> The Little Avoning Archive is quiet for those listening only with their ears. For those listening with their echo-sense, it is abuzz. 

====== Echoes of Little Avoning's History ======
The area which is now Little Avoning has been settled since long before written records; however, no echoes older than a thousand years have been preserved. This is a selection of later echoes from the Little Avoning Archive. Most character do not know the detailed history of the area; likewise players will not be expected to. 

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**A silver coin. Echo of two voices speaking different dead languages, and laughter.** 

This echo is believed to be the oldest in the collection, from approximately 900 AD. Believed to carry the voices of a Danish trader and a local trader.

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**A green glazed pot. Echo of a tightness in the chest and the smell of smoke, followed by the words “his fever’s broken”.** 

This echo is believed to be from the period of the Great Plague. The creator of this echo was lucky; about half the population of the greater Little Avoning area was wiped out in this epidemic, according to parish records. 

**A burnt piece of wood. Echo of the smell of smoke.**

Records are incomplete, but this echo is believed to derive from the Battle of the Avoning in the War of the Roses. Despite the significant damage done to surrounding towns, our side prevailed. This history is celebrated annually at the Little Avoning Rose Festival, which despite the name is about the battle, not the town's admittedly excellent horticulture. 

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**A rose “sun in splendor” emblem, cut from a uniform. Echo of the sensation of a rigid back and adrenaline.**

From the uniform of a soldier in the Battle of the Avoning. The blood is believed to have been from after the creation of the echo. 



**Two stone tiles. One with overlapping echoes of cold stone under knees and the sound of song. One with an echo the feeling of blood rushing from the head (has been known to make people faint or hyperventilate).** 

These echoes were retrieved from the ruins of the local monastery after it was dissolved by King Henry VIII in 1538. 

**A box with shattered glass. The glass contains an echo of a vitriolic argument. It is advised that care is taken when touching the glass, as it remains sharp.** 

The Civil War, fought nearly 200 years ago, divided our little community. This echo is the result of an argument between two brothers who supported opposite sides. Accounts state that they never reconciled. 

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**A roundhead's helmet, dented. Echo of flashes of light and the smell of gunpowder.**

Brought from a battle fought in the Civil War by a combatant from Little Avoning. 

**A pink ribbon. Echo of the sight of shuttered curtains.** 

Despite the strict limitations under Cromwell's rule, the people of Little Avoning still sought beauty and celebration. But as this echo shows, only in private. 

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**A earthenware tankard. Echo of the flavour of mince pie and the loud sound of celebration.** 

A souvenir kept from the first Christmas celebrated after the Restoration of Charles II. Christmas was banned under Cromwell, so the celebration is said to have been especially elaborate that year.