A largest trash heap in the kingdom has been burned out so many times that it no longer resembles anything but a sturdy pile of refuse.  It stands 11 feet tall and 35 feet across and front to back sloping gently on all sides to the ground.  The only recognizable objects in the pile are the fresh items that have been thrown upon the stack, which are, a wooden chair with one leg broken, a crossbow with no string, and a rag doll with the head detached.
Trash Heap, Wasteland
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I have no home. I depend on the charity of strangers and the church to live. I was once a successful merchant, but my livelihood was stolen.
It certainly is cold, isn't it? What are our changes of finding a blanket?  Don't worry, friend.  Surely we'll find something amid all this refuse. Maybe we could unravel this doll and make a blanket with that? We could try though I do not think that it would be very substantial. Perhaps we could burn the chair and the crossbow?  I suppose it would last us for a while.  The stuffing in the doll would be a good firestarter, at least. Yes it would.  I do find it demeaning to be here. Where do you come from?  Hm, well before I became friends with you, I was once a farmer in a land not too far from here.   But dragons came and burned my crops so, here I stay.  And you, good friend? I was a merchant but my living was taken from me and now I roam the roads  Truly, this place is terrible though.  How did this place get to such a state... I don't know how long we can survive here. Yes, it's the biggest trash heap in the Kingdom  Maybe there are some rats here we could shoot if we fix up that crossbow.  And then we could cook it over the wooden chair fire. But could we fix the bow? we'd need a string  Hmmm... would the hair from the head of this doll work?  Maybe if we braided it to give it extra strength?  Here, have a look.