New Beginnings: In The Aftermath Of The Fire

[Carillon]

//This will be the thread used to track rebuilding efforts, materials, and aid when the time comes. For now, the embers are cooling, the smoke (literal and figurative) is clearing, and people are taking stock before what will be needed to rebuild becomes clear.


After the fire, dedicated patrons and true lovers of the Arms are seen picking through the rubble, either for lost possessions or for anything salvageable--all under the watchful eye of a small detail of Blackwatch guards who, depending on who you ask, are there to make sure no one is injured poking through the unstable structure or are there in case the errant steward shows his face.

A few long-time patrons talk amidst themselves as they begin to salvage any useable stone, tile, small pieces of unburnt wood, etc. that wasn't ruined completely in the blaze, and talk of incorporating these materials into the inn when it is rebuilt. It is generally agreed that the first thing to do once all has been salvaged that can be is clear the site so things can be started fresh, ready to incorporate pieces of the old and the inn's long history into a new building.

[Carillon]

After the dedicated patrons have picked over the ruins a little, someone finally steps forward with some initiative to begin clearing in earnest:

"Alright lads .. and, uh, ladies," the patron says, nodding to a few women helping in the effort, "the first thing to do, it seems, is clear away the old! Let's get a couple dozen pickaxes and shovels in here, and start clearing away the fallen rubble. Go easy and save what you can that's undamaged!"


//A list of materials will be posted as soon as we have had a chance to set up a donation center for this cause. When the donation center is set up, characters should be able to use the existing donation NPCs to donate gold or materials to the rebuilding efforts.

[Script Wrecked]

Argali catches the words of the patron.

"Don't you think who iz burrning it down should be rebuilding it?"

[Carillon]

*Another local, this one with the weathered face of a sailor--and the scent of a fisherman--turns at Argali's words*

"And if the storm drives your boat onto the rocks, do you wait for the storm to rebuild it too? Did we wait meekly for Snowtooth to come down and rebuild our docks, when they were destroyed? I don't know where you're from, lass, but here in Leringard if we want something done, we don't wait around to see if someone else will get it done for us. We put our backs into it and do it ourselves!"

*A small cheer goes up as several people voice their approval for this sentiment.*

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*Later on that night, as charred timbers are shifted and the rubble begins to be moved around, a shout of surprise and "Take a look at this!" and other such exclamations fill the air. As the rubble is shifted, the source of the excitement becomes clear:

There amidst the ruins of the Arms under some fallen beams lies the statue commemorating Cole Norseman. It's dirty and sooty as can be and Cole has a few new scratches, chips and scars that weren't there in life nor part of the sculptor's design, but other than that it looks miraculously unbroken.*

"Huh," says one of the worker, with a bemused expression on his face. "Would ya look at that."

"Heh," another answers him, an old grizzled fellow who's come to the Arms once or twice a week for a drink for longer than most of the others have been alive. "Norseman always was a tough bastard. In death and in life, it seems. Takes more than a fire to kill a Dread Blade!"

*Work for the evening stops, as if the discovery of the statue had been a secret signal of sorts. Someone brings drinks from another small tavern, carrying them over to the site of the inn. One pours some of his drink into the ashes at the foot of the fallen statue. Tired, sweaty and sooty workers pass a pleasant half an hour like that, drinking amidst the fallen stone and charred timbers as the sun sets to the west, somewhere out over the ocean.*

//We rolled dice for the Norseman. He really is a tough old fellow.

[Alatriel]

*Alatriel slips in unseen among the crowds surveying the damage with her own eyes.  After she's seen enough, she leaves again, silently.*





//Alatriel is going to donate a sum of money to the rebuilding efforts.  I haven't decided how much... mostly because I have no idea what is currently in her bank account.

[Script Wrecked]

*Another local, this one with the weathered face of a sailor--and the scent of a fisherman--turns at Argali's words*

"And if the storm drives your boat onto the rocks, do you wait for the storm to rebuild it too? Did we wait meekly for Snowtooth to come down and rebuild our docks, when they were destroyed? I don't know where you're from, lass, but here in Leringard if we want something done, we don't wait around to see if someone else will get it done for us. We put our backs into it and do it ourselves!"

*A small cheer goes up as several people voice their approval for this sentiment.*

Admonished by the fisherman's words, and stung by the mention of the Snowtooth attack, Argali barely mutters her reply, "She was not zuggesting waiting forr theirr convenience..."

[Carillon]

Some time soon after old Cole is discovered hidden in the rubble, the initial wave of enthusiasm mellows down a little, and serious talk about what might be needed to rebuild the Arms begins.

A local contractor by the name of Neilan Kavanagh who happens to be learned in his letters and good with figures in addition to having years of experience takes an evening over a couple pints at the Twin Dragons. The ale mugs slowly accumulate on the table as the quill goes scratchity-scratchity-scratch at the parchment.

Finally, long after most of the other patrons have left for the night, he tacks up the parchment with a metal tack to a bit of wall where notices are sometimes posted.

