Guardians of the Magical Herbs/Horses and Herbs

This is the extended report written by the wisest men and best soldiers in Ippetimbal:

As requested by Baron Otto I, Chief Of Ippetimbal's University I investigated the link between horses and herbs. Otto's soldiers told us that the horses were also under the influence by the herbs when the men smoked them after battle. Me and my assistants ordered some horses from the stable and started with some experiments. First we put the horses in a closed room and blew smoke from the herbz into the room, off course this was gladly done by the helpfull soldiers. It seemed very clear that this quantity of smoke was too much as most of the horses fell a sleep or did not want to ride out anymore. But the next day we decided to mix the herbs into the food of the horses which showed to be much more effective way as the horses stomach were strong and made the effect of the herbz longer and more spread out over time. We requested the soldiers to do some tests with the horses in the field, this time Baron Otto was also attending, the effect was astonishing. The horses did not make any noise when dogs or other animals barked at them. This was very good news as in battle, the horses would sometimes go crazy from all that was happening around them. But could these horses fight? lord Otto climbed also on his horse ans started to give strict orders to his men like it would happen in battle. Forming a specific formation was no problem, including jumping over certain heights. This went all whithout any problems. When Otto yelled more and faster orders including jousting practice and sword fighting, every one became amazed by the effect: their horses followed the instructions much easier and incredibly smooth. Not one horse was wrong, not one soldier fell of his horse, it was shocking news. Off course, it could not all be good said Otto. he ordered more tests to see if there was a downside. After days of riding and fighting we found the only bad effect to be that the horses travelled a bit slower but baron Otto said that this was not important in battle and that it had to be taken into account when riding to the battlefields but this bad effect did not weigh up to the many good ones.

Baron Otto and his soldiers were clearly convinced this was good news but as smart as they were, they waited untill the final report was written and that they would have approval of the High council in the University. In our next meeting with the elders and wise men there was not much debate needed. Only one problem stood before us, the supply line of these herbs ment long travels to Norjke and would not be very easy. Baron Otto set up a meeting with Lord kain of Norjke and and he sent us their investigations which helped our knowledge of the herbz very much. Even the students in the university followed classes now for it. And so, it happened:

Baron Otto ordered the building of a new Guild House For The Guardians Of The Magical Herbs. And off course many celebrations, it would be linked to our university, researching even more into this matter.