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	\|title= The Chalk		\|title= The Chalk
	\|picture=~~White_horse~~.jpg\|The White Horse		\|picture=White_Horse.jpg\|The White Horse
	\|established= not very		\|established= not very
	\|motto=		\|motto=

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	With government working at the Baron's pleasure, and physical separation of the populace preventing local co-operation, there is very little organised society. Life goes on in very small groups, families or a few neighbours. The conclusion of {{ISWM}} suggests improvements in governance and organisation are under way. Tiffany is owed a few favors by the Chumsfanleighs, and instead of the fifteen gold pieces offered by the old Baron, she extracts promises for a school (which she has already begun), apprenticeships and scholarships and a hospital to be supervised by [[Preston]] when he is trained by Dr [[John Lawn\|Lawn]].		With government working at the Baron's pleasure, and physical separation of the populace preventing local co-operation, there is very little organised society. Life goes on in very small groups, families or a few neighbours. The conclusion of {{ISWM}} suggests improvements in governance and organisation are under way. Tiffany is owed a few favors by the Chumsfanleighs, and instead of the fifteen gold pieces offered by the old Baron, she extracts promises for a school (which she has already begun), apprenticeships and scholarships and a hospital to be supervised by [[Preston]] when he is trained by Dr [[John Lawn\|Lawn]].

	Magic isn't a common topic on The Chalk. Oh, the world still runs on magic, and the effects are still seen, but the shepherds seem resigned, and they concern themselves with ~~the~~ the shearing or the lambing, according to the season. [[Witches]] appear, as elsewhere, but they adapt to the sparse population mixed with the [[Nac Mac Feegle]]. They are charged more with the care of the land and the sheep than the few humans, and they advise the Pictsies. The Pictsies depend on a ''hag'', as they call a witch, for their rare interaction with humans. They have their own appropriate magic, and don't ask much but advice from the witch. The practice of anything ''called'' witchcraft is prohibited by the Baron and old custom. This is largely ignored these days, but anything too showy or blatant - such as Tiffany's employment of the Feegle, ''Sorcerer's Apprentice'' style, to clean Mrs Petty's slovenly and ill-kept cottage - will attract negative attention, even in these liberally-minded times.		Magic isn't a common topic on The Chalk. Oh, the world still runs on magic, and the effects are still seen, but the shepherds seem resigned, and they concern themselves with the shearing or the lambing, according to the season. [[Witches]] appear, as elsewhere, but they adapt to the sparse population mixed with the [[Nac Mac Feegle]]. They are charged more with the care of the land and the sheep than the few humans, and they advise the Pictsies. The Pictsies depend on a ''hag'', as they call a witch, for their rare interaction with humans. They have their own appropriate magic, and don't ask much but advice from the witch. The practice of anything ''called'' witchcraft is prohibited by the Baron and old custom. This is largely ignored these days, but anything too showy or blatant - such as Tiffany's employment of the Feegle, ''Sorcerer's Apprentice'' style, to clean Mrs Petty's slovenly and ill-kept cottage - will attract negative attention, even in these liberally-minded times.

	Witches have to do what needs to be done, and on the Chalk, that's more likely to do with sheep or Feegles than people. They're there, just the same, just in case.		Witches have to do what needs to be done, and on the Chalk, that's more likely to do with sheep or Feegles than people. They're there, just the same, just in case.

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	\|population= unknown; probably < 1000		\|population= unknown; probably < 1000
	\|size= probably <5000 sq.mi. (13000 sq.Km.)		\|size= probably <5000 sq.mi. (13000 sq.Km.)
			\|capital=
	\|towns and villages= [[Twoshirts]]		\|towns and villages= [[Twoshirts]]
	\|government= Autocracy (Barony), current ruler: [[Roland\|Roland de Chumsfanleigh]]		\|government= Autocracy (Barony), current ruler: [[Roland\|Roland de Chumsfanleigh]]

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	==Economy and Society==		==Economy and Society==

	The thin turf, with almost no subsoil, supports sheep and little else. Wool, cheese, lamb and mutton support a scattered population of family sheep ranches (although these are likely to be owned, feudally, by the local [[Baron\|Liege]]). There are villages, such as [[Twoshirts]], but these appear to be on the borders of the Chalk and serve as points for entry and exit. Every so often, a herd is assembled for sale and slaughter, and drovers such as [[Seth Petty]] lead it on foot to faraway Ankh-Morpork.		The thin turf, with almost no subsoil, supports sheep and little else. Wool, cheese, lamb and mutton support a scattered population of family sheep ranches (although these are likely to be owned, feudally, by the local [[Baron\|Liege]]). There are villages, such as [[Twoshirts]], but these appear to be on the borders of the Chalk and serve as points for entry and exit. Every so often, a herd is assembled for sale and slaughter, and drovers such as [[Seth Petty]] lead it on foot to faraway Ankh-Morpork. These days, the Chalk is now served by rail: a main line out of the city stops at Twoshirts. It remains to be seen what this will do to the droving trade.

