Jedes Keep
The tall and imposing Jédes Keep often hosts important visitors. Earl Tróda visits at least once a year to inspect his southern holdings. He often brings a large retinue of knights from his household, looking for quality warhorses. He usually times his visit for the annual horse fair, though in the last few years the pressures of his work as Exchequer Royal have delayed his arrival.
King Miginath also likes to return to Jédes. As the king has aged, these visits have become less frequent, but Sir Shernâth has been sent word that the king intends to visit this year. Sir Shernâth is concerned that the king will be unable to manage the stairs to his usual room. He has sent a long, carefully worded letter to Princess Meliem, the Lord High Chamberlain, in an attempt to ensure that he can accommodate the king’s needs. The keep is a D-shaped tower made from local granite. At its highest point it stands some 100 feet above the river, commanding outstanding views of the surrounding countryside.
When the keep was repaired, between 605 and 625, Clan Dariúnè had the collapsed rear wall rebuilt into a semi-circle. The mason overseeing the reconstruction, Egbert of Noss, convinced the earl that the original keep’s rectangular shape had contributed to its collapse once undermined by the river. Egbert had a temporary dam erected, the water pumped out, and the river gravel excavated down to bedrock. The rear wall of the keep now stands on solid rock. The main entrance is via a drawbridge over a narrow moat, which cuts across a man-made slope leading up to the keep. This entrance is further protected by a set of double doors, a corridor through the wall, and a second iron-bound and barred door. A second, smaller postern door, which only the servants use, is accessed via a narrow removable wooden bridge. From dawn to dusk one guard always patrols between the two doors.
Plans to add a portcullis have been drawn up. The portcullis, and alterations to the postern gate, could be implemented under the written instructions of Earl Dariúnè “at the discretion of the constable, in the event of any future civil unrest”.
King Miginath also likes to return to Jédes. As the king has aged, these visits have become less frequent, but Sir Shernâth has been sent word that the king intends to visit this year. Sir Shernâth is concerned that the king will be unable to manage the stairs to his usual room. He has sent a long, carefully worded letter to Princess Meliem, the Lord High Chamberlain, in an attempt to ensure that he can accommodate the king’s needs. The keep is a D-shaped tower made from local granite. At its highest point it stands some 100 feet above the river, commanding outstanding views of the surrounding countryside.
When the keep was repaired, between 605 and 625, Clan Dariúnè had the collapsed rear wall rebuilt into a semi-circle. The mason overseeing the reconstruction, Egbert of Noss, convinced the earl that the original keep’s rectangular shape had contributed to its collapse once undermined by the river. Egbert had a temporary dam erected, the water pumped out, and the river gravel excavated down to bedrock. The rear wall of the keep now stands on solid rock. The main entrance is via a drawbridge over a narrow moat, which cuts across a man-made slope leading up to the keep. This entrance is further protected by a set of double doors, a corridor through the wall, and a second iron-bound and barred door. A second, smaller postern door, which only the servants use, is accessed via a narrow removable wooden bridge. From dawn to dusk one guard always patrols between the two doors.
Plans to add a portcullis have been drawn up. The portcullis, and alterations to the postern gate, could be implemented under the written instructions of Earl Dariúnè “at the discretion of the constable, in the event of any future civil unrest”.
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