Loerk, the Lord of the Dance, is a Minor God of Nordland. Nordlanders who develop warts on their feet are said to have received the Lord of the Dance’s disfavour. Those opposed to dancing on general principle encourage these unsightly growths to expand by rubbing them with toads, and during big festivals, these men and women proudly sit with their shoeless feet propped up to show their disdain. Some whisper that these folks are in fact Artho-following Middenlanders.[1a]