Eorling Mead Hall Planning/Discussion Thread

[JennyHallu]

In this instance, Saeryn will, without asking anybody's say-so, remove all of her belongings from her room and go bunk down with the other womenfolk. And if anybody speaks to her of it, she will give to them a patented Saeryn tongue lashing.

Saeryn may wish to bed up with the women, but Marenil's likely to put his foot down, and he's not likely to put up with a tongue-lashing from someone he sees as a little girl. As Lady, she has appearances and responsibilities to upkeep, and part of that is keeping herself separate from the help. And that implies no condescension, but the right and proper place of the Lady in a class-based structure. Just like how the boss in an office setting today works in an office, and not a cubicle with the regular monkeys. It wouldn't be appropriate.

Just a thought, anyway.

EDIT: and it might make lower maids uncomfortable...They'd never have a time terribly private to themselves if their lady-boss is around in their living space too.

I wonder how much Saeryn's thought through her new position and its implications?

Do we still have maids, or shall I address why we have no maids (I can come up with delightful reasons, but I'll probably settle with something believable) when Saeryn brings the matter up to Eodwine?

I wondered if we could assume some extra help as NPCs: a maid or two, maybe a smaller lad working as groom under Leof, servers on feast days, general laborers working on the construction under the supervision of Garstan and Stigend....