The Manor

Having cleared the back garden you now have access to the fron and the area to the back of the manor. In the front is a large yard, sections of which indicate is was paved but the weeds have grown through the grack, the separates the manor propper from the carriage house and beyond that still the gatehouse. Back behinds some trees a ways and off to one side between the carriage house and the manor are the kennels. Out beyond the vegetable garden you Witic explains you will find the fieldhouse mew and orchards.

Picking the carriage house and hoping to meet the stablehand who stayed on you make your way to the building. The carriage house is well built but showing the lack of recent care. Large double doors allow access to the main carriage space with a smaller side door, though even this is much larger than normal households doors. Circling the building before entering you see that behind some screening trees and shrubs is a large paddock and stables that are connected to the carriage house. Several doors between the stables and paddock are open but you see no creatures out at this time. In fact you have not seen or hear any animals moving around the area since coming to the manor.

Where do you want to enter the stable or carriage house from
1 carriage house side door 2 carriage house main double sliding doors 3 enter the carriage house via the paddock 4 enter the stables from the paddock 5 enter the stables from the side door

There is no response to the call. Seeing an hearing nothing moving you approach and find the door unlocked, and a bit rusty. You open the door cautiously to expose a dim interior. The room looks to be a combination between a workroom and waiting room with a couple chairs, tables, benches with tools, a small fireplace, etc. The room looks to have been used somewhat recently but upon entering you find the fireplace cold. The rooms has an open doorway to the main chamber of the building that would have housed the carriages. There is also a stairway leading up. Though the place is not clean it is mostly neat and lacks the layers of dust to indicate a lack of recent use. Peeking into the carriage room you see a few vague shapes you take as a carriage and another you are unsure of.

The one is definitely a carriage, the other shape is similar but has aspects more reminiscent of a boat. The room is very large and open with what looks like scaffolding that can be rearranged to work on the two vehicles. This rooms shows more signs of neglect with traces of paths to and from cupboards and work areas but otherwise covered in dirt, dust, and decay. The work benches and cupboards look to have been stripped of some thinge while others were left. Most of what you find are old broken tools but there are also a few storage areas that hold wood, metal fittings, and cans of what was mostly likely paint at one point.

At Ealdwigs call you pause to listen but hear nothing in the building.

Moving to the stairs you make your way up noting the stairs are worn and well used. At the top is a short hall with 3 doors, left right, and straight ahead. A window at the top of the stairs allows some natural lighting into the hall. Moving down you come to the first set of doors left and right . . .

With caution, and manners, you examine both rooms. They are mostly bare of anything useful and hold odd scraps. Aged wood, tattered cloth, and bits of pottery and glass. Moving to the last room you pause as you notice this door is in better condition and with a quick check you can tell it has been locked shut.

There is no response