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ID: PBhKDqrt/qst/6259847#6273775
7/12/2025, 3:27:27 PM
Being among the elderly, it was perhaps to be expected that Father would get ill from such a disease, though the fact that it was pneumonia during a warm season made you suspicious, especially after other prominent elders like the bishop, mayor, and various guild masters began falling ill as well.
The plague was upon Rittersbach, even if it hadn't yet properly reared its ugly, ugly head as yet. Perhaps it was something that should have been obvious; from the moment of its founding, Rittersbach had been a virtual boomtown on the river Seldau, with a great influx from all around the country. Now numbering about 30,000 souls where once there had been only 1,500. Your father had sown most diligently, but now the reaper would have his due.
For the moment, you would be relatively safe, or at least you hope you would be; your palace is on the other bank of the river, but you had already decided that it would be in the interest of everyone involved that you would be out of the vicinity of this city for the time being.
The physicians had all recommended a variety of different measures and treatments, both for your father and for the inhabitants of the city. Some had recommended a leeching, and an elf offered a special type of herbal medicine he could prepare, and others said that you should at the very least remove your father from the centre of the epidemic, whether it was through miasma or not. You decided to give your father a place where he could properly recover without risking being surrounded by other infected individuals.
One idea was to move to the coast for the time being, close to where the shipyards were located. Though the old fortress that overlooked it wasn't suited for habitation, there is a relatively well-maintained manor home close by, from where the fresh sea might purify his lungs.
Another idea was to go to the so-called Jadgschloss or hunting castle. More or less a very large hunting lodge overlooking a lake down south. Because of their pleasant smell, the trees could also help relieve some of your father's suffering.
Lastly, and more practically, you could use the Ulrichsburg to temporarily house the court; it was big enough, though without the same comfort, and the lack of any surrounding cities could help with the fresh air.
But in the end you decided upon.
>The manor by the coast
>The jagdschloss
>The Ulrichsburg
The plague was upon Rittersbach, even if it hadn't yet properly reared its ugly, ugly head as yet. Perhaps it was something that should have been obvious; from the moment of its founding, Rittersbach had been a virtual boomtown on the river Seldau, with a great influx from all around the country. Now numbering about 30,000 souls where once there had been only 1,500. Your father had sown most diligently, but now the reaper would have his due.
For the moment, you would be relatively safe, or at least you hope you would be; your palace is on the other bank of the river, but you had already decided that it would be in the interest of everyone involved that you would be out of the vicinity of this city for the time being.
The physicians had all recommended a variety of different measures and treatments, both for your father and for the inhabitants of the city. Some had recommended a leeching, and an elf offered a special type of herbal medicine he could prepare, and others said that you should at the very least remove your father from the centre of the epidemic, whether it was through miasma or not. You decided to give your father a place where he could properly recover without risking being surrounded by other infected individuals.
One idea was to move to the coast for the time being, close to where the shipyards were located. Though the old fortress that overlooked it wasn't suited for habitation, there is a relatively well-maintained manor home close by, from where the fresh sea might purify his lungs.
Another idea was to go to the so-called Jadgschloss or hunting castle. More or less a very large hunting lodge overlooking a lake down south. Because of their pleasant smell, the trees could also help relieve some of your father's suffering.
Lastly, and more practically, you could use the Ulrichsburg to temporarily house the court; it was big enough, though without the same comfort, and the lack of any surrounding cities could help with the fresh air.
But in the end you decided upon.
>The manor by the coast
>The jagdschloss
>The Ulrichsburg
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