	With government working at the Baron's pleasure, and physical separation of the populace preventing local co-operation, there is very little organised society. Life goes on in very small groups, families or a few neighbours. The conclusion of {{ISWM}} suggests improvements in governance and organisation are under way. Tiffany is owed a few favors by the Chumsfanleighs, and instead of the fifteen gold pieces offered by the old Baron, she extracts promises for a school (which she has already begun), apprenticeships and scholarships and a hospital to be supervised by [[Preston]] when he is trained by Dr [[John Lawn\|Lawn]].		With government working at the Baron's pleasure, and physical separation of the populace preventing local co-operation, there is very little organised society. Life goes on in very small groups, families or a few neighbours. The conclusion of {{ISWM}} suggests improvements in governance and organisation are under way. Tiffany is owed a few favors by the Chumsfanleighs, and instead of the fifteen gold pieces offered by the old Baron, she extracts promises for a school (which she has already begun), apprenticeships and scholarships and a hospital to be supervised by [[Preston]] when he is trained by Dr [[John Lawn\|Lawn]].

Old Dickens: ...only because I think I wrote the original

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	The thin turf, with almost no subsoil, supports sheep and little else. Wool, cheese, lamb and mutton support a scattered population of family sheep ranches (although these are likely to be owned, feudally, by the local [[Baron\|Liege]]). There are villages, such as [[Twoshirts]], but these appear to be on the borders of the Chalk and serve as points for entry and exit. Every so often, a herd is assembled for sale and slaughter, and drovers such as [[Seth Petty]] lead it on foot to faraway Ankh-Morpork.		The thin turf, with almost no subsoil, supports sheep and little else. Wool, cheese, lamb and mutton support a scattered population of family sheep ranches (although these are likely to be owned, feudally, by the local [[Baron\|Liege]]). There are villages, such as [[Twoshirts]], but these appear to be on the borders of the Chalk and serve as points for entry and exit. Every so often, a herd is assembled for sale and slaughter, and drovers such as [[Seth Petty]] lead it on foot to faraway Ankh-Morpork.

	With government working at the Baron's pleasure, and physical separation of the populace preventing local co-operation, there is very little organised society. Life goes on in very small groups, families or a few ~~neighbors~~. The conclusion of {{ISWM}} suggests improvements in governance and organisation are under way. Tiffany is owed a few favors by the Chumsfanleighs, and instead of the fifteen gold pieces offered by the old Baron, she extracts promises for a school (which she has already begun), apprenticeships and scholarships and a hospital to be supervised by [[Preston]] when he is trained by Dr [[John Lawn\|Lawn]].		With government working at the Baron's pleasure, and physical separation of the populace preventing local co-operation, there is very little organised society. Life goes on in very small groups, families or a few neighbours. The conclusion of {{ISWM}} suggests improvements in governance and organisation are under way. Tiffany is owed a few favors by the Chumsfanleighs, and instead of the fifteen gold pieces offered by the old Baron, she extracts promises for a school (which she has already begun), apprenticeships and scholarships and a hospital to be supervised by [[Preston]] when he is trained by Dr [[John Lawn\|Lawn]].

	Magic isn't a common topic on The Chalk. Oh, the world still runs on magic, and the effects are still seen, but the shepherds seem resigned, and they concern themselves with the the shearing or the lambing, according to the season. [[Witches]] appear, as elsewhere, but they adapt to the sparse population mixed with the [[Nac Mac Feegle]]. They are charged more with the care of the land and the sheep than the few humans, and they advise the Pictsies. The Pictsies depend on a ''hag'', as they call a witch, for their rare interaction with humans. They have their own appropriate magic, and don't ask much but advice from the witch. The practice of anything ''called'' witchcraft is prohibited by the Baron and old custom. This is largely ignored these days, but anything too showy or blatant - such as Tiffany's employment of the Feegle, ''Sorcerer's Apprentice'' style, to clean Mrs Petty's slovenly and ill-kept cottage - will attract negative attention, even in these liberally-minded times.		Magic isn't a common topic on The Chalk. Oh, the world still runs on magic, and the effects are still seen, but the shepherds seem resigned, and they concern themselves with the the shearing or the lambing, according to the season. [[Witches]] appear, as elsewhere, but they adapt to the sparse population mixed with the [[Nac Mac Feegle]]. They are charged more with the care of the land and the sheep than the few humans, and they advise the Pictsies. The Pictsies depend on a ''hag'', as they call a witch, for their rare interaction with humans. They have their own appropriate magic, and don't ask much but advice from the witch. The practice of anything ''called'' witchcraft is prohibited by the Baron and old custom. This is largely ignored these days, but anything too showy or blatant - such as Tiffany's employment of the Feegle, ''Sorcerer's Apprentice'' style, to clean Mrs Petty's slovenly and ill-kept cottage - will attract negative attention, even in these liberally-minded times.

