THE GOOD �THE BAD�AND THE BOLLING

An updated application for House Bolling by Homiesucc

INTRODUCTION AND CANON

House Bolling is a House of landed knights from the Stormlands. The House was created by either a bastard of House Durrandon or House Baratheon, Though House Durrandon is more likely, as the houses of cape wrath are described as ancient.

KNOWN MEMBERS

Ser Theo Bolling

??? – 47AC

Ser Herbert Bolling

??? – 299AC

Fought against the Poor Fellows during the Faith Militant Uprising. He was later arrested and executed on the same day for treason, on false charges created by King Maegor I himself, so the King could marry his wife, Lady Elinor Costayne. His two eldest sons would be fostered at the Eyrie, and another given to a wetnurse.

Killed at the Battle of the Blackwater while fighting for Stannis by Ser Creighton Longbough

TERRA

STYLE

The roads, resources and trade of Bolling lands

The mini projects of Bolling lands

MINIS

Tests for the keep and some minis, to show what the end result will look like

TESTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The generic buildings of Bolling lands

The temperate rainforest and swamp of Cape Wrath

INFRASTRUCTURE

The temperate rainforest and swamp of Cape Wrath

TERRA

PROBLEMS WITH BOLLING’S TERRA

The largest problems with Bolling’s terra is the village is located at the basin of several hills. With the large amount of rain in the Stormlands, the village is at actual risk of flooding. There are no ditches to drain water, or dirt mounds to prevent water reaching the walls. The entirely wood village would rot away over time. Several yards are also at a Y level 2 or 3 below that of the outside, these yards used for farming would flood and destroy the crops incredibly frequently.

GOOD OF BOLLING’S TERRA

The completed Terra of Bolling’s forests and swamps so far are beautiful, and I would definitely want to continue them. The only changes I would want to make are significantly more flies around the swamps to show dragonflies and other insects, and a few dead stags around the forest floor to show how deadly the native bears are.

CHANGES TO BOLLING’S TERRA

So far, there are three major changes we want to make to the terra. The first is making the ravine next to the keep longer, and having a small bridge over it. The second is having the villages on raised ground. This is to provide extra defence without the absurdly high walls of the original Bolling, and to provide better drainage into the nearby swamp, while also making the village dryer. The third change is to make the biome of the forest into forest rather than jungle, while still using jungle for the green eastern island terrainset on rocks.

BOLLING GORGE EXPANSION

The red line is the proposed expansion, and will not be straight. The goal is to make a stream evolving into a gorge to give the lands more life.

The generic buildings of Bolling lands

STYLE

HOUSE STYLE #1

The log houses of Bolling, designed by Guillaard, are designed to work at virtually any length, from simple houses to meeting halls with the same design.

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The chimneys are spiked to prevent fire pits getting damp during the frequent rain of the Stormlands.

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All houses have windows on the sides of the roof to let in air.

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Even width houses have nets instead of chimneys.

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Windows can be 1x1 or 2x1

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These houses cannot be used on angles.

HOUSE STYLE #2

The wood houses of Bolling were designed to work at angles.

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Houses can use both chimneys and nets

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Windows can be 1x1 or 1x2

PORCH

CHICKEN SHED

WINDOW

STAIRS

EXTRA ROOM

TOOL SHED

HOUSE ATTACHMENTS

Small Horreas

Large Horreas with workspace underneath

OTHER BUILDINGS

Meeting hall

The roads, resources and trade of Bolling lands

INFRASTRUCTURE

FOOD

CROPS

ANIMALS

FOREST

Mushrooms, sourleaf, chestnuts, peas, leek, onions, chard, asparagus, spinach, cabbage and cauliflower are grown in gardens (and can also be grown on farms). While pears, oats,

Frogs and birds inhabit the forest, as well as stags and bears. People also cultivate chickens and pigs.

The forest surrounding Bolling can provide mushrooms

ROADS

• Red lines – land borders
• Yellow roads – Pre-existing roads
• Blue roads – Proposed roads, will not be as straight as shown on map
• Purple lines – Roads that currently exist that will be deleted

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EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITH TERRA (Though it won’t change much)

TRADE

SMALLFOLK

BUSINESSES

TAXATION

Some Bolling smallfolk choose to export furniture to nearby lands, and the local ports of Herston and Weeping Town.

Bolling has several logging camps to export wood across the seven kingdoms. The Rainwood is one of, if not the densest forest in Westeros.

House Bolling makes money not just from taxing the smallfolk, but also taxing trade in and out of Bolling lands.

The mini projects of Bolling lands

MINIS

FARMS

1. The southern hamlet is being replaced by a farm. The hamlet is being moved north, closer to the keep. The reason for this being I feel it is too far from the keep or any other relevant buildings. Will be open for public application.
2. The northern (or currently the only) farm will be removed and made open for public application with slightly changed terra, namely making the nearby hills less steep.
3. A pear orchard will be added to the northern lands to fill a large amount of what would be empty forest. Suggested by a moderator.

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HAMLETS

1. Main village, tests completed and ready to be pasted. Houses will be reduced back to plots, etc. – 11 Plots
2. Secondary hamlet, open for application – 6 plots
3. Septry, can be open for application but I actually really like the original, may be kept if no applications are better than the original.
4. Small witch/shroom addict hamlet, there is one in the original but I’d like one further away from society. – 3 or 4 plots
5. Small fishing hamlet around a forest pool- 2 or 3 plots

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BUSINESSES

1. Tax collector with a small camp of soldiers nearby to enforce the law – will be open for application
2. Logging camp – will be open for application
3. Logging camp – will be open for application
4. A single house on top of a hill where the resident drains sap from a cut weirwood – open for application

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Tests for the keep and some minis, to show what the result will look like�All can be seen at /warp Homiesucc (which I do want you to do, pictures cannot convey enough information)

TESTS

BOLLING VILLAGE

BOLLING KEEP

CASTLE AND SEPT MADE BY NIKAS_KUNITZ AND HES DONE A FANTASTIC JOB

FARM EXAMPLE

WILL NOT BE PASTED INTO PROD. WORLD

Extraneous details to add lore to the House�

DETAILS

EXTRA DETAILS

House Bolling of Whitewoods

Words – None so Fortunate

Seat – Whitewoods

Head – Talbart Bolling

Region – Stormlands, Cape Wrath

Title – Knight of Whitewoods

Heir – Robert Bolling

King – Renly Baratheon of Highgarden

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REFERENCES

• Herbert Bolling – AFFC, Brienne I
• Theo Bolling – Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon
• Heraldry – The Citadel: Heraldry - In the Stormlands (westeros.org)
• Elinor Costayne – The World of Ice and Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I

Special thank yous

To Aino, Emoticone11, Dutchguard, AeksioOndos, JeffJunior, and especially to Nikas_Kunitz