[Location] The Dwelling of the North Winds

[Colombina]

The Dwelling of The North Winds Fitting with the predominant style of Ahnatep’s structures, the Dwelling of the North Winds has an outer wall and an inner structure with a courtyard at its heart. Its outer walls are mostly solid with carved reliefs of columns painted with the motif of wadj plants. The main home of the North Winds has changed hands and ruling figures since its construction two-hundred years prior, but one thing remains constant: its gardens. They fill the spaces between the outer wall and the inner building with soft green, cool tile and shade. In a desert, only would those as wealthy as the North Winds liberally create shallow pools and fountains. The tall wadj plant is the dominant theme of the gardens, showing reverence for the resource that has brought them such wealth. Great time and attention is given to the garden, maintaining its appearance of controlled beauty. Red roses are cultivated to wind around gazebos and over walls, white lotus float in the pools, and potted palms shade the tiled path. Nature still flourishes the innate design of the garden, but under strict supervision. The house boasts four levels and a cellar. Each room has windows or a balcony facing both outward and inward. Bedrooms vary in size and adornment, but all have an adjoined bath. Only a handful servants live in the house continually, the rest live in a separate structure nearby and work in shifts. The roof is used only for stargazing, as the North Winds prefer to keep their parties and meals private. The first level is comprised entirely of common rooms. All the bedrooms are in the top three levels, the highest level belonging to the head of the house, Sadiki, and his family. Each level has a main dining hall, but the second level has the largest, usually used for family gatherings or parties. On the first level among the sitting rooms and kitchens, is a modest library containing a small stage for private productions. The unofficial colors of the House of the North Winds are pale green and silver. They are displayed in the livery of the servants, the guards and in decorative elements throughout the house.

[Colombina]

OOC Information Here follows an incomplete family tree for the House of the North Winds to be altered at Colombina's will or with her indulgence. Anyone who cares to create a more attractive but easily edited version will be gifted an IC pony. Founding Member: Anaua ("royal scribe") Great Grandparent level, Cousins to one another Queen Naeema (f) / Naphali (f) Cousin: Bedrah (f) Cousin: Rumahura(m) / Djehuty(m) Grandparent level (2nd Cousins to another) Queen Naeema + Pressor Akmose = Pressor Tor (m)/ Tabia (f) / Tameri (f)/ Tahirah(f) Naphali + Dakar = Panya (f)/ Kontar (m) Bedrah + Tenen = Ubaid (m) / Pili (m) Rumahura + ? = Setma (m)/ Sudek (m)/ Zahra (f) Djehuty + ? = Sadiki* (m) / Meskehnet (f) / Bisnar (m) 2nd Cousins/ Aunt Uncle/ Parent level Pressor Tor + Queen Khepri = Pressor Teremun (see royal line) Kontar + Siti = Majai (m)/ Ubaid + Tabia (royal) = Ialu(m)/ Iahla(f) /Idogbe (m) Meskehnet + Bakari = Masika(f) /Ekibe (m) Bisnar + Falem = Rumati (f)/ Hoprus (m) / X (m) Sudek + Kephiya = Zahra + Nepha = Pili + Nathet = Sadiki *+ Ominah = Son 1/ Haru-aka (m)/ Kamthet (m)/ Direnç (m) Setma + Tameri (royal) = Bahra (m)/ Bakar (m) Tahirah + Bahru (m, EW) = Salim (m) + Jandayi (f) Player Level Ekibe + Iahla = Tameri/ Theoris Direnç + Nebya = Rumet (older half brother to Ifran) Direnç + Auset of the East winds = Ifran/ Haru-aka + Phrena = Kamthet + Omora = Serit(f) / Majai + Abaiya = Mered (m)(left the house)/ Rumati Hoprus + Y = Masika (f) + Bahra (m) = Bakar (m) + Sabah (SW) = Imen, Kyrish and Ramah * Head of House

[Adnys]

4th of Fall, 511 AV

The gardens in the Dwelling of the Four Winds were a beautiful sight to behold, Adnys now realized as he gazed at them. He had in the past tended plants and considered himself to be somewhat good at it, but these had obviously been planted and taken care of by a master of the art. What an honor it would be, he thought, to serve alongside them, if he could ever be offered that job.

In several of the cities he'd visited in the past, Adnys had earned his keep by working as a gardener. Perhaps here he could do the same, even though it was in the middle of a desert. Surely the city itself was proof that life could thrive even in some of the most unlikely places.

Adnys wondered if one had to be a member of the House of the Four Winds in order to tend their gardens, and he certainly hoped that was not the case.