Chapter 1


  There were 16 of us who came down along the small stream from the northwest; there were 8 of us adults with 8 children and a cart of supplies.  The small settlement we came from struggled every time there were more mouths to feed.  The winters there seemed longer and colder; a group of us came south hoping it would be warmer and less of a struggle.  We were young and inexperienced; not skilled in anything but sheep herding.  We found several mountain sheep along the way here.  We saw some mountain goats and a wide river ahead of us so we went east around the big hill and found a clearing where we could settle. 





  We gathered building materials and built this hostel with room enough for all of us.  We began building a medium-size barn by the stockpile, and a fishing pier down by the riverbend.  There was a muddy low-lying area where a large group of wild hogs had taken up residence.   We built a pasture shed and fenced in the area to keep the hogs from roaming free.  There was an apple tree and mushrooms growing there in our new pig pasture and across from it was a hedgerow, bordering the trees, that had more mushrooms, wild oats, asparagus, hazelnuts, and branches to gather.   





  We built a house and another pasture shed so the sheep could graze in the clearing and on the hillside.  The goats we had seen were just on the other side of that hill.  My husband, Bertrude, and our son, and I moved into that house. My name is Karandee.  As the temperature dropped in autumn and the wild grasses began to die-off, those goats made it over the hill into our valley and our small farmyard next to the hostel.  We had transplanted 2 apple trees there where we planted some oats and carrots.  We weren't farmers; we didn't have many seeds, but we were glad to share our meager crops with the goats in exchange for some milk for the children.  We would see to it that the pigs, sheep, and goats had enough thatch to eat over the winter.  The woodcutter we built by the stockpile was already bundling some of the thatch to use as firewood.  Winter was fast approaching.

Intro




  This is the 3rd story in the New World Series.  The 2 houseboats carrying Jenser and Shie, and you, eager explorer, left the town of Rainbow Falls of story 2 and were hoping to find other towns and settlements on the way back to Newburg of story 1.   Their goal is to find more stops for a trade route in this part of the new world.  The river was slow; there had been little rain.  The river took them south, then wound its way to the west, the direction they wanted to go.  Autumn was rapidly changing to winter; the houseboats were not heated.  They knew they would not make it back to Newburg before winter set in.  They checked the crystal ball they were given in Rainbow Falls and saw all was well back home; Jenser and Shie's 2 girls appeared fine and a few more houses had been built.  When the eager explorers finally came across a small settlement, they asked if they could stay until spring.






Map seed # 661112244         Fresh Spring Valley,  Small,  fair,  Disasters Off,  Shepherd (4 Families)

 
Mods activated for this map and load order are:

Map Changing and Starting Mods:   Banished UI Maps, Labor Window, RK Minimized Status, CC Light Rain,  Kid Deco Tree Spring.

Tweak Mods:   Better Fields, Busy Pastures MM, Fishing Dock +25%, Hunting, Increased CC, 1:1 Alternative (Voeille), Rock Respawn, Tiny Smoke.

Major or Must Have Mods:    An Empty Square, Nomads (Kid), override Uneducated, Kid Workshop,  RkEditior's Choice -Full, Jinxie Bitty Rabbit Hutch, Kid Abandoned Places SE, Kid Workplace Village.

Supporting Mods:   Kid Animal Shed Plus, Kid Deco Farm Animals, Kid Farmyard, Kid Hedgerow, Kid Houseboat, Tiny Chopper.



Of course you can stay here with us until spring, eager explorers.  We're only a small settlement but we do have a boarding house.  I'll tell you about our settlement while you settle-in.

Thank you all! I really miss making mods, but it's so hard to find time lol.

love the colours   

Oooh, thanks!! 

Yeah, I think that's the one.

Quote from: Freedom on March 22, 2024, 12:04:18 PMWhich Kid mod is the Food Trader part of? I can try it too and see what happens...

Kid's Tiny mod has a food trader, so maybe that is the one River is using.

The new houses look wonderful! 

oh, these look really nice, good work 

May you missed these tropical huts, they go nicely with the tropical fruits 

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