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2025-08-28,
of fantasy and merchants

fresh eggs, market, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2016-08-20 – Nikon D3300
fresh eggs, market, Chiang Mai, Thailand

In-Grid – Tu es Foutu

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western fantasy settings show up a lot in manga, anime, manhwa, and manhua – the protagonist invariably heads to the city to join up with the adventurers’ guild – but what I never see show up are a line of touts just inside the city gates – accosting travelers and farmers and merchants and, yes, adventurers too, pushing the best deals for inns and pubs and smiths and potions and dry goods and, of course, tailors

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