Norrins Barony Income: 1830gp/month Military Expenditure: -1040gp/month Net Income: 790gp/month! At end M4 1362 DR Treasury Total: 5040gp STORING FOR OTHERS 0gp Treasury is mostly in silver bullion. 1 lb weight in pure silver bullion bar = 100 sp = 10gp value. Current Barony Population M4 1362 DR: ca 2320 Increase: +5%/year (untaxed) M8 1361 DR: ca 2000, M11 1360 DR: ca 1100 Men in Prime Condition: 10% Marginal Combatants: 15% Military: 120 (M8 1361). 100 halberdier (x6=600gp/month), 20 light cavalry (x12=240 gp/m), 1 Lieutenant (80gp/m), 1 Captain (120gp/m) = -1040gp/m . Militia: 210 (M1 1361). ca 150 spear, 50 archer; 10 D'Ashe Hall Guard. 400gp for 200 uniform tabards provided M5 1361. Militia can be raised for 40 days per year, or in emergency to defend their homes, so you can have 1 section of 20 men available at any one time. Of course you can also pay them to serve; 6gp/month & double pay for corporal is standard, so you could raise additional sections for 126gp/month each. The listed equipment is what they provide themselves, you can pay to equip sections better. Generally they can be trained to be proficient with Simple weapons, so eg shortbows could be replaced with light crossbows. Archers can wear medium armour, spearmen can wear heavy armour. 40 days service or taxes in lieu is the standard feudal obligation in Damara. Military (fr. M9 1361 DR) 20 halberdiers to Rockwood Mine 20 halberdiers to Thorfin Mine 20 halberdiers to Argus 20 halberdiers to Hommlet 20 halberdiers stay in D'Ashe 10 light cavalry patrol the north, based out of Hommlet 10 light cavalry patrol the south, based out of Gnomestead. ________________________________________ Mine Net Income M5 1362 DR Old Mine (Gold/Electrum) Duty 10% of 1000gp > 100gp/m. Owner: Mongrelmen West Mine (Silver) 50% of 200gp > 100gp/month. Tax 10% to Valls Owner: Norrin Solanna Mine (Silver) 50% of 600gp > 300gp/month. Tax 10% to Valls Owner: Norrin West Claim (Silver) 50% of 400gp > 200gp/month. Tax 10% to Valls Owner: Norrin Torag's Hold Mine (Silver) 50% of 400gp > 200gp/month. Tax 10% to Valls Owner: Norrin Rockwood Mine (Silver/Mithril) 50% of 1200gp > 600gp/month. Tax 10% to Valls Owner: Norrin Thorfin Mine (Silver) 50% of 200gp > 100gp/month. Tax 10% to Valls Owner: Norrin Malthlyn Mine (Silver/Mithril) Tax 10% of 700gp>70gp/m. Tax 10% to Valls. Owner: Silver Standard. Den's Cave (Silver, Electrum) Tax 10% of 600gp> 60gp/m. Tax 10% to Valls. Owner: Den. Total Mine Income +1730gp/month _______________________________________ D'Ashe Festhall Income & Expenses Income net 1gp/wench/day, currently +20gp/day (from M3 1359), +600 gp/month Hall Upkeep 120 gp/month, -4gp/day, -120gp/m. Household (ca 10, Comfortable) -10gp/day, - 300gp/m. Garrison : 10 D'Ashe Guards 6 gp/month, 1 Sergeant 15gp/month (Ischa), 1 Corporal (Gundred) 12 gp/month. Total -87 gp/m. Misc trade, gifts: +7gp/m Net Gain end of Month: +100 gp/m. ____________________ The Treasury - Norrin/Barbara Bedroom D'Ashe Manor Treasury (18/8/1359: 1700gp in total went to 7 PCs (6x200, 1x100) & 2 NPCs, Jyrdani & Tenho). 4/9/59: 10gp to the peasant victims of Razing-Death to help them go east.) Special Items: Golden bird cage with small diamonds & platinum filigree (610gp) 3 potions of healing Gurzun's Plate Armour - on display in the Festhall 1 normal longsword 3 normal shields +1 shield Gaseous form potion Boots of speed - Bracers of defense - elf chain mail +1 - Longsword +2 (assuming to Norrin) - Brooch of Shielding - 150pp - potion of cat's grace - potion of climbing x2 - potion of cure serious wounds x3 2 suits of Studded Leather Armour 1100gp worth of mithril, formerly kept at Dragon's Perch, now held in trust at D'Ashe Manor Staff Gila - Steward, oversees provisions/supplies Will the Weasel - Festhall floor manager Lady Barbara does the accounts herself. Sgt Ischa is in charge of security, aided by Corporal Gundred.(PC) 10 guards (Scale 50gp, Shield 10gp, Spear 1gp = 61gp each). Also 8 suits of hide. Everard - who by reputation certainly lives up to his name - might make a Scout; Young Miles is keen and shows potential. Godfrey is a big sturdy chap but rather slow. Over her first two days at the Hall, Gundred knocks some heads together and stamps out the bullying (of Jocelyn). She gets the impression Jocelyn is fairly intelligent and could be a good soldier if he can rebuild his confidence. Viola looks frustrated. "It's ridiculous! Someone built a 15' wall with towers and battlements, then they just stopped! Anything could get through here!" _______________________ In Damara, south-west Duchy of Carmathan, a day's ride south of Valls (Arcata) and west of Ravensburg (Carmathan). Formerly the failing D'Ashe Manor, now a thriving rural Festhall. There