Saturday 5 October 2013

Sigrun Dal - MOD - Houses

I have started to add some housing to the valley, using styles that show more recent activity than the Ancient Nord buildings. The style I chose reflects the available materials in the valley to the builders and so the houses are mostly small stone and timber or all timber constructs. Remember the occupants want to keep the valley a  secret so they cant be walking in and out of the valley with long trains of exotic building supplies.


The inhabitants survive by growing small crops in gardens next to their houses and others have a cow or some chickens for milk and eggs. How did they get the cows and chickens? well when the valley was being established it would have been feasible to bring in a small calf or some eggs to hatch without too much attention being drawn to the valley entrance, probably during a very dark night.






 
I have also added a water source flowing through the bottom of the valley, melt water and runoff would keep it full and possibly an underground water source would also explain its existence. This body of water has been stocked with local fish varieties which adds to the nutrition of the inhabitants. So those that don't have cows fish and then trade.

Below is a house on the water bank.


Next up some other essential buildings.


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