Havisch

Havisch the Silent is most commonly known as being the founder of the town of Havischiln, in the year 1858 AM. He was the last leader of the Larscon, elected in the year 1832. He was known to have an unusual condition of being unable to speak since birth. He communicated to others though his twin brother Havill with whom he shared a unique mental link. He died in the year 1899 in Havischiln. There is a statue erected in his honour in the centre of Havischiln. There also several paintings of him in the chief's house in the town as well as in government builings in Perisal.

History
Havisch the Silent, also known as Havisch the Meat-man was the leader of a group of nomads called the Larscon who lived in Anticalum, amidst the Teeth of Dravithe. He was called ‘the Silent’ for being born without the ability to speak. It is said that he had a twin brother Havill, who claimed to know all his brothers thoughts and therefore spoke for him. The twins were inseparable since childhood, for Havisch could not communicate otherwise and Havill cared greatly for his brother’s well-being. But Havisch was mighty, and protected the Larscon from beasts of the wild. There is a legend that says he once killed a Great Mouse by using his loincloth to prevent its breathing. Thus Havisch earned the respect of his fellow nomads. When he was elected their leader, Havill would tell others of Havisch’s decisions.

The animals that Havisch, and others of the Larscon killed in the wilderness were bartered to other men from the few towns that existed in that age. The Larscon grew in reputation for selling the highest quality of meat in that region. Often men from the towns would seek the Larscon in the mountains, but scarcely found them and many of these men lost their lives in the wild.

Havisch then came to the understanding that if he and his people were to stay permanently in one location, others could find them and trade with them easier. So it was decided that the Larscon would settle down and form their own town. The location that they would settle in was not easy to find. They needed water and they needed to be near the wilderness to hunt the animals whose meat they would sell. The Larscon under the lead of Havisch travelled for two Seasons of the Rain before they settled. They initially went in a mabnyan direction, until they came to lands far from their home.

When they arrived, in 1857, Havisch was not pleased. It was much too cold for his taste and the waters were frozen all year. The ground was covered with the Heavenly Dandruff and it never ceased to fall. So within an hour of arriving at these mabnyan lands, Havisch had decided to return to the parts of the Teeth of Dravithe in Anticalum. But some of the Larscon were displeased. A man named Thvaginshize came to the tent of Havisch and Havill and spoke:

‘Neither I nor my family will return to the choremian mountains after having travelled so long’

‘ You will listen to the command of Havisch, your leader, and not make decisions of your own.’ said Havill in reply to this.

‘I shall not do so.’

This angered Havisch and Havill, the latter of whom spoke out.

‘Then you are a cow’s umbilical cord.’

At this Thvaginshize took deep offense and bought forth his Deathspoon, attempting to slay the brothers. But Havisch rose and slaughtered Thvaginshize with his bare hands hardly a moment after he had unsheathed his Deathspoon. This act divided the Larscon, some refused to follow the lead of Havisch, and remained in that region while the majority followed Havisch.

After another Season of Rain,in the year 1858, Havisch at long last found a location where he wished to start his settlement. It was situated near flowing water and was a fertile land (though the Larscon did not know how to farm). There were two great mountains on either side, which Havisch,with Havill’s voice, named the Fists of Water (though there are many who detest this name). Also he named the settlement Havischiln, which simply means ‘Havisch’s place of rest, meditation and inner resurrection.’ And over time it grew to be a town renowned for its meat-sellers – who are said to be the best in Crudelye. And it is said that Havisch grew wealthy and fat, and would eat a cow every day until his death. In fact it is also said that he died because one of the cows he was to eat was Mornose the Killer in disguise, and so Havisch fell to the hand of Mornose, of whom much is said elsewhere.