udent to have spares available should anything befall the ball during play, it not being unknown for a ball to break when hit with extreme force. The ball sh... onto the core to ensure a tight fit and therefore allow the ball to bounce.
Protective equipment may be worn if t... a court 50 yards square. This should have stout walls between 12 and 18 feet high. The walls can be of either stone or wood, but should be of hardwood if so constructed to allow the ball to bounce.
The court is divided lengthways into
s very fertile. Most of the population lives in small villages which can be found every three to five miles or so. There are small towns every twenty to thirty miles which act as a... orth. Outlanders are rare in the state and are usually confined to enclaves in the major towns where all trade is conducted. Those that manage to penetrat
There are eight major Ministries and a host of smaller specialised offices, some of which are affiliat... ith a thin white edging.
- **Priest** (Generally each village has a Priest). Similar robes to the... coloured by the Ministry.
- **Deacon** (Usually in charge of towns or Section Head in a Ministry... pes on coloured robes.
- **Archdeacon** (Usually responsible for a District or a Head of Division
past where greed ruled everywhere and people were allowed to starve and die while others accumulated ex... to less than a tenth of their original number and all around them were strewn the dead of the King's me... forces. The story is immortalised in the famous ballad "The Last Stand of Sir Waldo's Paladins".
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