2 - New Dawn
Your host, beaming with pride the whole way back from the praise for his artwork, looks genuinely shocked at hearing you were shipwrecked, "Good Lord, are you all alright? (this gets a derisive snort from the injured sailor) "I had no idea, you must think me quite flippant!
As he continues to apologise you hear a grunt of exertion and the gates begin to swing open revealing a huge man the other side. Clad in a simple monastic robe he stands nearly eight feet tall and is almost as broad. He hauls open the gates one at a time to admit you entry and then gives a small nod of his bald, but thickly bearded, head to Dr Fran who waves his thanks, "And I don't live here alone my dear fellow. This strapping chap is my man, Orson. My major domo, Felix, will be around here somewhere and there is also my ward, Delphi. We do get the supply ship every few weeks and some visitors on that but it's usually just us; and the Broken Ones obviously but they aren't much for conversation." He leads you through the gate, his huge manservant stepping to the side to let you pass - there not being enough room for both him and Cavalier in the gateway despite it's large dimensions.
A dirt pathway strewn with gravel begins at the gate and leads up to the front doors of the main house; a smartly made two story wooden building with a thatched roof. The house forms a rough U shape with a central area, where the main doors are, and then two wings; one to each side. The timbers of the house are well-hewn and tightly made; whoever built it knew what they were doing. Several windows, shutters swung open in the sunshine, dot the walls of the building though most are on the upper levels. A side path juts off the main route and then splits with one fork going to a smaller, one level building (constructed in a similar manner to the main house) set up against the wall just to the right of the gate as you come in and the other running around the side of the house and going into what appears to be a side door on the right side of the main house as you look at it.
Dr Fran leads you to the smaller building and pushes open the door revealing a simple interior divided into three rooms around a central hall. Two of the rooms are clearly bedchambers, sparsely furnished with a table, chair, water basin and straw cot. The other room appears to be a communal area with a central fire pit and two cupboards. "Here can be your home away from home, this is where our guests stay. My apologies for the humble conditions, we don't get that many visitors, but obviously you'll be welcome in the house so this is just really for sleeping in. Shall I leave you to settle in and get ready while I check on lunch? I'll have some water sent out so you freshen up. When you're ready just pop up to the house and let yourself in; I'll be in the library it's just to the right as you come in." With that Dr Fran turns to leave you in peace though you can hear him muttering, "It's just so nice to be able to entertain! as he walks away...