{"product_id":"the-windfall-ghost-figurine-rupert","title":"The Windfall Ghost Figurine - Rupert","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAwarded Entity Number -\u003cspan\u003e ADK1207-TWR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChosen 7th of September, in the Year of Quiet Hauntings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003ePlaced into the New World.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail-PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are old orchards where fallen fruit is never gathered after dusk.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail-PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThe first windfalls of autumn are said to mark the point at which the orchard begins keeping its own account. Fruit found beneath the trees before morning may be taken. Fruit heard falling after dark is best left where it lies.\u003cspan class=\"gmail-PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Guild records the Windfall Ghosts as appearing shortly after the first fruit drops, most often between the outer rows where the grass has grown long. They are rarely seen arriving. By morning they are simply there, standing among the fallen apples as though they have been counting them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether they guard the orchard, claim its offerings, or merely wait for something else to arrive has never been established.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRupert is most often recorded beneath the oldest trees in the orchard, particularly those whose bark has darkened with age and whose fruit falls without warning even in still weather.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeveral Guild accounts describe apples dropping nearby one at a time, with long intervals of silence between each fall. Rupert is invariably found facing the tree by morning, though no record describes anyone witnessing his arrival.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe is regarded as a keeper of the old orchard. Where Rupert appears, the records advise leaving the first fallen fruit untouched, for the oldest trees are said to remember every hand that has harvested from them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRupert the ghost figurine stands at 8 cm in height.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58407025934680,"sku":"TNGM_Windfall_Rupert","price":265.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7658\/9144\/files\/The_Nordic_Ghost_Merchants_Ghost_Figurine_Rupert_CHOSEN.png?v=1788831431","url":"https:\/\/nordicghostmerchants.com\/products\/the-windfall-ghost-figurine-rupert","provider":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}