Guild Quarter
Once a week, the city of Chaumburgh holds a great market, in which everyone from the greatest merchants and craftsmen, to the meanest of shepherds and local farmers, gather to haggle, buy, sell, and trade their goods and services. On the north end of town, the open fields that still exist within the town walls become a series of makeshift pens for the trading and selling of livestock, while the broad avenue that lies between the keep and monastery becomes lined with a variety of trestle tables, stalls, and small tents. Tanners, weavers, coppersmiths, leather workers, shoemakers and money changers all gather to display their wares. However, the local guildmasters set the market’s trading laws, thereby assuring that their own interests are always protected, and that only the guilds can afford the broadest, most prominent stalls.
On non-market days, and usually whenever the nobility is seeking to grant a commission, those looking for an ornate eating knife or finely tooled saddle must seek them away from the haggling of merchants, and the hustle and chatter of the city’s daily life at the various guildhalls of the city.
Of all the halls of these merchant-craftsmen, three in particular, the Brewers, Cooking, and Costumers, are the most prestigious and powerful in Vanished Wood. The "guildhalls" will take our visitors to articles and links concerning the arts and crafts of particular interest to shire folk. Check back here often, because the guilds should constantly be producing new "wares!"
The Archive of Vanished Wood Projects
The History of Money from Ancient Times to Present Day by Glyn Davies:
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html
A online book of everything you would want to know about money, other than where
you can get a tree to grow the stuff.
The History of Money from Ancient Times to Present Day by Glyn Davies:
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html
A online book of everything you would want to know about money, other
than where you can get a tree to grow the stuff.
