Opening post by Tucker · #1
Before anyone calls this a miracle, count the sacks, mend the bridge, and test the hinges; check walls, wells, and grain stores before buying another hall. When SKY stormed my gate, missing stores hurt longer than broken stone. Not yet.
If you upgrade walls, keep grain for the next march and inspect the well after a raid; a strong wall cannot feed troops. Write carts and labor beside the cost. Who pays for it? Who carries it?
My order is gate, water, production, then ornament. Walk the perimeter, count sacks in daylight, and leave one team for field locks and roof work; small errands become winter disasters. Admire the hall when the keep can last a week without wagons. Not yet.