#Oldenkranz: Summer round 1

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Crispus paintings sold like butter on a toast, as the soldiers all came flocking to buy a painting. Perhaps their quarters are a bit dull?

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The birth went smoothly without any complications. Wardah and Crispus were now the parents of a healthy baby girl-

Celendine Oldenkranz

Excitable

Neurotic

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Catching fish for supper took time and was less desirable compared to just buy it , but it kept Wardah busy when Crispus is locked away in his studio, after all it takes time to paint a decent painting.

Wardah , like her old man often says - is the sun to his moon. So when she manage to get someones ear for a chat or two , she enjoys every minute of it.

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From this angle Wardah looks like she is ashamed with her painting. Although it's very pretty!

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The Oldenkranz family has only two members - the yeoman painter Crispus and his lovely wife , Wardah.

Crispus spends his days locked away his studio doing what he loves the most- painting. He rarely goes out , but when he does he admires the beauty around him.

Wardah is the one taking care of the home and selling her husbands art. She dabbles in it as well , but tends to do duplicates of Crispus paintings more often then not.

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Time passes by and the air grows colder with autumn winds, as the royal steward came knocking on yeoman painters door - here to collect the summer tax.

Crispus and Wardah had done a excellent job , as they had earned 3248 simvarian florence, the highest number anyone has earn during this summer. Tobold was beyoned impresses and wish to request a portrait of him next season, which Crispus gladly said yes to.

Out of the 3248 , the Oldenkranz family will be keeping 1624- plenty and more for Celendine's future dowry.

(Hopebury coffers currently contains: 4 473 simvarian florence! Once we hit 5000 we can get a village green & well and Hedge tavern , and when we hit 8000 we are officially a hamlet!)

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And quite suddenly too, as Wardah went into labor rather quickly after realizing she was pregnant.

When he heard his wife telling him to get Solaine , Crispus was anxious at the prospect of going outside without his wife , but her yelling kept him going.

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1st summer in Hopebury ☀ Oldenkranz

Current household: The Oldenkranz family (painters)

Social class: Yeoman.

Household founds: 100 simvarian florence (simoleons)

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Life continued forward after the birth, but now it felt more meaningful. To have a child after so many years of being childless gave them a purpose they didn't have before.

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As time goes on , Crispus noticed Wardah's belly grew. They had been married for many years by this point , and to finally have a child after years felt unreal.

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It was love at first sight for Crispus - to him there was no other babe in all of Simvaria that was as pretty as little Celendine.

As a thank you and payment , Solaine would be gifted a 2 paintings to decorate her home with.

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*Baby jingle 🎵 Because my tired brain can't write anything romantic✨*

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A tradition in noble families in Simvaria, from gentry to royal , is the wedding portrait. Mordred hired the local painter Crispus Oldenkranz to paint his and Dinas.

The wedding portrait from his first marriage was still in in Watcherholm , and was requested to be delivered to Hopebury the next shipment.