ers , ▁the ▁Bright ▁Car vers ▁live ▁directly ▁outside ▁the ▁castle ▁walls , ▁cr ammed ▁closely ▁together ▁in ▁h ov els ▁of ▁mud ▁and ▁st raw . ▁Their ▁lives ▁are ▁hard ▁and ▁monot on ous , ▁and ▁they ▁live ▁sole ly ▁on ▁jar l ▁root ▁( a ▁kind ▁of ▁tree ▁growing ▁in ▁G orm eng h ast ▁forest ), ▁and ▁cr ust s ▁of ▁bread ▁lower ed ▁down ▁from ▁the ▁castle ▁walls ▁each ▁morning . ▁Their ▁sole ▁ob session ▁is ▁the ▁car ving ▁of ▁beautiful ▁wooden ▁sculpt ures , ▁bright ly ▁painted , ▁which ▁they ▁present ▁to ▁the ▁Gro ans ▁on ▁a ▁particular ▁day ▁each ▁year ▁in ▁June . ▁Only ▁three ▁of ▁these ▁car v ings ▁are ▁chosen ▁by ▁the ▁Earl ▁of ▁G orm eng h ast ▁to ▁be ▁kept ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁are ▁bur nt . ▁F ier ce ▁rival ry ▁exists ▁between ▁the ▁Car vers ▁to ▁present ▁the ▁best ▁car v ings , ▁and ▁their ▁lives ▁are ▁domin ated ▁by ▁this ▁and ▁by ▁their ▁own ▁long - h eld ▁fe ud s ▁and ▁grud ges ▁against ▁each ▁other . ▁The ▁Bright ▁Car vers ▁are ▁a ▁race ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁Castle ▁dwell ers , ▁living ▁by ▁their ▁own ▁cultural ▁norm s ▁and ▁custom s , ▁which ▁are ▁im pen et rable ▁to ▁out s iders . ▁ ▁K eda : ▁A ▁woman ▁from ▁the ▁Bright ▁Car vers ' ▁village ▁just ▁outside ▁the ▁walls ▁of ▁G orm eng h ast . ▁She ▁is ▁chosen ▁to ▁be ▁Tit us ' s ▁wet ▁nur se