plainspeople

Problems such as plainspeople uprising, Speck plagues and rumours of locusts were for my father to manage, not me.

Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005

At the Dancing Spindle, actions I had taken had ended the Spindle's dance forever, and dispersed the magic of the plainspeople.

Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

What had it taken, there at the Dancing Spindle, for him to push me aside while he both stole and then destroyed the magic of the plainspeople?

Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

The Landsingers had pushed the Gernians, and the Gernians had pushed the plainspeople.

Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

I had thought the dapples that marked their people were inherent to their race, a defining difference that set them apart from both the Gernians and the plainspeople.

Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

And what of the wind-wizards, what of the other mages of the other plainspeople?

Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

Was this a plains-people town? 'plainspeople don't have towns, they left because they left, and the houses are broken because the plainspeople didn't know how to build any better than a termite does.'

Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005

Course, now there aren't many plainspeople left to understand.

Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005

Before we could teach the plainspeople to be civilized, we had to teach them they couldn't beat us in a fight.

Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005

Some folk say that they can't understand why the plainspeople never settled down and used the land, never made their own towns and farms and tame places.

Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005