Fimbulwinter (Daniel Black)
Fimbulwinter (Daniel Black)
“They also pointed out some of the practical problems inherent in living in such a structure, which convinced me to go ahead and install fireplaces on each floor and a few privies in discreet locations. It was far from ideal, but that way they’d be able to get by if I never got a chance to put in magical heating or plumbing.
Later that afternoon, once I’d finally finished the gatehouse and started on the next stretch of wall, I got my next visitor. This time it was a burly fellow with graying ha...ir and a scraggly beard, carrying a weathered-looking spear and bundled up in a coat and cloak that seemed quite well-used. He was accompanied by a couple of younger men, also armed with spears, but from the way they focused on surveying the snow-covered fields around us I surmised they were here as his bodyguards.
I was raising a new stretch of wall when I noticed them, and dropped back to ground level to see what they wanted. As the older man approached I noted that he wore a large silver amulet outside his cloak, bearing an odd knotwork symbol that looked sort of like three overlapping crescent moons.MoreLess
Later that afternoon, once I’d finally finished the gatehouse and started on the next stretch of wall, I got my next visitor. This time it was a burly fellow with graying ha...ir and a scraggly beard, carrying a weathered-looking spear and bundled up in a coat and cloak that seemed quite well-used. He was accompanied by a couple of younger men, also armed with spears, but from the way they focused on surveying the snow-covered fields around us I surmised they were here as his bodyguards.
I was raising a new stretch of wall when I noticed them, and dropped back to ground level to see what they wanted. As the older man approached I noted that he wore a large silver amulet outside his cloak, bearing an odd knotwork symbol that looked sort of like three overlapping crescent moons.MoreLess
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