Gentle Brook Orphanage and Academy

[NomadGaia 930]

Gentle Brook Orphanage and Academy
“Come to us all ye’ weary souls, ye’ lost children of  Malin's folk.”

 

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Est. 1653 by Princess Awaiti Aureon and Lady Elleonora Caerme’onn

   As elvenkind, we are cursed with terrible infertility, leaving our forests cold and quiet. And yet with the few children we have, many are treated with neglect or are cast aside. Others are thrust onto the streets after their parents are taken from them. We have done little to care for these lost children. No more I say. No more will I see elven children left sleeping under a tree because they’ve no home to return to. No more will I see mali’ii roaming wild without parents to care for them, left to fend for themselves in this cold world. 
   It is with great joy that we open the Gentle Brook Orphanage of Caras Eldar, The shining jewel of elvendom. Here, these lost children may find food, water, rest, and care until they are taken in by one of the many seeds that people the Dominion. We welcome all. Mali who have lost their parents, mali who have been cast aside by their parents, and others. 
   Here, children will find a loving hand to care for their needs. Warm food to eat and enjoy with others. A soft bed to fall asleep in, and classes that may prepare them for the world, teaching important skills such as cooking, hunting, and farming. The Gentle Brook Orphanage will lend a helping hand throughout these children’s lives, even after they’ve been taken in or have left, and even help children find work throughout the growing Dominion, that they may find their place in the society.
 

Let the laughter of children ring throughout the forest halls

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((An OOC Note: I’ve noticed a strange trend in the Dominion and I think throughout LoTC, and it’s that people like to create orphaned characters, and I’ve nothing against that, but the strange part for me is that most of the time they just pop up out of nowhere and live as though they’ve been on their own for years and years, which is more than a bit unrealistic. So, I’ve created this to serve as a starting point for players both new and old who either want to create elven characters and start as children or who find themselves here naturally through RP. If you are a new player and you want to create an elven child and place them in the orphanage, please, message either myself or ThatOneRey! We can help you either create a character or set up some sort of story that places you in the orphanage and we can help introduce you to the elven player base through it! Alright, that’s all, cheers mates!))

 

Amenities

• Shared rooms for children under the age of 18
• Individual Rooms for children ages 18-50
• Storeroom for personal items.
• A nursery for babies and toddlers, with around the clock care.
• Bathhouse
• Playroom & yard
• Library and Family Room
• Dining Hall
• Communal Garden
• Kitchen
• Classroom

 

Services Offered

 

• Three square meals prepared in-house per day per child
• Cleaning of rooms
• A tailored uniform of fresh material, clean and proper.
• Medical care
• Classes and tutoring offered to all elven children of the Dominion to teach valuable skills.
• Aspectism and the History of the Elves
• The Studies of Cerridwen (Offered to Girls): Cooking, Cleaning, Herbology, Farming, Healing, Sewing, Reading, Writing.
• The Studies of Cernunnos (Offered to Boys): Hunting, Fighting, Physical Activity, Fishing, Sailing, Reading, Writing.
• Adoption Services
• Please inquire with a matron about the adoption process. 
• Daycare services for seeds with children under the age of 18
• Optional work programs for children over the age of 18
• Selective apprenticeship programs under specialized workers in the Dominion, I.E: Clinic, Blacksmiths, Librarians, Tavernkeepers, Naelurir, Virarim, Stewards, Lords, Princes.
• Financial assistance for children who leave the establishment, but are not taken into a seed.
• Single-Parent Assistance
  • Housing
  • Financial
• Visitation

 

For further questions as to the state of the amenities, or as to services offered, please write a letter, or schedule an appointment with either matron.

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Matrons
Matrons of the establishment are primary caretakers of the children, tending to their needs most hours of the day. In addition, they handle the administrative side of things, seeing people, creating appointments and the like. Matrons are not paid.

• Matron Awaiti Aureon
• Matron Elleonora Caerme’onn

 

Teachers
Teachers, while they spend a great deal of time around the children, do not take a role of care in the day to day lives of the mali’ii. They are responsible for teaching the children in their particular area of study. Teachers are given a small payment of 50 minae a year. 

• Aspectism and History: [Open Position]
• Cerridwen’s Studies [Open Position]
• Cernunnos’ Studies: [Open Position]

 

Caretakers
Caretakers help matrons fulfill some smaller tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and other tasks around the house. Caretakers are given a small payment of 30 minae a year.

• Caretaker: Liah Aureon
• Caretaker: [Open Position]

[Jentos 9422]

Feremyr covers the end of torches with pitch, tales of Adeon in Malinor storming into his mind. @Joltastik

[Zacho 2177]

A large beast, rather scary and lake monster looking, sets off around the city to find the location of this 'orphaynayge' As he said it

[Gone 869]

"Why bawbees nawt just fynd new pawrents? Nee deed" states local adopted Kha upon hearing of the orphanage. "Fynd beeggun awn cawll them dawddee ur mawma. Yuu hawve pawrent naw." 

 

She doesn't seem to understand when anyone attempts to explain that her method doesn't always work.

[gandalfo 1452]

Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.

 

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