Breguine Bagpipes

Eigly Salt

The Dhalmanite Eigly Salt, collector of all kinds of bones, pelts and other creature's parts, holds within his collection a couple of interesting items of societarian creation notably manufactured with parts of creatures.
The collector declared his favourite among them to be a set of bagpipes from the recently decimated city-state of Bregos, famous among other things for their musical traditions.
Eigly claims it to have been a precious gift from an older family member who acquired it in travel to the City of Goldwaste several decades ago, and it nowadays rests set on the wall of the man's house by the side of his cabinet.

The Breguine Bagpipes

Fjalhilly by Naelin

The Breguines were an isolated nation that survived for centuries in their city-state in the mountaintops in the middle of the Thaur Island, surrounded by the Kingdom of Merthiorn (Present time Thaur) until its destruction during the events of The High Rust.
To acquire food diversity and tools, they used to trade with the people from this kingdom, mainly with their minerals and construction materials, but they were also sought after for their music and musical instruments.
Bagpipes, flutes and other wind instruments were popular, while big, difficult-to-transport instruments were non-existent.
The bagpipe is a big but portable instrument consisting of a set of tubes coming out of a leather bag: the "blowpipe" used to blow air into the bag, the "chanter", similar to a flute used to play the melody, and one or more "drones" that generate specific tunes.
The use of this instrument originated in Bregos itself, and in the current day, it has been preserved by musicians in Thaur and other islands, with just one Breguine survivor called Fjalhilly known to be a musician specialized in the instrument.

Eigly's Bagpipes

The bagpipe preserved in Eigly's collection is a three-droned common set, made with the pelt of an esgot died a dark burgundy colour. It has black pipes and a bright orange cord tying it together, and the head of the esgot used for the bag which was preserved and stuffed hangs from the side with two blue gems in place for eyes.
Bagpipes adorned with taxidermy heads were unusual within actual Breguine pipers, but are commonplace within the pipes sold for tourists, foreign musicians and collectors across the rest of the archipelago.

Item type

Musical Instrument

Current Holder

Eigly Salt

Related ethnicities

• Breguine