u/Then-Grass-9830

Decided to make a merchant house (side houshold). other photo was my inspiration. Bottom floor (stone) is the store room and the workshop (make candles and sell flowers - I dunno I liked it). Top floor is a one room residence.
I want to put in one or two more windows in but I can't decide where. Downstairs still needs windows too. lol

I think dugout/pithouse cabins are some of the most ingenous things that our ancestors have made (I know it was from necessity but I still love them).

So. I decided to try my hand in making one. I didn't have move objects turned on and I think it might have been better with it on. But, honestly. I love this little shack.

(this will be the home of a neighbor. I'm think he'll be a miner)

Heardwulf was born to the village. He had known his love Edonea from the moment he saw her at the local barn raising. They grew up together with the entire village muttering, commenting, murmuring and gossiping about how wonderful it will be once they marry.
At the ages of 20 and 19, Heardwulf and Edonea are wed. Ready and eager to start their family. Heardwulf had taken five years but built a reasonable cottage for him and his new wife.
Happier than ever they both took on their maritail duties with the care and hope they were meant to.
Until tragedy happened and young Edonea, with a very early pregnancy in her belly, slowly wasted away until she was gone.
Heartbroken but knowing he needed the help for his new life. Heardwulf put out word he needed help in his household.

The village rallied for the heartbroken widower and when a young girl came into the local inn after coming from across the sea with her merchant uncle. She was told of the chance of income and about Heardwulf, his strength, dedication, the respect of the village and of course the tradgety of his first marriage.
It was so that Agnes Oakes answer the call for in in-house helper. She became Heardwulf's cook, cleaner, and the minder of his house. But even more, she became his confidant and soon they found themselves in love.

A little past a year Heardwulf, now 21, got on one knee in the garden and proposed to 21 year old Agnes and they were soon married.
And God blessed their union quickly and well.

The happy couple would soon welcome children. First, in 1302 young Alyse, the first daughter and the apple of her father's eye. Heardwulf couldn't have been happier for a child, any child truly. And he spoiled the little girl like a princess.
Not long after Alyse's little sister Rose would follow in 1304
Heardwulf, still happy started to hope for a son and heir and soon, three years later in 1307 Heardwulf's prayers were answered as Agnes gave birth to Wulfbrand, their little wolf cub and heir to Heardwulf's dynasty such as it was.
And a second son was soon to follow as little Harding would be born a year later.

Beyond happy with the growth of hearth, Heardwulf was able, with a good sell of his crops and a few extras such as flowers and frogs to the tavern and inn. He grew his home as well. Readying the structure to be a family home for four children and him and his wife for a long time to come.

However, life is governed by its own rules and after a day of playing and catching frogs by the local stream little Rose came down with Typhoid fever (probably from the very stream). That spring was not a happy one even when Agnes announced to Heardwulf her fifth pregnancy as Rose weakened and passed.

A month later the little wolf cub Wulfbrand woke with a badly sore throat refusing food and drink. It hurt too badly. Not long he developed the tell tale signs of rash and red bumpy strawberry like tongue of Scarlett fever. He weakened from refusing to eat and only a few months after his sister, Wulfbrand was also taken. Alyse also caught the horrible sickness and was thought gone when suddenly she rallied and just before the birth of Aria her new baby sister she became well once more.

After the death of two children Heardwulf and Agnes put all their energy into their remaining young and started to neglect the farm, the crops and Agnes's flowers slowly withered and died away as if mourning for the youngsters that would never grow.

Agnes tried. She tried for her new baby and the older children but eventually she succumed to the same thing that took Heardwulf's first wife and passed from wasting sickness.

Heartbroken; now a widower twice over and with three very young children Heardwulf called for a wetnurse but when the nurse arrived all she found was three crying children, the oldest barely 5.

And Heardwulf gone to be with his lost loves.