For Rebuilding The Arms

Tools:
24 Miners' Pickaxes (Clearing rubble)
24 Shovels (Clearing rubble)
24 Carpenters Toolsets (Rebuilding)
6 Tinkerer's Toolsets (Rebuilding)
24 Smith's Hammers (Rebuilding)

Linens and Cloths:
60 Bolts of Cloth (Linens, bedding, curtains, towels, rugs, bar cloths, etc.)
60 Spools of Thread (To make the above)
36 Cloth Padding (Bed pillows, chair cushions, upholstery)

Wood and Related Materials:
25 Long Staves of Hickory (Structural support)
25 Long Staves of Oak (Structural support)
25 Short Staves of Hickory (Structural support)
25 Short Staves of Oak (Structural support)
100 Planks of Hickory (Floors, walls, paneling, etc)
100 Planks of Oak (Floors, walls, paneling, etc)
100 Planks of Mahogany (Floors, walls, paneling, etc)

Metal Goods:
400 Spikes, Iron (1 "spikes" = handful of nails)
5 Locks, Iron (For main door and private rooms; some were saved)
28 Hinges, Iron (For main and interior doors; some were saved)
100 Small Iron Rods (Structural reinforcement)

Glass:
60 Ingots of Glass (Windows, bar glasses, etc)
1 Gnomish Lens (Main door peephole)

Miscellaneous Supplies
50 Flasks of Oil (For lanterns and treating wood)
36 Lanterns (Brown Lantern, Stringed Lantern, Enclosed Rope Lantern, or Lighted Globe)
6 Four Flamed Candleholders ("Chandeliers"/Ceiling candleholders)
12 Crafted Rope
1 Jukebox (Deed)
1 Housing Portal (Deed)

Other Costs:
10,000 True -- Restitution to Families of Deceased
30,000 True -- Restitution for Damage to Adjacent Properties
2,000 True – Salvage and Storage Costs of Salvaged Material
2,000 True – Extra Labour Costs to Clear the Site, Haulage and Disposal Costs of rubble
30,000 True – Cost of Specialized Mage Labour (Safe disposal, cleanup and cleansing abjurations from destroyed or damaged magic items)
1,000 True – "Site Inspection Fee" For Approval For Rebuilding
100,000 True – Cost of foundational stone, roof slate, and floor tile, plus hauling, etc.
15,000 True – Skilled Construction Labourers (Stonemasons, Carpenters, Joiners, Framers)
1,000 True – Leringard Labourers Guild Tithe
5,000 True – Miscellaneous Construction Supplies
15,000 True – Skilled Artisans and Craftspeople (Glassblowers, Ironworkers, Detail Carpenters)
1,000 True – Skilled Artisans Guild Tithe
25,000 True – Replacement Furniture Costs (Materials, Ebeniste Labour, Delivery, Installation)
3,000 True – Landscaping Costs
10,000 True – Replacement of Kitchen Equipment, Ovens, Presses, Kettles, Kegs, etc.
20,000 True – Miscellaneous "Inspection Fees", Licensing Fees, Protection of Workers, Other City Fees (Undisclosed)
30,000 True – Extraneous Miscellaneous Costs

Total Estimated Monetary Cost: 300,000 True

//OOC Notes:

The above list was a collaboration between several GMs, including the GM most familiar with housing and rebuilding costs and precedent, with both past requests for building and the large size of the inn and cardhouse taken into account. While it is indeed a long list at first glance, I kindly ask players not to comment on how out of proportion any of the above might be with the RP economy. I think we are all aware that gold flows in faster than out, but every effort has been made to provide some RP justification for why the above is needed. Furthermore, characters have every opportunity to RP trying to reduce the costs all they like, but the figure of 300k is, at least in an OOC sense, non-negotiable.

Donations will be collected via our slick new Layonara Donations Center system. You can donate gold or items--the system will track both--at any of the NPCs available. You will find that the appropriate cause has already been set up and all is ready to go.

A Request: This is intended to be a list that allows a wide range of characters of differing levels and abilities to participate and contribute to the rebuilding in both gold and material form, if they wish. I've tried to include CNR of various levels of difficulty to acquire, and requiring different skills to make. Please, please, please--if you know your character has a lot of abilities or resources at their disposal, do NOT start with the easiest items. Choose something that is a bit of a challenge for you, and leave simpler items for other characters and players so as many can participate as wish to do so.

We will keep track of what has been donated and post it up from time to time, but feel free to use this thread to take initiative or keep track of your own donations, so the inn doesn't end up with 12 jukeboxes, or something silly

Many thanks,
Carillon

[Script Wrecked]

Perhaps the next day, when the notice attracts an initial wave of onlookers, and numerous folk stand around in curiosity and perhaps no small awe of the task ahead, a voice is heard from the back of the crowd,

"What iz to ztop the Blackwatcherrs burrning it down again?"

