Bregir

Got me, there... Anyways, next after treehugging and wearing tights, warmongering is our favourite thing! *Tumbleweed*

Thank you, TRV! I quite like the map room too - thanks. Thank you, my lord! I am happy you liked the messenger - since it is your messenger, after all! I compltely agree - and luckily we see more and more cross building popping up these days, it seems. Thanks, Carson. I agree about the training yard - and while it is not an excuse, it was just a "filler"-build. I will be looking forward to seeing your version! Thanks! Be my guest And thanks!

A new post up - mainly story telling, explaining how Beorthan ends up in Shadowmere. Next up will be the gatehouse I showed a preview of earlier.

Below you will find a series of small builds - the purpose is to tell part of the back story for Beorthan going to meet Lord Vladivus in Shadowmere to forge a trading alliance. Sir Beorthan, having recently been recalled to the Trifork from his adventuring across Historica to take over the office of Lord Mayor of the county, has been welcomed by his old friend, Sir William Drake. Drake: Congratulations on the new office. ‘Tis good to have you back in the Trifork, my friend. One wonders where you will start... Beorthan: Thank you, my friend. I am quite surprised to be bestowed such an honour. However, I am not quite certain in what state the old Lord Mayor left the Trifork in. Therefore, I have tasked the twins to inspect the militia, and asked the treasurer to give report on the financial situation of the county. If you please, I should like you to accompany me to the map room to hear the reports. Drake: I should be honoured, my Lord Mayor. Beorthan: Ah, quit it, William. Beorthan will suffice… Drake chuckles and pats Beorthan on the shoulder, following him to the map room. In the meantime, Beorthans seasoned bodyguards, the twins Marcus and Cassius, are inspecting the shabbily clad and ill-equipped militia of the Trifork, putting them through some basic training exercises. The militia, keen to impress, but somewhat unwilling to accept their new commanders, do their best to show off their skills. For the battle-hardened twins, however, the conclusion is clear, but disheartening. Back in the map room, the treasurer has arrived before the new lord with the latest tolls from the bustling market places of the city. Treasurer: Greetings, my lord. I am happy to bid you welcome in your new office and offer my humble services to you. Beorthan: I am happy to hear so, sir. If you please, I should like you to proceed with a short summary of the current financials. Treasurer: Of course, my lord. Your honoured predecessor was highly diligent in collecting taxes and very… conservative in his expenses. In fact, the treasury is overflowing, and for the last few months I have been locking the tax revenues up in the armoury… I assume you wish to continue the practice? Beorthan: Pause there for a moment, sir. Please first explain why my predecessor amassed such wealth. Upon my return, I saw starving kids in the streets… And from why I have seen of the militia… Treasurer: Well... He did so to pay for mercenaries in times of war. How else would we defend ourselves? Beorthan: Leave me to answer those questions. For now, ensure everyone is feed, and lower the market and bridge tolls by 25 % effective today. Dismissed. The treasurer bows before his new lord and walks out. Moments later, Cassius reports in. Cassius: Commander, Legionnaire Cassius ready to report. Beorthan: Go ahead. Cassius: The militia is in no way fit to fight, and would not hold their own against anything but a band of disorganised brigands. They have no knowledge about tactics, and their skills in arms non-existent. The hunters have shown good skills with their bows, but they are as undisciplined as the rest. Beorthan: And their equipment? Cassius: Scraps of old wars. Bent and rusty. In low supply. Beorthan: Thank you, Cassius. You are dismissed. Cassius salutes and leaves: Thank you, sir. As the soldier leaves, a messenger from Shadowmere is announced. Beorthan: Shadowmere? Do you know of Shadowmere, William? Drake: A stronghold of a half-vampire by the name of Vladivus Stormbringer. He supported the old lords of Nocturnus in the civil war, and is still maintaining that support. Honourable and loyal, it seems. Beorthan calls out: Let him in. The messenger enters, bowing deeply: Greetings my lords. I bring word from Lord Vladivus Stormbringer, Captain of the Shadowmere Guard and the Moruth Rangers, Master of Shadowmere and Loyal to the true rulers of Nocturnus. Beorthan: We are most honoured to have been blessed with your lord’s attention, and welcome you to our halls and all that is ours. May we inquire as to what brings you here. Messenger: As you may know, Nocturnus is struggling with the upstart Ravage’s rebels and his scum. Thus, my most honourable lord seeks trading partners and allies outside the reach of the so-called Black Spire. Beorthan: I have heard word of the recent developments in Nocturnus. And while we have had troubles ourselves, we have come through mostly unscarred, and should welcome cooperation between our lands, should the conditions be acceptable. Messenger: My lord bids you most humbly to come to Shadowmere to discuss the particularities of the agreement. He ensures me that you will not regret taking his offer… But you must come soon… Beorthan pauses for a moment, before speaking: Allow me to ponder upon this until tomorrow, where you will have my reply. The messenger bows and leaves: As you wish, mylord. C&C Welcome, both in terms of builds and story telling. It turned out wordier than I had planned, but I hope it makes sense. /Bregir out.

