Jedes Keep Fourth Floor

1 The Constable
Sir Shernâth and Lady Jenya’s room is sparsely furnished. The room is warm, comfortable, and well appointed. The large four-poster bed has a mattress and pillows stuffed with goose down. The bunks near the door are where their sons slept. Though neither boy lives at the keep, Lady Jenya insists that things remain just as they are for “when the boys visit”. Sir Shernâth knows better than to disagree with his wife where their sons are concerned.
Sir Shernâth’s arms and armour are kept in the chest in the north-east corner; they are taken out, cleaned, and checked once a season. After the last check of his chainmail, Sir Shernâth asked Barda of Cets to add extra girth, dryly telling her that the mail “must have shrunk”. Within the keep the constable is armed only with a dagger. When visiting the local fiefs, he usually carries a fine Kúzhan broadsword, a present from Earl Tróda.
The constable keeps copies of every report he has sent to Earl Tróda in a locked chest in this room. Only his wife is aware of this. On occasion, Sir Shernâth has allowed servants to see him opening and emptying the chest, so that everyone in the keep knows that the chest contains “some old papers”, and not “valuable treasure”. To the earl’s enemies, of course, the contents of the chest are valuable treasure indeed.
2 The Royal Chamber
This well-appointed and lavishly furnished room is used by Earl Tróda or King Miginath on their infrequent visits to Jédes. The royal chamber is cleaned regularly.
If an important guest arrives unexpectedly, Sir Shernâth is always ready to host them. Other than the king and the earl, the only other person to have regularly used this room over the years is the late sheriff of Ósel, Prince Merik Elendsa. If, as often happens during the horse fair, both king and earl are present, Sir Shernâth gives up his room, with consequent effects on the other nobles.
3 The Chapel
This small but well-appointed chamber is the only chapel to Laráni in Asólade Hundred. Of the hundred’s sixteen manors, only three are not held by Laránians: Brómelèon and Poýnter are church lands held by Peonian Priests and the bailiff of Poynter openly worships Sávè-k’nôr.
The lords and ladies of the hundred regularly attend the services at Jédes chapel. The congregation at the monthly mass averages fifty souls, but sometimes there are well over eighty in attendance. In addition to the local noble families several yeomen and many of the keep’s garrison regularly attend the services.
Matakea Narrath keeps a careful note of who attends his services. Any noble who misses three in a row will receive a visit from the priest.