>>5410914“The people will grow used to you soon enough,” Claudine assures you. “They have had many lords and ladies, and in our isolated spot they are wary of newcomers. Dame Lucrezia, your predecessor, kept her distance and seldom involved herself in the running of the estate; myself and the reeve are quite capable of taking care of all, if administration is not your pleasure.”
Your new home looms behind the palisade, and behind it looms the Monument; still miles away, but an inescapable and imminent presence even at this distance. The house is no true castle, though it is certainly defensible: a wooden boardwalk spans the dry moat and mound separating it from the village; there is a sturdy gatehouse, and a stone wall encircling a courtyard with a few buildings, including a smithy and a stable; a small keep or large tower house marks the heart of the manor.
Your first order of business is to…
>Go to the keep and review your Penitent task: you have a heap of scrolls and ledgers detailing an impossibly long list of relics and artifacts you are to attempt to retrieve from the Abominable Monument>Have Claudine give you a more thorough tour of the village and meet some of the locals, including the priests and the reeve, the manager appointed by the peasants>Have Claudine give you a more thorough tour of the manor, and meet the smith and other members of the householdYou can also ask Claudine about anything else that seems pertinent or needs clarification.