The politics of the culture were based on a hierarchical order based on age and
exhibited wisdom. The elders of the natives held more power in decisions then the less
experienced members. The Lady Fayeth, upon her arrival, had become the designated
ruler of the society. Because of her Blood Royale influence, she had risen to the top of
the hierarchy. Either out of fear or awe, no one opposed her decisions.
The culture had simple techniques such as weaving, pottery, crude art, a language,
and the beginning of a written word. The poison from the mixtures of the alkaloids was
collected and used on the crude arrow tips to bring down larger animals. The poison
would then be destroyed in the flame of the cooking process.
It was often a struggle for one of high intellect such as Fayeth of The Blood
Royale, to be stuck on a primitive world. Her mind often became bored, and although she
appreciated the adoration of the natives, at times it was too much. However, since her
situation seemed to be, at least for the moment, unchanging, she played the hand dealt to
her with the best of her ability.
The first curiosity of the natives she witnessed was on a humid night perhaps a
month after her craft had first crashed on the planet. The night was warm, and the twin
moons were out in the clear sky shinning their full bodies down. The full moon tended to
hold significance, an aura of mystery, especially in less civilized cultures. Intrigue,
mystery, something almost magical was associated with the coming of the full moon. The
natives were holding some sort of ceremony. It began with the slow start of a low toned
chanting. A rhythmic, repetitive drone coming from the elders replaced the small noises of
the night. The natives lined up forming two straight lines. The Lady Fayeth was content
to sit on her makeshift throne and watch the proceedings. None of the natives invited her
to participate, yet none seemed to care if she sat and watched.
The natives brought forth two good-sized baskets filled with a variety of small
items. One held small nuts and berries along with several flower heads, and numerous
clippings of leaves. There were a variety of nuts as well as the bark of different kinds of
trees. A small cup of water sat upright on the very top of the various items. The hide of
small animals and seeds were also abundant. The other basket held broken bits of pottery,
small left over bones from meals, as well as small scraps of fabric. The natives had used
the berry pigment to paint blotches of color over the face of this second basket.
The baskets were brought to the center of a circle that had been drawn in the dirt
using the tips of the hunting spears. The elders placed the baskets side by side in the
middle of the circle. The natives stood on the line of the circle surrounding the baskets. If
it were not for her elevated position, the circle of natives would have blocked Fayeth’s
view of the proceedings.