You place the tome on the dais. The runes once again glow with the same shadowy light, and the runes on the pages coalesce into a language you
can read.
While all shades are able to weave, the natural order of things meant that those who were in a larger village or one of the cities could end up
not being able to find buyers. If they were unable to turn to being a member of the guard, a hunter, or a forager due to injury, they may end up
without any means to earn coin. In smaller villages, this was usually dealt with either by the rest of the village shouldering the burden or in an extreme
case, via exile. In the cities, while there would be similar situations where there may be those who support someone who cannot earn their way or they may
find themselves exiled, it was also easier to find some meager earnings through begging or busking. Although, for those cruel enough, they may take to
more unsavory methods of earning a day's wage.
Smaller villages, while not having a bustling economy or similar, will often mostly do subsistence living with one or to trade-shades crafting wares for trade
with other villages. As such, it would be traditional for a village to take care of those who cannot work either by simply providing for them, or having them
work simple jobs and tasks. If for some reason, the shade in question is refusing work for other reasons, it would be traditional for the village elders
to hold a vote as to whether or not to exile them from the village. When a shade is exiled, they are forced from the village, either through direct action
or if the village has a weaver capable of doing so, may weave a binding force that compels them from the village.
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