Fiddlemourn Manor
The splendid estate of Lord Oved Blakros stands among the district’s most picturesque. The gorgeous two-story Azlanti Revival stone manor house at the center of the grounds originally served as a musical conservatory, but closed just over a century ago after its founder died of old age. Lord Oved bought and renovated it in 4693 AR, adding personal touches like the stampede of galloping horses carved into the heavy oak front doors.
The grounds feature a neatly trimmed lawn of green grass punctuated by broad-leafed, shady trees, numerous tropical plants, and immaculately tended flower beds divided by 10-foot-tall flowering tapestry hedges. A 12-foot-high fieldstone wall surrounds the whole. Oved’s five beloved wolfhounds prowl the garden paths, nuzzling up to welcome guests or savagely attacking unexpected visitors. Their kennel—finer accommodation than most of the city’s population enjoys—is designed in imitation Kortos Classical style, scaled-down “monumental” stonework recreated in painstaking detail.
Oved’s horses receive similarly sumptuous accommodation in a series of well-appointed stables beyond the manor house, near the estate’s rear wall. Lord Oved is House Blakros’s resident horse expert, and the stables here contain—by good measure—the most valuable mounts owned by the family’s worldwide trade network.
Lord Oved’s business in the Swardlands frequently calls him away for months at a time, leaving Fiddlemourn Manor uninhabited as often as not. Family members take advantage of Oved’s absence (with his blessing), using the estate for intimate family gatherings, small dinner parties, and other social functions.
The grounds feature a neatly trimmed lawn of green grass punctuated by broad-leafed, shady trees, numerous tropical plants, and immaculately tended flower beds divided by 10-foot-tall flowering tapestry hedges. A 12-foot-high fieldstone wall surrounds the whole. Oved’s five beloved wolfhounds prowl the garden paths, nuzzling up to welcome guests or savagely attacking unexpected visitors. Their kennel—finer accommodation than most of the city’s population enjoys—is designed in imitation Kortos Classical style, scaled-down “monumental” stonework recreated in painstaking detail.
Oved’s horses receive similarly sumptuous accommodation in a series of well-appointed stables beyond the manor house, near the estate’s rear wall. Lord Oved is House Blakros’s resident horse expert, and the stables here contain—by good measure—the most valuable mounts owned by the family’s worldwide trade network.
Lord Oved’s business in the Swardlands frequently calls him away for months at a time, leaving Fiddlemourn Manor uninhabited as often as not. Family members take advantage of Oved’s absence (with his blessing), using the estate for intimate family gatherings, small dinner parties, and other social functions.
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