The main rooms in the Hall are very tall and mostly dark. The entrance hall has two huge very vertical doors which can be shut and bolted down, opening onto a long, somewhat narrow room. Rather like an old feast hall in a mideval painting, this hall is strewn with long banners, tapestries and paintings of prior Holders. Two tables run down its length, end to end, until the Lord Holders tables which are set cross-wise. The decor is somewhat subdued compared to the rich work on the chairs, and table cloths. This being a woodland hold, all the chairs are made from wood and covered in fine embroidered cloth.
Drudges often scurry about in this room, back and forth. They only wish they could have the option of Blackstone's tall catwalk, they must clean those tapestries somehow...
From this large room there is a stairwell, which spirals down to the next floor. There, the floors are wider in girth, as the space within the stone widens out. Several living chambers and richly appointed offices are there, the only things usually in use.
Below this, there is a nexus of corridors leading down to the Crafters' Narrow and other places. Also, find the drudge chambers and storage areas.
The fourth floor is filled with smaller rooms and living chambers, most of them unused. They had been, at a time when Caledrus was bustling with people. However, this is no longer the case, and most go dusty. Some have been known to be hideouts of thieves, who have found their way into the main Hold rooms via the long-forgotten smaller access tunnels.
The bottom floor lets out in three places along the fissure floor, and is usually where supplies are sent. There are some craft items here, such as a loom and tanning materials, however they are rarely used.
Caledrua, eldest daughter of the Lord Holder
Josin Morai, eldest son and Lord of House Morai, rider of Bronze Wolventh from Firestone Weyr
Aaryea, almost-married-in Lady Holder
Ezhar, minor Holder's daughter, Rider of Red and White Tinoth from Istabitha's Weyr
Cendar, minor Holder's daugher
Janice, 14th child of minor Holders
Joser, eldest son of minor Holder
Norolan, son of rider and major Holder
Sega, minor Lady Holder
Sharnia, drudge worker
Torrey, cook and Lower Cavern staff
Nola, daughter of drudge and rider, drudge
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