❂ The Town of Bryde ❂
This town was originally named Kallton, and it was a small town with few people and little money through out it. The people were happy, though, and had small, personal festival often to meet with old friends. The town thrived on mills at the time, wood cutting and so on. The story goes that, a Miller in the town once had a beautiful daughter, and he wished that she could marry a well of man and be happy. One day, a man came and asked for the hand of the Miller's daughter in marriage. The man seemed well off enough, rather wealthy and well mannered in fact, so the Miller agreed. The date was set and the terms agreed upon, there was just one problem. The daughter did not love the man as a bride should love a bridegroom. Many times, the Bridegroom asked his Bride to come and see his house and each time she thought of an excuse not to go. Finally, her excuses ran out and she was talked into agreeing.
That Sunday, the Bride went to the near by woods and found her way strewn with ashes, as he Bridegroom had told her it would be. Walking through the wood along the path, with each step she flicked a pea on the right and a bean on the left. Walking all day, she came o the end of the path at a house, but no one was to be found but a small bird in a cage outside the home. "Turn again, bonny bride, turn again home. Haste from the robbers den, haste away home!" The bird cried twice, but still she entered the home. Looking all through the home she found none but an old woman. The woman told the Bride that her Bridegroom was nothing but a robber, and her only wedding would be with Death. Hearing the band of Robbers approaching the house, the old woman hid the Bride behind a cask, so she would not be seen and killed.
When the Robbers came in, they brought another Bride with them, one who had fallen into their trap. Sitting her down they had her drink three glasses of wine. One of white, one of red, and the last of a yellow hue, where she then fell down dead. The robbers then began to laugh and riot over their deed, which had the Bride very afraid. One of the Robbers, the one that was to be her Bridegroom, saw a small ring on the dead woman's finger and pried the gold off. The ring slipped, however, and flew through the air right into the Bride's lap behind the cask. The Robber began to look for it, but when he got too close, the old woman told him to find it later, to sit down and eat and drink, and he did just that. The Bride waited until all of the Robbers were asleep before sneaking out with the old woman and running back home, following the sprouts of beans and peas she'd thrown on her way through the wood. The Bride had a plan however, and when she got home, she told the whole story to her father.
On the day before the wedding, her father insisted that they all feast with his closest family and friends, and the Bridegroom agreed, knowing not that they knew everything. While at the feast, they began telling stories, and the Bridegroom asked the Bride, "Have you not any stories for us?" She smiled and responded with "I'll tell you a dream I had the other day." She began to tell the crowd about her journey into the forest, and what she found there, being sure to remind them that it was "only a dream she'd had" every chance she found. At the end of her tale, she held up the ring and the Bridegroom grew pale and frightened. He attempted to run, but was captured by the guests at the feast. The rest of the band were tracked down and captured as well, and all were found guilty of their crimes and hanged in the center of the small town.
The town is bigger now, but still rather quaint in size. There are many little shops, but the town is mainly a quiet milling town still, though their production has become not just the wood itself, but wooden things such as finely made furniture.
That Sunday, the Bride went to the near by woods and found her way strewn with ashes, as he Bridegroom had told her it would be. Walking through the wood along the path, with each step she flicked a pea on the right and a bean on the left. Walking all day, she came o the end of the path at a house, but no one was to be found but a small bird in a cage outside the home. "Turn again, bonny bride, turn again home. Haste from the robbers den, haste away home!" The bird cried twice, but still she entered the home. Looking all through the home she found none but an old woman. The woman told the Bride that her Bridegroom was nothing but a robber, and her only wedding would be with Death. Hearing the band of Robbers approaching the house, the old woman hid the Bride behind a cask, so she would not be seen and killed.
When the Robbers came in, they brought another Bride with them, one who had fallen into their trap. Sitting her down they had her drink three glasses of wine. One of white, one of red, and the last of a yellow hue, where she then fell down dead. The robbers then began to laugh and riot over their deed, which had the Bride very afraid. One of the Robbers, the one that was to be her Bridegroom, saw a small ring on the dead woman's finger and pried the gold off. The ring slipped, however, and flew through the air right into the Bride's lap behind the cask. The Robber began to look for it, but when he got too close, the old woman told him to find it later, to sit down and eat and drink, and he did just that. The Bride waited until all of the Robbers were asleep before sneaking out with the old woman and running back home, following the sprouts of beans and peas she'd thrown on her way through the wood. The Bride had a plan however, and when she got home, she told the whole story to her father.
On the day before the wedding, her father insisted that they all feast with his closest family and friends, and the Bridegroom agreed, knowing not that they knew everything. While at the feast, they began telling stories, and the Bridegroom asked the Bride, "Have you not any stories for us?" She smiled and responded with "I'll tell you a dream I had the other day." She began to tell the crowd about her journey into the forest, and what she found there, being sure to remind them that it was "only a dream she'd had" every chance she found. At the end of her tale, she held up the ring and the Bridegroom grew pale and frightened. He attempted to run, but was captured by the guests at the feast. The rest of the band were tracked down and captured as well, and all were found guilty of their crimes and hanged in the center of the small town.
The town is bigger now, but still rather quaint in size. There are many little shops, but the town is mainly a quiet milling town still, though their production has become not just the wood itself, but wooden things such as finely made furniture.