Hey! Crawl back into that dark, damp hole you call Nocturnus and take your insults with you!

I must object! They don't even come close! *Hugs tree*

I've got a few builds underway - hopefully, I will get around to posting them soon. Here a sneak peak on one of them: The Great South Gate

I saw the whole build in Skaerbaek, yet no matter how much I paused, I couldn't find an end to the amazing details Challenge 3 is much anticipated!

Cool dome and nice temple overall. One suggestion: Some sort of brim around the bottom edge of the blue part in white might tie it together better with the pillars.

And both this and the castle looked great in person!

I think it is looking great - not too plain to me. I assume task 5 can count as task 4 military too, but I am not sure.

This is an amazing build - Hopefully, I will drop by Skærbæk to see it in person! One question, though - Where are those tan gothic arches from? Don't remember seeing them in any sets.

The terrain is mediterenean, which would include Greco-Roman terrrain and architecture - and its most definitely up for interpretation. (As long as you do not start moving around mountains, lakes or so... So just build away! MAybe the Zar-Ifrikt (spelling?) builds in Greco Roman style? Or as someone suggested, the Capital of Kaliphlin could contain some Greco-Roman buildings.

You set the bar high, Sarah! As others have said, this begs to be emulated - And I might consider doing just that for the Trifork! Great work and cool settlement!

Not that yours can't be bent on destruction and conquest of everything! ;)

*Soontm

Thank you - maybe I should start experimenting with borders! :) Thanks, and yes, the lack of overall focus actually came out nice :P

Grazie, BC! Thank you - And I really agree about the side and back walls. I was challenged by the lack of the light blue bricks, so I couldn't add another brick in height, which again made it hard to give the walls texture, especially around the windows. But its definitely something I will think about going forward. Thanks for the feedback.

Good - just wanted to be sure there was no misunderstanding I am really looking forward to seeing more - as I said, its really promising so far! I have been wondering the exact same thing - Really looking forward for the results! I see no reason why - In fact I am pretty sure it would be encouraged! Looking real good - Brick on!

Its looking great, and I do enjoy your landscaping of what is shaping up to a brilliant result! However, I just want to make sure you are aware that the buildings does not necessarily need to be in the same build, as long as they are referenced to the same location. Its still cool to see multple buildings in one build, but it isn't strictly necessary.

This is looking real good, Behemoth! A great build - and the angle and posing of the minifig makes it feel like we just entered his shop - well done! And good story too, although I would agree that the bold text confuses it a bit.

Nice round tower - and I am glad to see the undeads can actually be used for something else than undead! Great entry. If you make a base for the tower, you could enter it in the HSS challenge (task 4).

When it turns out these Pandas are really ravenous predators longing to set their long sharp teeth into dwarven necks, Mitgardia will regret the lacklustre bordercontrols! http://pandaontour.blogspot.dk/2007/11/watch-out-koalas.html Funny little build - and I never realised there were so many sizes of Lego Pandas! The brickbuilt background is brilliant!

Since I am not going to repeat what others have said, I'll just give this a verbal "Like"

Well well, Lord Vladivus - I can't say I regret allowing you to use my sig fig in this marvellous build and great storyline! Obviously, the main hightlight is that ruggedly handsome, tightwearing Avalonian visiting Lord Vladivus. I must say, he really steals the show! Mmmm, green tights... The minifig-selection in this build is amasing, as is the amount of details you have managed to include without making it seem cluttered. There is so much going on for the size of the moc - it really warrants a second, third, and fourth look. If I am to nitpick a bit, I would say that the walls look a bit thin (as someone else also said), and could use some more... substance. However, the crenelations and the texturing looks great, and you pulled of the black build wonderfully. It really looks like the dark kind of place that would have dark magic, slaves, and shady inhabitants! The flow of your story with the changing pictures really makes the moc come alive - I can imagine the army marching out the gate, followed by Vladivus saying goodbye to Beorthan, bidding him good travels and thanking him for the agreement made, while others enter the city. This flow is the most amazing thing about this build, and I can't remember anyone pulling it off as well as you did here. Furthermore, I think we should all work together in doing what you have been doing here with sig figs, and what others have done in cross building (Like Mike S's temples). By interweaving the stories and settlements of GoH the community really becomes a COMMUNITY, which is something I think we should strive for. I am hoping to get a series of mocs done to show Beorthan's trip to Shadowmere and back as a series of diary entries, but I am not completely set on the form yet. Thanks for including me (Yay! I am famous!!! ) and for the great build.