1. Village Shrine
This is a shrine to Ernalda with altars to Orlanth, Barntar and the Rockwater Spirit. The shrine is attended by a Initiates of these cults with regular visits from Priests of the Temples in Pavis or elsewhere.
The main resident is a young woman - she used to be a Priestess of Voria but is now an acolyte of Ernalda.
Two temple orphans are also resident, the offspring of a local family killed in a Broo raid - and spurned as unlucky as a result.
2. Village Barn
This includes the Threshing Floor for the village, hay and straw storage, etc.
3. Village Plough Shed
This is a space in which the hamlet's communal larger farming equipment (ploughs, harrows, etc.) are stored. The right-hand end also acts as the hamlet's animal pound.
4. Village Granary
This octagonal building contains multiple niches for storing grain containers and pots and jars of various preserves. The building is raised off the ground to try and reduce the access that vermin can obtain.
5. Midwife/Healer
This cottage is the residence and workplace of the village healer/midwife/vet. She is an initiate of Chalana Arroy. One of the elder members of the community she is well respected. She is the Mother of the Wife of the Brewer's Son
6. Carpenter
This residence and workshop is that of the village's builder and carpenter.
This workshop is also the residence of the carpenter's wife, mother and children (the eldest of which are his son: carpenter's apprentice and his daughter (Eda): a lay member of Babeesta Gor when not working in various roles about the steading.)
The Carpenter is a newcomer to the village having arrived in 1611 following the death of the previous Carpenter (Harmast) in the Battle of Moonbroth.
7. Captain's Hall
This hall includes the residence of servants and retainers. It is the grandest building in the hamlet and is constructed on two stories. The area enclosed by the two wings and facing the market is paved with a black-and-white patterned mosaic.
The Hall includes:
- Steading Captain (An Initiate of Orlanth) - Almost an Elder at 30
- His Wife (An initiate of Ernalda) - Slightly younger at 29
- Forazi: Steward & Butler (Lay member of Lhankor Mhy, Son of a riverman)
- Groom (A surly Nomad with lay connections to Waha - Unacknowledged Son of the Steading's Herder)
- Karan: Housekeeper (The Character's Mother; An initiate of Ernalda) - One of the steading's Elders. Aged about 45.
- Andra: House Maid (Whether she was born odd or became odd is unclear but she's said to be a non-practicing shaman.)
- Jaram: Eldest Son (An Orlanthi Lay member) - Just turned 16 in the last Sacred Season
- 5 Younger Girls (All lay members of Voria)
8. Farmer/Brewer/Maltster
This family supplement their income through brewing. Barley brews can only be made during the cooler months.
The residents are
- The Brewer's Mother - The Steading's Ancient
- The Brewer
- His Wife
- His Son
- His Son's Wife - The Daughter of the Healer
- Their 2 boys.
The most precarious building in the village with the slope of steep street to one side, the slope of Terrace Street to the other and a precipitous drop behind.
This building's occupants are skilled basket weavers in addition to their field tending - which includes land by the river set as willow beds.
Occupants include:
- Aged Father: Now somewhat childlike and no longer taking part in Steading affairs - but still a skilled weaver
- Farmer: Owns 4 of the village's oxen.
- Farmer's Wife: The most skilful Weaver. "Can weave a waterproof basket" it is said.
- Eldest Daughter: Unmarried and likely to inherit the farm
- Youngest Son: Just 17 years old. Specialises in shield-backings and form-work. Also a thatcher.
This is a one story building at the northern end with an under-story at the southern end. This extra space is used as a dairy for cheese making.
11. Farmer
This building was originally intended as a tower but was never completed as such (the thick defensive walls stop at 1m high) and has been converted into a farmers residence.
- The Farmer's Wife's Mother. Nearly 60 and one of the Elders of the steading although still seen as an incomer despite having been resident for a decade!
- The Farmer: Son of the Basket Weaver - 27 Years Old
- His Wife: A Linen Weaver and Bee-Keeper when not farming or running the house. Also 27 years old and born in far-off Pavis.
- 5 Children under 9 years old
Viewed from Terrace Street, this is a single story house much like the others in the village. But the ground behind drops vertically and viewed from the pool it is four stories high!
The lowest floor is the pen (a cave with a door) where the geese are kept at night.
13. Farm Labourer/Gardener/Swineherd
The smallest (and poorest) residence in the village. Home to 9 people across three generations.
n.b. The Herder also has an unacknowledged Son working at the Hall as a Groom.
14. Hunter
The home of the village's hunter, his wife, their children and his mother.
Jargian is apprenticed here.
The building has three floors, connected by ladders:
- Kitchen (Jargian's sleeping space is by the hearth when he's not hunting)
- Family's Room (Includes a grand bed occupied by the Hunter's Son and his Wife and an alcove bed for the Hunter plus pallets for the children and gra)
- Roof (Mostly Storage, skin-Drying Racks, etc.)
Building | Ancients | Elders | Adults | Children | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Shrine | 1 | 2 | |||
5. Healer | 1 | 2 | |||
6. Carpenter | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
7. Hall | 1* | 6 | 5 | ||
8. Farmer/Brewer | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
9. Farmer/Basket Maker | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
10.Farmer/Dairy | 2 | 3 | |||
11. Farmer | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
12. Farmer | 1 | 3 | |||
13. Herder | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
14. Hunter | 1 | 3** | 3 | ||
**Includes Jargian, Hunter's Apprentice