Britamund needs a maid

What is Lottie, Lili’s former maid, up to these days? If she’s not currently employed I would think she would do for Brit.

Anyway I’m sure Devin would be able to come up with someone…he’s generally better acquainted with the gentlefolk than I.  

Lottie is already living at Dunellen, but that’s because she is Ogive’s maid.  That must be quite a pair: flirtatious, buxom Lottie and sarcastic, stick-​figure Ogive.

I was thinking I might have sent one of the new Norse ladies there (which is why I checked out the current inhabitants of Dunellen) but alas I did not.

I suppose that one of the not-​yet-​employed-​because-​too-​upper-​class ladies from Ramsaa might condescend to wait upon a royal princess and future duchess. Most of them have children though, which seems incompatible with being a private maid to a noble lady.

Perhaps Brit can swipe the dangerously lovely Katla from her husband’s widowed steward before anything untoward happens there.  She’s the one Eirik mentioned as having lost both husband and only daughter on the Feast Day of Flannan.

Hmm… adding a young beauty to the household of the Princess has drama potential. Plus I like the name Katla…

Katla’s a hottie, eh? Yeah, I thought of one of those Norsewomen too, but I wasn’t sure if any were the right age…

I like that name, too. So pretty.

What about Gytha Hogge? Her family has a good reputation among the nobles. She might be a little young, though—but then I guess Brit can groom her as she pleases?

Katla would probably be a good candidate too. If she just lost her husband and baby, she’d probably need some time before shacking up with the steward, so the possibility of the maid job would probably be good for her.

Gytha has potential I would think, but she’s too young for Brit. (About to turn 11.) Alred would probably be delighted to offer a daughter of Gunnilda and sister of Bertie such an opportunity. So maybe she could serve some future young lady, five or six years down the road.

Hmm, maybe Meggie someday, when the girls have grown out of their current maid, or Gwynn gets her all for herself. Gytha seems fun, so I hope we will have a chance to see more of her in some context, if not that. (Maybe a Gytha + Old Man romance? Gythawulf?)

Haha Gythawulf?

I’m thinking maybe Ann would know seeing as I believe she was the one you revealed that juicy tidbit of information to.

I was going to suggest Nia Hogge but she is married. What about Werburga Dunheard the daughter of Britmar’s steward? http://​www​.lothere​.com/​b​i​o​/​15346

13 still seems pretty young. I was thinking 16 and up.

Also, the Dunheard family is pretty rotten. Britmar’s away, so the mice will play. They rule Acanweald these days, and mostly just suck the income out of it without doing any work. Check out what each of her brothers does for an occupation. Britmar’s steward, reeve, secretary, and copyist all come from the same family. It’s the medieval Mafia.

Acanweald is rather far away too. Brit would be more likely to pick someone closer to home, whom she might have met already.

Katla is actually looking like the best candidate right now. She is living just down the hill, and I am sure Brit and Dunstan have met her to welcome her to Lothere.

And since she has had a baby before, she could help Brit with that aspect of her life. She would be the one responsible for tying the side laces after all.  

Githa Tidraedsdottor!! My candidate for Brit’s new maid. She needs to be rescued from “the help” offered by Curran Greybeard. The guy gave me the creeps. With her siblings to support, she could be the perfect maid to Brit and the siblings could be brought to the castle to be trained in other positions within the household. I hope Brit and Duncan would have sympathy for the family since Sigefrith refused – or couldn’t pardon him. Did Cedric ever mention the family’s plight to anyone yet? He can keep his promise to a convicted man.

Edit: I realize you wanted someone older, but it breaks my heart to think of what may be happening in that household.

I’m thinking maybe Ann would know seeing as I believe she was the one you revealed that juicy tidbit of information to.

I’m afraid not, Tiffany. I was talking with Jenny about a wife for Ralf that day. And what to do with Leof and Malcolm.

I don’t remember mentioning anyone who might be a good maid for Brit. Can’t think of anyone now either.

I’d say I nominate Edina Sebbaldsdottor, because I like that girl. But she is already employed at Cat’s. And she probably isn’t gentleborn enough.

I wish I could think of someone suitable.

wawa, I needed someone both older and gentleborn. Githa is about as low-​born as they come. Plus once the scandal comes out…

I do feel sorry for her, but she isn’t appropriate for a personal maid to the King’s eldest daughter. We need someone who speaks well, dresses well, is polite and well-​mannered and of good moral character, who knows how to do fancywork and ladies’ hairstyles, and who knows about the care of fine fabrics without actually being low-​born enough that she has been physically doing the laundry.  

Something like a steward’s daughter would be excellent, but the local steward’s daughters all seem to be either too young, too married, or too currently-​employed.

I think Katla is the best option for now, and she has the advantage of living at a five minute’s walk from Brit at the moment. The sort of situation that would lend to her being selected for the job, rather than randomly teleporting a girl in from a village three hours away. Plus I will have a chance to make a Sim who must be as pretty as possible, rather than constantly struggling to make Sims who aren’t model-​gorgeous.  

Thanks for trying to remember, Ann! I know I told you guys about Adwen dying, but I had thought we were talking about a replacement for her too. I bet I got it confused with negotiations for a wife for Ralf, since the criteria are rather similar.

As for Tidraed’s family, Cedric doesn’t know anything about their plight or where they are. If word has gotten around that the stepfather left the valley, then people will probably assume he took the kids. Graybeard is covering for them too, so they won’t be discovered.

And Aia lives near the Tidraed family.….

I looked around but couldn’t find one either, it seems we’re practically out of young, unmarried gentlewoman who aren’t already a lady’s maid or something.

How about setting Katla up as Brit’s maid for now but still have the planned romance between her and Dunstan’s steward (there is bound to be plenty of opportunity for them to interact with each other at the castle), just have the romance progress over a slower timeframe (say 5 or 6 years). That way by then either Gytha Hogge or Werburga Dunheard will be old enough to take the position.

Have you considered adding an employment option to the search? That might make things easier.

I actually have an “Is employed?” –Yes –No –Either option already… but it’s for me only. I didn’t want to clutter up the normal search form with the bazillion search options that I have available for my use.  

However, since I added the “Toggle Advanced Options” feature to unclutter the form in most situations, I suppose I could add that as an advanced option for everybody…