Exile's End: Day 13

Word Count: 78,005

Summary of Events:
Chapter 25:
The Förstenräl king heard that the Iøsenräl were working harder, but no surplus was being seen. Thårijn brought Græshädå to his house and tried the leather and mail armour onto him to let him get used to it — which took awhile with the mail because of its jingling. Æliyäu then went to visit with Helännä and told Sönnä that Thårijn was the Låstbøn and was unwilling to accept it.
Chapter 26:
Thårijn and Äthelröd worked to acclimatize Äthelröd's mare to the leather and mail armour, which was a bit more difficult of an endeavour, but ended up eventually being successful. The Förstenräl then gathered into a council and discussed what they thought the Iøsenräl were doing with the excess weaponry and what to do about it.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Once Thårijn was sure she was at ease with the mail he went and took it up. She was more alert and curious about the mail, nosing it to make it jingle and rattle, reaching under it with her nose and raising it up.
Thårijn then slowly brought it to touch against her and rubbed it around her, slowly and gently, around and around until she was at ease with it, and then he laid it over the leather on her rump and followed the same procedures as putting the leather on.
She was quite at ease with the putting on of the mail, but as soon as Thårijn asked her to walk out and she heard it jingle of the mail with her motions she stilled. Thårijn slacked the line and waited for her to calm down. She examined the mail and then settled.
Thårijn asked her for another step. Again she froze at the sound of the mail. Thårijn asked her for another step before he let her examine it, and managed to get it. He then asked her for three steps before she examined it again, and on and on until she would walk at ease with it around the barn.
Then Thårijn handed the line off to Äthelröd and led the way to the pasture where Græshädå had bucked and gotten used to his mail. Before he left Thårijn grabbed a long line and a long whip, feeling that it might be safer to try things a little differently with her due to her younger age.
Arriving at the pasture, Thårijn switched out the mare's usual line with the long line and then walked away from her until the bulk of the line was hanging loosely between them, then he used the whip and signalled her to walk.
Comfortably and easily she followed his command. He let her walk around several times before asking her to trot. Instantly she froze at the sound of the mail again. Thårijn waited until she was settled and asked again. Slowly and steadily he finally got her to trot, and he let her go while she was comfortable there awhile, then he asked her to canter.
Again there was much stop and start until at least she settled in with the noise of the mail. Thårijn then asked her to gallop. Instead of galloping she proceeded to buck, travelling a lot more in her bucking than Græshädå had. Thårijn slowly made his way to Äthelröd and handed him the whip so that he could manage the rope with both hands so neither he nor the horse tripped on the rope or otherwise injured themselves.
As she bucked Thårijn would slowly take in or let out line and move himself around so as not to tie her up and trip her. She bucked for quite awhile before deciding that she wanted to gallop — but not in a circle."