Bearwards of Weyland

One of the common amusements of Middlemark was a "sport" known as bear-baiting. While this past-time has all but died out in Stonemark and is not common to be seen in Claulan or Anarea, its roots are deep in Weyland and it continues to be popular in the Thornwood region to a degree not seen anywhere else. The practice (which has been called deplorable by Aellonians, who claim that the natural dignity of all creatures involved are insulted) focuses around a traveling entertainer and his bear, who is chained to a stake. The chain is long enough to allow the bear to maneuver (but short enough to prevent it from attacking any of the people involved).

Hungry (and possibly mad) dogs are driven to attack the bear, and then bets are placed on who shall be the victor. Bearwards are the men who own the bears and who travel to bring the shows from town to town and city to city. They are a strange and unpleasant lot. The kit below describes is for the thief class, and its use describe the common bearward of Weyland.