The merchants who work near Denxalue don't believe that the muddy theome is worth anything in culture, but Denziu the Clayseller has been collecting pots for a few years now. The finest pots in Denxalue shall serve as the proof that Denxalue's artists are talented! The only wrinkle is that Denziu is unwilling to travel that far alone, so zie joins up with a caravan of merchants heading north along the famed trade route: the Tachanigh-Kelkaith!

Zie/zir is a hermaphrodite pronoun, and this story has a hermaphrodite lead.

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