Misadventures with Mina

The sun is still a bit short of it's zenith as the family prepares the minor feast and midday meal. You learn that the village is little more than a couple larger structures that are supported by the spread otu community that fills the valley. Most of the people live in their own homesteads and only congregate when needed. There are weekly religious services that take up most of one day. The outlying families make arrangements with neighbors so that no are is totally abandoned though many will leave most of their families go to town for the first service and return after the last so that the women and children can socialize. The men get together to talk several evenings a week at the brewery, which has a small tavern. The town center is only several minutes away and Hany's older sister will take you there after the meal.

After finishing the meal make your way into the little village center with Hany's older sister, whom you now know is called Tilly. As you walk through the small and peaceful valley you see houses located near fields throughout the area but growing increasingly dense as you approach the middle. You pass and Tilly waves to several farmers working their fields on your way in to town.

The center of the valley has a crossroads which has a total of 6 buildings around it. A church, a warehouse, a smithy, a small inn , a brewery, and what looks to be a store. Each of these looks to be larger than should be needed and built mostly of stone with living spaces on the second floor of each. Perhaps they were, and possibly still are, also the local holdfast against unfriendly outsiders or overly energetic and dangerous natural events.

Sound from the open smithy as well as a trickle of smoke from its' forge is the first thing to greet you as you near the center of the village. One entire side of the smithy is open to the fresh air. A man is sitting on a stool with a few tools woking some woon in a small side yard next to the inn. Tilly heads to the inn with a skip waving to the man who merely looks you over and resumes work.