Chapter 1g: The Council of Ober

Arthur · June 17, 2014, 1:08pm

After another day of negotiations, Dietlinde is able to obtain two minor concessions.

Arthur:

You will only build 4 houses, 2 of them no larger than the largest one from the village (which is about 25 by 40 feet with a single floor) and 2 of them smaller (the example given was about 20 by 25 feet). Their exact location will have to be mutually agreed to. The large houses can have a second floor and small cellars under them.

Any building materials from the plateau (stone, for the most part) shall be provided by the village, based on their capacity to do so.

Any building materials brought from down below (wood and metals, for the most part) shall have one part in ten paid to the village, either in kind or in coin.

For each worker you hire from down below to work on the plateau, you will hire a worker from the village to also work on the plateau. That is true both during the construction and afterwards. One personal servant per scholar is exempt from the count of workers considered from down below. Workers from the village will be paid wages equal to those from down below.

You will not farm the land, beyond a small garden equivalent to those that can be seen in the village. You will not raise animals, beyond a dozen chicken. You will not excavate the land, beyond the [strike]small[/strike] cellars [strike]within[/strike] below the houses.

You will build an enclosure around the tree, to prevent the village’s sheep and goats from reaching it. That enclosure can surround the houses and garden (or this can be a second seperate enclosure), but no land beyond that.

If there is an agreement between the magi and the village elders, the villagers will start gathering stones from all around the plateau and bring them close to the oak tree. Once the exact location of the first house has been agreed to, construction will begin. (Discussing the details of the construction will be moved to the Covenant Planning and Construction thread.)

The magi have now been on the island for almost three weeks now. Their current accomodations in Meden town has cost them a bit over a pound of silver. Summer is about three more weeks away.