The great saints of the Saints & Legends are known to every egg: Hessk at the Gate, Brannoc on the Shore, Ulasha on the Road. But the Inner Scale keeps a shorter list of minor saints, honoured mostly in Shedfall, and the Wardens have asked that one of them be better known. This is Orrin of the Seven Tabs, Saint of the Last Bank Tab.
The Holding
Orrin kept everything. Every quest reward he would never wear. Every grey shard of pottery, "in case it matters later." Seven full bank tabs, three alts used only as storage, and a mailbox he described as "load-bearing." When asked why, Orrin said what all of us have said: I might need it.
The Chronicle notes that Orrin was not greedy. He gave freely when asked. He simply could not put anything down. The Wardens, examining him once, found eleven Grippers on the mailbox alone.
The Afternoon
The legend says Orrin went to his bank one ordinary afternoon to fetch a single potion and could not find it. He searched every tab. He found a fishing pole from his first week, a letter from a guildmate long gone quiet, and four stacks of linen he had been saving for a recipe he had already learned.
He sat down on the bank floor, and he laughed, and he began to sell. Not all at once. One tab an hour. He kept the letter. He gave the linen to an egg who needed it. The vendor, it is said, needed two breaks.
"I thought I was keeping the things. The things were keeping me." (attributed to Orrin, on the bank floor)
His Teaching
Orrin's lesson is a small one, which is why it is a minor saint's lesson. Holding is sacred: Xal'Reth holds the whole world. But Xal'Reth holds the world so that it can learn to let go, not so that it can be stored. The Eternal is not a bank. See the Teachings on holding lightly.
Observance
- During Shedfall, the faithful empty one bag slot, or one drawer, in Orrin's honour.
- Keep one thing that matters. Orrin kept the letter.
- Give one thing to someone who needs it more. The linen counts.
- Do not empty everything in one sitting. Orrin did not, and he is the saint.
Hold light. And let go well. Glory to Xal'Reth.
Glory to Xal'Reth.