Pioneer Hall

Headquarters of the Royal Vallanna Explorers Guild, Pioneer Hall is a large, four-storey building, with accompanying stables, warehouse and training yard, located off Valliné's Square of Heroes.
While the Explorers Guild maintains properties and outposts throughout The Kingdom of Vallanna, Pioneer Hall is the largest of their holdings.

Layout

Ground Floor - Entrance Hall, Armory, Main Hall, Kitchens.

First Floor - Map Room, Expedition Commissioner's Office, Guild Lodgings.

Second Floor - Library/Archive, High Archivist's Quarters, Master of Maps' Quarters, Expedition Commissioner's Quarters, Provisioner General's Quarters.

Third Floor - Council Chambers, Guildmaster's Quarters.

Basement - The Vault.

History

Originally constructed in 691 AoU as the city mansion of the influential Sharpe family, Pioneer Hall was donated to the Explorers Guild in 782 AoU, shortly after the Guild's founding, by Lord Layton Sharpe, head of the family at the time. Lord Sharpe's younger son, Franklin, one of the founding members of the guild, played an instrumental role in securing the property for the guild's use. 
Over the following years, what was once an opulent noble residence underwent many modifications to make it more fit for the purposes of the rapidly growing guild. The grand ballroom was quickly converted into a meeting and feast hall. The second floor private study of Lord Sharpe became the guild's library and archive; eventually expanding into other second floor rooms over the centuries, as the guild acquired more texts. A first floor drawing room became the guild's map room, from which expeditions are planned.
Pioneer Hall has remained safely in the hands of the Explorers Guild since its original donation, and remains of good terms with the Sharpe family.

Founding Date

691 AoU

Type

Guildhall

Parent Location

The Square of Heroes

Owning Organization

Royal Vallanna Explorers Guild