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Old Dickens: Sourceror's Apprentice would be really scary

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	With government working at the Baron's pleasure, and physical separation of the populace preventing local co-operation, there is very little organised society. Life goes on in very small groups, families or a few neighbors. The conclusion of {{ISWM}} suggests improvements in governance and organisation are under way. Tiffany is owed a few favors by the Chumsfanleighs, and instead of the fifteen gold pieces offered by the old Baron, she extracts promises for a school (which she has already begun), apprenticeships and scholarships and a hospital to be supervised by [[Preston]] when he is trained by Dr [[John Lawn\|Lawn]].		With government working at the Baron's pleasure, and physical separation of the populace preventing local co-operation, there is very little organised society. Life goes on in very small groups, families or a few neighbors. The conclusion of {{ISWM}} suggests improvements in governance and organisation are under way. Tiffany is owed a few favors by the Chumsfanleighs, and instead of the fifteen gold pieces offered by the old Baron, she extracts promises for a school (which she has already begun), apprenticeships and scholarships and a hospital to be supervised by [[Preston]] when he is trained by Dr [[John Lawn\|Lawn]].

	Magic isn't a common topic on The Chalk. Oh, the world still runs on magic, and the effects are still seen, but the shepherds seem resigned, and they concern themselves with the the shearing or the lambing, according to the season. [[Witches]] appear, as elsewhere, but they adapt to the sparse population mixed with the [[Nac Mac Feegle]]. They are charged more with the care of the land and the sheep than the few humans, and they advise the Pictsies. The Pictsies depend on a ''hag'', as they call a witch, for their rare interaction with humans. They have their own appropriate magic, and don't ask much but advice from the witch. The practice of anything ''called'' witchcraft is prohibited by the Baron and old custom. This is largely ignored these days, but anything too showy or blatant - such as Tiffany's employment of the Feegle, ~~Sourceror~~'s Apprentice style, to clean Mrs Petty's slovenly and ill-kept cottage - will attract negative attention, even in these liberally-minded times.		Magic isn't a common topic on The Chalk. Oh, the world still runs on magic, and the effects are still seen, but the shepherds seem resigned, and they concern themselves with the the shearing or the lambing, according to the season. [[Witches]] appear, as elsewhere, but they adapt to the sparse population mixed with the [[Nac Mac Feegle]]. They are charged more with the care of the land and the sheep than the few humans, and they advise the Pictsies. The Pictsies depend on a ''hag'', as they call a witch, for their rare interaction with humans. They have their own appropriate magic, and don't ask much but advice from the witch. The practice of anything ''called'' witchcraft is prohibited by the Baron and old custom. This is largely ignored these days, but anything too showy or blatant - such as Tiffany's employment of the Feegle, ''Sorcerer's Apprentice'' style, to clean Mrs Petty's slovenly and ill-kept cottage - will attract negative attention, even in these liberally-minded times.

	Witches have to do what needs to be done, and on the Chalk, that's more likely to do with sheep or Feegles than people. They're there, just the same, just in case.		Witches have to do what needs to be done, and on the Chalk, that's more likely to do with sheep or Feegles than people. They're there, just the same, just in case.

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	==Geography==		==Geography==
	If you float down the [[Lancre River]] on a [[Book:Wintersmith\|log]] or something, and survive, you will come out in the downland near the upper reaches of the [[Ankh (river)\|Ankh]]. Part of this area is a shelf of unbroken grassland with some glacial anomalies on rippling hills rising on one side to the [[Ramtops\|mountains]]. This area is also known as The Wold.		If you float down the [[Lancre River]] on a [[Book:Wintersmith\|log]] or something, and survive, you will come out in the downland near the upper reaches of the [[Ankh (river)\|Ankh]]. Part of this area is a shelf of unbroken grassland with some glacial anomalies on rippling hills rising on one side to the [[Ramtops\|mountains]]. This area is also known as The Wold.

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	* The Aching family of [[Home Farm]] have been tenant farmers on the Chalk for time out of mind.		* The Aching family of [[Home Farm]] have been tenant farmers on the Chalk for time out of mind.
	** [[Sarah Aching]] - former hag of the Nac Mac Feegle, famous for her skill with sheep.		** [[Sarah Aching]] - former hag of the Nac Mac Feegle, famous for her skill with sheep.
	** [[Joe Aching]] - Tenant of Home Farm, father of Tiffany.		** [[Joe Aching]] - Tenant of Home Farm, father of Tiffany.
	** [[Tiffany Aching]] - Sarah's granddaughter, the new hag and Witch of the Chalk.		** [[Tiffany Aching]] - Sarah's granddaughter, the new hag and Witch of the Chalk.
	** [[Wentworth Aching]] - Brother of Tiffany, only son of Joe Aching		** [[Wentworth Aching]] - Brother of Tiffany, only son of Joe Aching
	* The [[Baron]] - feudal lord of the Chalk.		* The [[Baron]] - feudal lord of the Chalk.
	* [[Nac Mac Feegle]] - fairies, sort of. Drunken, foul-mouthed, thieving Pictsies (but fun guys.)		* [[Nac Mac Feegle]] - fairies, sort of. Drunken, foul-mouthed, thieving Pictsies (but fun guys).
	* [[Roland]] - the Baron's son and heir.		* [[Roland]] - the Baron's son and heir.

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