, suggested moving the rooster. APPENDED OBJECTION (H. FENNER): Nugget is a completely normal rooster and I’ll thank the Office of the Steward to stop writing him up. He doesn’t follow me places. He goes ahead. To where I was going. That’s different. 🕋 UNCONTAINABLE 🦏 WAS HERE FIRST ⚖ STATUS: DISPUTED 🌱 HARMLESS, PROBABLY Whether Nugget is an ordinary rooster with extraordinary confidence or something the shrine-keeper is right to watch, this office cannot determine, and the Baron is respectfully advised to stop asking. He was on the road the day you arrived, You. He watched you come the whole way down. As far as anyone can tell, he has decided your business is his business — and the transition of power is proceeding at his pace, not yours. Filed by N. Bellrose, Senior Steward. Countersignature requested from G. Holt, Headman. Request declined, verbally, at length. This ledger is SFW and contains no rooster-related violence. Nugget cannot be harmed. Nugget cannot be contained. Nugget thanks you for your visit.
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