Notes on Minilaous Keep

Rather than numbering the rooms, I have named the occupant and/or room, as in the WotW description. I have done this because many rooms have been moved to different floors.

I have assumed that the original building was a square keep, which has been altered & extended over the years. My rough history is:

The outer yard is almost as old as the keep. The semi-circular cliff edge extension is the most recent part of the keep and is less than 50 years old.

I have assumed that the building(s) in the yard contains a bonded weaponcrafter, as well as the stables & bonded ostler. No weaponcrafter is detailed in the Auran write-up, but as I can't recall any Harnic castle or keep without one, it seemed a reasonable change.

Main Changes & Reasons

Ground Floor

Moved the main entrance to the keep onto the East wall, into the yard rather that having a separate yard with no direct access from the castle: The original access is, frankly, daft.

Replaced the well with a cistern: I'm not sure that a well could be driven down to find good water at this location (on the top of a cliff on the edge of the sea).

Moved all habitable rooms from the square keep on this floor: Increased wall thicknesses forced the move.

First Floor

Added a balcony area to the great hall: All Harnic great halls have balconies

Moved Servants Dormitory & Narrides from ground floor & Armoury from second floor: This makes this floor a 'servants & guards' area.

Second Floor

Moved Guests, Edryn & Kedrach's rooms from the first floor, and the chamberlain from the ground floor: This makes this floor a 'senior servants/family' area.

Moved the tower room down from the fourth floor: The size, design & layout of this room on the Auran map never made any sense to me. (Circular stone walls unsupported on the lower floors, huge 'dead' areas, etc.)

Third Floor

The four rooms on this floor were here on the third floor of the Auran map: (Of course, my third floor is their fourth floor - make allowances, I'm British)

Moved armoury to the first floor: Put the armoury next to the barracks.

Lost the store room: This is the one of two 'rooms'. I have deleted from the WotW description, but there is plenty of storage space in the large hall area.

Fourth Floor

Now simply the battlements, as the tower room has been moved to the second floor.

The other room on this floor was described as Battlements (unused room). It was a large, unused, empty area. I deleted it.