A summary with some willows from Robert Darvall on 2002-02-26 (The Heortling Stead Project)

From: Robert Darvall <madamx_at_oeX7NIkVwCsYJLyxzLYqyod7FxLii0awMQeKvOvG2Oj1-o6lqVo-wD5M9p8rtlYAZIaW3>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:54:29 +1100

Otto

> > the stead should produce a reasonable willow mead. Or is it too
> cold? Bryan?

>Could someone explain this mead to me?

Sorry. Archaic term. COD-low, well watered ground esp near a river. Basicly wet paddocks.

Essentials to date as I see them (please remake)

A stead of 40 adults

80 warm bodies comprising 15 ea working adults M&F, 20 ea sex kids, 5 ea sex elders. None over 60 (going by Nick's figures)

2 x Godar O&E.....O&E Shrine......ST shrine or Shrine (got to find a better distinction)

Weaponthane/s ? sharing the main hearth at this size I'd think

Fyrd max _at_ 20 probably less

2 x specialists (even with food the specialist is the Barntari who does nothing else etc)

Loom House (birthing hut?) attached to E Shrine?

Sweat Lodge/mortuary/smoke house

Hill for doing blokey things naked in the rain

Outhouses min of 3 (1 per 30 bodies or part thereof) probably more.

Cows, passel of.......Uralda shrine/idol....Byres? or do they over-winter in the main buildings (they're a good heat source)

Sheep, passel x 2 or 3.....Heler/Voriof shrine/idol....Fold/s

Pigs....Entra shrine/idol....Stye/s

Horses? is this stead big enough?...Realda shrine/idol...Stalls/Stable

Wild Produce....Odayla/Yinkin, Poverri, Overdruva maybe a 'wild' shrine collecting all these idols.

grain crops...Esrola shrine/idol.....seperate silos for ea type therfore min 3.

Bees.....God?Minlister?.... Hives - #'s?

Specialty...... Work House/Produce store/Warehouse depending on speciality. Currently we look like needing to store honey & wax or dried fish with associated drying, smoking or salting facilities (stiklepick?)

Poultry... Daffy/Foghorn shrine/idol...Poultry Boxes

Chief's Hall or Feasting Hall. Largest Bloodline lodge?

2x Bloodline Lodges and sub-bloodline hearths within.

Corrals and Yards

Pallisade

This is just my summary of what's been mooted thus far.

Questions I feel need answering with some urgency are:

Is the stead big enough to specialise? Peter's listing has this stead having one specialisation which feels about right to me.
If so what in? Bees, Fish, or perhaps Pottery with a dedicated potter.
What other features from John's list of buildings are we big enough to rationaly include? Frex would a standard stead of 40 adults rate a treasure hut?

4)What buildings/sites are within the pallisade? The butchering area may well be banished frex.

Less immediately:
What wild produce is available locally?

What daimons or spirits are local?

As many folk have noted what we produce will determine the Gods we worship & the size & importance of their shrines/idols/reliquaries.

I can't find the post (I think it was Peter's) in which the numbers & mechanics for adding specialisations were mooted. The one where the basic food surplus module was replaced with the specialisation.

Is it worth making a resource plug-in template? Something on the lines of:

Resource---God---shrine/idol/holy site---local Daimon/spirit---associated buildings/sites

Mostly for our own working purposes the finished product being more narrative.

Peter Larsen
>Does anyone know about turkeys in Sartar?

Tatius the Bright? :-)

Hope this helps a little
Darvall