Hi @banman
I hope your stay here will be a pleasant one.
There are a lot of people coming and going.
You are welcome.

Hello,

I'm banman. I've had a seasonal addiction to Banished ever since the game came out and right now felt like a good time to get back into it.

A huge thank you to the World of Banished hosts and all the modders who have turned this game into something even more brilliant!

Thanks all.    This is definitely one of those stories that led the way to the next one - Rainbow Falls starts Feb. 29th 

Enjoyed the story and yes definitely a            story

   It was worth following. The end gives promise of more to come.

Sailing, or rather drifting off into the sunset.
How adventurous, how daring, how romantic 
A song in their hearts,  a tear in their eyes,    a smile on their faces 
Another          story

Chapter 20




  It was another long dark winter but now it is spring again and the days are longer and brighter.  We are so proud of our new town in the north and how it has grown.  We have a large market, 3 mead halls, 5 chapels, a wind sawmill, 3 greenhouses, an animal barn, a boat builder, and 46 homes.  The population in spring of year 20 is 145, 86 adults, 9 students, and 50 children.  Everyone is healthy, and happiness has greatly improved from what it was when we arrived.  We have every confidence that the 4 families who were here when we arrived will be able to see to it that the town will continue to thrive.





  That's right, eager explorer, we decided it is a good time to go off and do a bit of exploring.  Our oldest daughter, Mericka, will stay in our house with her sister, Sharmaniel, who is now a student.  The 2 youngest girls, Amia and Arete, will be going with us.  The boat builder has been working on 2 houseboats, one for us and one for you if you care to go exploring with us.  The boats have just been finished and supplies are being loaded, so, eager explorer, we're off to see the world.





 

 


The End, for Now

Chapter 19


   There would definitely be room for more students in school the following year; a workplace schoolhouse was built where the small flax patch used to be.  The weaver thought she would have enough flax from the larger patch alone; production had improved.  If not, we could always find room for another patch somewhere.  There would be room for 12 students in the new school.





  The new chapel over by the forest and mine was completed in spring of year 19 also; 26 members immediately joined.  There was still not enough room for all the citizens in our 5 chapels.  It would be nice to have a large church someday.  The 3rd mead hall was completed by summer; we had plenty of mead in stock.  Our iron was a bit low so another miner went to work in the mine and a bit more bog iron was gathered from distant bogs.



  We had a good supply of fertilizer on hand, more than enough for another greenhouse.  One was built by the new chapel along with a log shed.  Our storage units were again nearing capacity. It would be nice to have a large storage barn someday, but for now everyone would have a full pantry including the 3 young single males that moved into the workplace cabins that were built on the other side of the new mead hall.  The boys were ages 13 and 14 whereas Alvadore, who was still living at home with his father and our daughter, was 19.

Chapter 18




  Well, believe it or not, eager explorer, but in that first group of migrants with Windel and his wife, was Flemingo, the 39-year-old man who went off by himself and built the goahti up by the clay pit.  In the summer of year 18 that goahti was demolished.  In its place was built a frame house.  It was thought Windel would move into the longhouse or hostel until the new house was completed for him but instead, he moved in with Windels' widow, Amera. Maybe he was happy now.  And of course there was talk.





  There was another frame house and a stew pot built up where Flemingo's goahti used to be.  Rabbit stew was soon bubbling in the pot for all the outside workers up in that area.  There was only 1 miner assigned to the new iron mine, and another worker got a forester's workplace overlapping the other 2.  The mine would need a supply of logs and tallow to expand the shafts.  There were plans for a few workplace houses, another mead hall, and a 5th chapel.  The town's overall happiness dropped a little bit for reasons unknown. 



  Jenser and I were happy to have our 4th daughter, Arete, in late autumn.  Jenser said not to worry, when we go exploring, she and her sister Amia will go with us.  Sharmaniel would be starting school next year if there was room.  She would remain here with her older sister, Mericka.

@kralyerg     Thank you very much and best regards.
I really like these emoticons