are typically some 18-20 Festhall girls at the Hall, overseen by Will 'the Weasel'. Most domestic duties such as cooking and cleaning are carried out by the girls. There are also three stablehands (Tom, Ostler, Jorias) and a blacksmith (Horm), who dwell outside the manor hall itself. Most 'entertaining' is carried out on the ground floor using the former servant's quarters, the great hall, and other converted rooms, while Lady D'Ashe keeps the upper floor for herself and her retainers. The cellars are used for storage, and can be accessed via a back stairway that runs from the cellars, behind the kitchen, up to the upper levels. The kitchen is not normally guarded. Accommodating Prices Bedroll, common hall: 1sp Girl, 1 hour, private room: 1gp Private single room, 1 night: 2gp (double room +2gp) 1 Girl + single room, 1 night: 5gp (additional girls +2gp each, max 2 per single room, 4 per double room). __________________________________ Re Festhall economics: on the current setup the girls pay about 50% of their takings over, covering food, drink, accommodation etc (but clothing, makeup jewelry & such they buy themselves). On a typical day a girl brings in 2gp gross (including customer purchases of accommodation, food, & drink), 1gp to her & 1 gp to the Hall, which with 18 girls & outgoings of 14gp/day gives you a typical profit of 4gp/day. If they kept all their nookie money the Hall's income would halve to around 9gp/day, giving a deficit of -5 gp/day. Typical girl generates 20 sp/day, of which Nookie is 10sp. Hall takes takes half the food & accommodation income (5sp) as profit, & takes half the nookie money (5sp). Outgoings could be reduced by eg making PCs drink small beer & eat gruel (or spend money on upkeep); those numbers assume the PCs and senior NPCs all enjoy a 'comfortable' lifestyle. _____________________________ Dusk has fallen when you leave woodland for open moor and see ahead the warm lights of a large fortified manor house, a quarter mile off. An outer stone wall surrounds manor house, stable, barn and smithy. Araunil Halfelven: "That must be what Kramskoi called Gurzun's Festhall - what was the D'Ashe Manor. Lord D'Ashe died with King Virdin at the Ford of Goliad two years ago... I suppose his wife must have sold the estate. The name Gurzun does seem somewhat familiar - a mercenary captain of the Duke of Arcata, I think. He would have been with Arcatan army Baron Dragonsbane defeated at Bloodstone Pass. I expect he lost employment after that debacle..." You approach and speak with the stablehands. The two roan stallions they are tending look very fine; the saddles and tack they are cleaning, even moreso, though well worn. They take your own horses for feeding & tending (Araunil hands over 2 gp for the 10 horses) and happily agree to let Araunil and Dara bed down for the night in the loft of the stable for an extra 1 silver each; Araunil pays and she & Dara can leave their horses in the stables and ascend the ladder to the loft. No fires allowed in the stable block, but there are well over a score of horses in there now and plenty of straw; it's warm enough and the loft is fairly clean. Kade Norrin & Rexx approach the heavy oak front doors of the manor up three stone steps, and Rexx pulls the bell chain; a bell tolls. After a short delay the double doors open and you see a pair of very buxom wenches in black & white corsets, their breasts bare. Rexx Vartal's eyes widen appreciatively at the sight. The wenches smile in greeting. The blonde wench speaks: "Welcome weary travellers, to Gurzun's Hall. We have drink, food, bed and bath - and all other pleasures such as you might seek!" Behind them & to the right in the 10' deep entryway a second set of oak doors are closed, keeping out the cold night wind. Light shines from beneath these doors, and you hear the sound of music - very well played indeed - and revelry. "Please come in out of night's chill!" She gestures, inviting the men inside. ____________________________ "Lady D'Ashe, might I trouble you to store some money for me, please?" If Barbara agrees, he hands over a chest containing 600gp. "Just in case, you understand. Should I fall in battle, I wish for 50 gold to be given to each member of the party, with the remainder split equally between Jyrdani and Syrus. I trust that you will see to this?" ___________________________ Hexes (10 mile): 1 Resources: 4 - Animal x3, Vegetable Animal resources 1gp/person/month, Mineral Resources 1.5gp/person/month Animal - Horses max 3000gp/month (3000 people) Animal - Mutton/Sheep max 3000gp/month (3000 people) Animal - Beef/Cows max 1000gp/month (1000 people) Vegetable - Grains max 1500gp/month (3000 people) Max population 10,000 Max Income 8,500gp/month