Eorling Mead Hall Planning/Discussion Thread

[Nogrod]

I know I've promised this possibly a few times already, but I will be with the story in a Day or two...

But really all kinds of things have been in the way, mainly unexpected works and enjoying the summer with Lommy & her sis. But now I'm going to be alone in the city for a couple of weeks and should have time also to catch up and take part in here...

See you soon.

I'm looking forwards to this new plot of yours Eala!

[littlemanpoet]

Here are a couple of revised floorplans yet again.

One adds the new stairway down to the cellar, as well as the general location of the paddock, and the new dog yard.

The second maps out the cellar. You will notice "old stairs". These are from when the kitchen was directly behind the mead hall proper. Currently the old stairs are still there, but now they go nowhere. Where the corridor used to enter the kitchen is now part of the alder courtyard, with dirt fill and new grass. But it makes for an interesting feature nonetheless. It's what gives old homes their curiosity factor, eh?

Turns out the cellar is bigger than I expected. But one could say that it's bigger than Eodwine and his friends expected, but necessary because the old cellar was smaller and right beneath the kitchen; it made no sense to block off the old cellar, so the new cellar became an extension of the old. The fact that it never entered anyone's posts is just one of those things, I suppose.

[Ealasaide]

Oh, that's great. Thanks, Elempi! Now I'm glad that I missed my own deadline for finishing my post on Tuesday. This helps a lot!!

I'll try to get my post out there today, if at all possible.

[Ealasaide]

Okay, gang... the great escape has begun! The outlaws are still in the cellar in case anyone wants to get in on this. I will wait a day or so for others to post -- or let me know that they intend to post -- before I take the outlaws to the next step.

[Nogrod]

As I now have time I would be happy to put Stigend in with this mess. After all he has to be a streetwise person as he has managed to get a living as a wandering smith with a half-Dunleding wife and an odd looking kid (think of the situations they would have to have managed...) - and anyhow he has been serving at the men at arms in his youth so he might be able to do a thing or two even if he isn't a professional...

I'm catching up with you, something like a page left to read and then I'm up to it.

And anyhow, Stigend has this far being mostly a nice father who overprotects his son and is all flovers and peace. But there sure is another side to him as well, coming all the way from his childhood insistence of making his own mind and even defying his family. As I kind of missed the last action-part because of RL business I'd love to give it a more decent try this time.

[Ealasaide]

Looking forward to your post!

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Ealasaide

Looking forward to your post!

Thanks. But I think we need a starter from you anyways... and maybe some of the others would like to post as well before it?

I've done my "approach-post" now with getting the people under my guardianship to the place (yes, Lommy gave me the right to use Modtryth as I see fit - let's hope she will not be angry with my way of portraing her character here).

But maybe a post from lmp or Foley or something before the action really begins? Anyhow something has to happen before the people realise that the prisoners are not where they're supposed to be...