[RollinsCat]

*The violinist who's been playing and helping with the deconstruction reads Kavanagh's notice and almost bounces on his toes.*

Bolts of cloth?  Check!

Planks of hickory?  Check!

How exciting is that, Andy old boy? To leave your mark in the walls of a tavern instead of merely lingering song in the air? Permanance! Thank you, Lady Muse...

*He fumbles in a wide pocket of his new deep red cotton velvet coat, nodding when he finds his carpenter's tool kit, sewing kit, and needle. He writes his name by those materials in his flourishing italic script, then makes for a ship sailing to Port Hempstead.*

[willhoff]

*Vrebel wanders up to the notice and reads the list of materials needed for the rebuilding and taps his finger at the section mentioning mahogany planks*

Well I still got me trusty ox and me back, thats all I need ta get started on this.  Least I can do fer this grand place and its fine owner.

*He wanders off to his ox and starts loading it up with freshly sharpened axes and other essentials*

//Vrebel and Tralek will get all 100 planks of Mahogany.

[Carillon]

An anonymous donor pays the 10,000 true in restitution to the families of the deceased.

[ShiffDrgnhrt]

Shiff Dragonheart comes to Leringard to Donate 10,000 True cover most of the labor and miscellaneous expenses for the Rebuilding.  Later he comes back again and again with armfuls of the necessary tools to help clear the rubble.

He then looks around for the site's foreman.  "Hey, mind having an old man help out around here?"  He then demostrates his strength and removes a stray timber from the site and hauls it to the refuse piles.

[Carillon]

Some high-spirited Arms supporter tallies up the donations received to rebuild the Arms so far and posts them in the Twin Dragons:

Donations Received

• 7 sets tinker tools
• 21 mining picks
• 100 planks mahogany
• 20 ingots of glass
• 3 longs staves of oak
• 1 short stave of oak
• 24 bolts of cloth
• 2 iron spikes
• 3 sets carpenter tools
• 2 iron rods
• Fifty five thousand true

Looks like we need a mining trip for sum iron!

//List updated as of PST mid-day November 18, 2009

[Xaltotun]

* A small female voice may have been heard in the background, muttering to herself as much as to anyone else.*
 
 Much as ah hates tae admit it, Argali hud a point.
 
 Ah wonder if ah burnt mah ain hoose in Prantz doon, if ah could get sum clowns tae build it back up fer nuthin'. It wid save me ra costs o' huvin' tae redecorate at least.
 
 *She mutters some more words, unintelligegible, or perhaps unrepeateable, about the lineage of the volunteers, and wanders off into the shadows.*

[Serissa]

*Ferrit speaks up*  I've never, ever, known Steel to lie--omissions, maybe, but not lies.  He said the Blackwatch firebombed the Inn and kept at it even as those inside tried to flee.  I believe him.  The twelve who died there died at the hands of the Blackwatch.

[ShiffDrgnhrt]

Tyra begins to spend more time at the Leringard Arms site making sure things get done.  Anyone clearing debris, restoring materials, or plotting for the reconstruction that Tyra feels is slacking she confronts and demands they work to their ability.  Anyone who seems to disregard her she warns that she is the current steward of the Arms, and that she sees herself as in charge of it's reconstruction...  Should anyone give her trouble, she deals with them appropriately. //That means if a DM wants to RP someone confronting Tyra as being the steward that I'll be available for that.

[cbnicholson]

Benjamin is seen entering Leringard, Fodder, his ox huffing and snorting under a heavy load of glass.  He seeks out Tyra.  

"Miss,  the Angel's guild promised our aid ta Steel fore the tsunami's hit.  I have another forty ingots of glass here along with a gnomish lens.  I ken take care of yer of the iron bits yer needin, simply send me a list."

Ben settles back on his heels, patting Fodders nose to calm and sooth the overworked animal, waiting for the woman to reply.

//glass and lens donated

[RollinsCat]

*Andrew Reid keeps a slow but steady supply of bolts of cloth coming for the restoration*

[ShiffDrgnhrt]

Tyra collects any and all materials provided for the Leringard reconstruction and makes sure they are counted, stored, and made available to the craftsman best suited to make use of them as the reconstruction plans progress.  However, she also makes sure that she keeps an eye on all the materials in case certain individuals try to sabotage the reconstruction by stealing materials.  Pity be on anyone she might catch stealing...

[Carillon]

When Tyra finishes her inventory, this is what she finds:

- 3 small iron rods
- 68 bolts of cloth
- 22 cloth padding
- 1 gnomish lens
- 66,010 gold
- 60 ingots of glass
- 12 long staves of hickory
- 3 long staves of oak
- 24 heavy miners picks
- 26 planks of hickory
- 100 planks of mahogany
- 1 plank of oak
- 25 sets of carpenter's tools
- 7 sets of tinker's tools
- 2 long staves of oak
- 25 shovels
- 24 smith hammers
- 5 iron spikes
- 1 roll of iron wire