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The Travels of Biturian VaroshOriginally published in Cults of Prax,some parts later reprinted in Trollpak, Sun County, and The Book of Drastic Resolutions, Volume Prax The following are passages from the travel journals of a man named Biturian Varosh, a wandering merchant priest from the Issaries Goldentongue cult. His records eventually found their way into the Jonstown Compendium. The years from which all the excerpts are drawn were 1614-15, S.T. As a merchant and a priest of Issaries, Biturian had many contacts with the peoples and gods of Prax. He appears to have worked hard to maintain his neutrality despite occasional pressures to do otherwise. Therefore his neutrality allowed him to participate in the functions of many cults, which might otherwise have been denied to an outsider. Such rituals are the inner workings of cults, beyond their obvious local color. We have included only those references which we thought particularly colorful or illustrative. Biturian made his way through the chaparral during the winter, the preferred travel season in Prax because of the relative coolness and the increased rainfall. At that time the seasonal spread of vegetation is greatest, extending the grazing territories of the native herds. This expanded ground aided in keeping the tribes from each others' throats in some regions, and also provided some relatively leisurely time in which to go to market. The full itinerary of Biturian Varosh has been marked on the map available in a separate window. The numbered points [on the map] are those which the journal excerpts describe or in which they take place. The place, cult reference, and date are included in the list below. The points on the map are also clickable.
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