The Folklore of Hodege

== Hodege's Folklore ==
=== Teifebd and the Tropvigs ===
There once was a stubborn and ambitious fellow named Teifebd, the son of an earl. His ambition lay in the desire to create a new town, named after himself. Deciding where to build this town was no difficult task for Teifebd, as he had his mind set on a lovely meadow by a forest. He had frequented the spot in his younger years and had grown to love it. The very ground there seemed to sing with life and the air was the clearest that he had ever known. 
He brought the proposition of the town to his mother, the earl. However, to his dismay, his mother rejected it without giving it a second thought. There was no doubt in her mind that the endeavour would not succeed, and she made Teifebd very aware of such, warning him about the tropvigs, that still reside in those lands, and that they had done so since long before the Hods had arrived in them. She refused to let him build upon the land, employing threats of disinheritance in order to do so.
For those who may not quite know what a tropvig is, a tropvig is a sort of spirit that typically resides in a specific area. They may be helpful or they may be mischievous. There is no telling without somebody interacting with the tropvig beforehand. The tropvigs of this meadow are of a rather benign disposition, until disturbed.
Eventually, as all things must do, Teifebd’s mother succumbed to death, resulting in Teifebd inheriting the land  that he had hitherto been disallowed from building upon. Teifebd, being the stubborn man that he was, commenced construction in his beloved meadow, without further delay. He began with building a place of worship, with houses around it. However, after the first week of construction. Teifebd and his workmen awoke to find that all the progress that they had made throughout the past week had been destroyed overnight. Teifebd, stubborn as always, continued construction on the land.
Every week, they would find their progress destroyed. This thoroughly frustrated Teifebd, so he, determined to build this town of his, stayed up late into the night, staking out the construction site in order to take up his grievances with the tropvigs, who he had rightfully suspected of tearing down his structures. 
Eventually, he caught sight of the tropvigs. They were in the process of demolishing his work before he approached them and demanded that they cease such actions. Their leader proclaimed that they would vehemently refuse the building of anything in the meadow, unless the people of the town were to offer up gold and bread to the tropvigs of the meadow every now and again. Teifebd reluctantly agreed to this clause. The tropvigs and Teifebd then went their separate ways, the buildings still standing.
The following day Teifebd decided to outsmart those weak tropvigs. He did not leave out any of the offerings that he had previously promised them, and he had bands of choirmen sing the song of the sanctum every night. This would compel the god of the sanctum to protect his town from their presence, rendering the offerings needless, as the tropvigs would be unable to tear down a single brick.
The town was never built.
=== The Homeslugs ===
These are slugs that have been unable to find a home and progress into snaildom. They have wallowed in their self-pity and lain dormant beneath the earth, growing to great sizes. Though, there eventually comes a time when they rise, in the dead of night, beneath one’s house and carries it away as their own. To prevent this, every household should hang lavender, garlic, or chive leaves throughout their homes. The smell of such plants shall deter these homeslugs.
=== The Death of Eunód the Proud ===
The brutish boar he bravely bearded,
His people's pleas prodding at his pride,
Coupled with his country's cautious countenance,
Unfazed, he faced that fearsome foe.
Despite his daring deeds of determination,
That hog's strong horn still harrowed his stature,
faring poorly against its fierce charge, his footwork fumbled,
The boar fought madly; the man's mouth met the mud below,
Stranded, his pride shattered, he was savaged and splintered.
The beast retreated, the man's blood left billowing behind,
Eunód never did awake from that notorious night.
=== The Tsaaðie in Noodelge ===
=== Tropvigs ===
A Tropvig is a sort of spirit that typically resides in a specific area. They may be helpful or they may be mischievous. There is no telling without somebody interacting with the tropvig beforehand. They seem to represent a volatile force of nature, capable of unknown strength and ability, with a strong territorial sense. In tales, they are known to bargain with people and have a uniquely developed morality, as seen in the tale of Teifebd and the Tropvigs.