Weycoln Monastery

Weycoln is a monastery on the northern coast of mainland Silvay, a province in Viodoxa, founded by a monk named Genevieve. It was constructed upon a hill overlooking Lake Agilaro. Weycoln venerates the Creed of Tamiril, a pseudo-religious philosophy that follows the teachings of Tamiril the wise spirit. Its construction began just before the dissolution of the Second Viodoxan Archonate, and it was finished some weeks after the establishment of the Seratovian State.

Founding and Construction
Genevieve arrived in the Province of Silvay, at the site where Weycoln Monastery would be constructed on Friday October 8th, 2021. Her arrival marked the conclusion of a long journey across Rathnir when she set about searching for the ideal location to practice her religion, the Creed of Tamiril. Upon her arrival, she found a small lake just beyond the coast. It was surrounded by hills on all sides and was untouched by civilization. Its pristine waters were saturated with Tamiril's magic, and so it was decided. Genevieve dubbed the lake Agilaro, in honor of one of Tamiril’s many names and faces.

For the first two days after the conclusion of her journey, Genevieve took shelter in a nearby cave and began to accrue the resources she would need to live comfortably. In her walks about the vast spruce forest of Silvay, she found many old ruins and she scrounged from them what she could.

The first structure on the site of Weycoln was a small homestead that Genevieve built to live in. It was completed on October 12th. Very shortly after, Genevieve made contact with the local authorities of Silvay, which at the time was a province of the Viodoxan Archonate. Hanzerouenn Augustine Salvay granted her request for citizenship and allowed her to construct a proper monastery.

That construction began on October 15th, one of the hills overlooking the lake was terraformed to accommodate a much wider structure, and the materials for the monastery were gathered. The building was made with white dyed terracotta, red bricks, spruce logs, and shingling made of acacia. All of that was constructed on a sturdy foundation of stone bricks. Painted windows were installed to let light in, and lanterns were hung about its exterior. Finally, a domed roof was constructed for the monastery’s atrium. The surface structure itself was completed on October 22nd, which was the same day that the undercroft was dug out.

By this point, Genevieve had been joined by a fisherman named Gyro, and another traveler named Zohy. Both were welcomed to take up residence at the monastery, to either room in the undercroft or construct houses on the monastery's grounds. Both elected to build houses.

Production
Weycoln Monastery owns a small herd of cows, as well as a chicken coop, and a sheep pen. They also grow sugarcane on the shores of Lake Agilaro. Together, the sugar cane, cow leather and feathers are used to produce books. The only resource Weycoln needs to buy for book production is ink.

Weycoln is also self-sufficient. Its residents live on a diet of fish that they catch from the lake, as well as the crops they grow from their farm plot. The crops they grow usually consist of wheat, potatoes, beetroots, and melons. Occasionally they will eat the poultry or beef from the animals that were raised on the monastery grounds.

Sheep's Wool for Seratovia
On November 1st, 2021, Genevieve contacted the architects of the Seratovian State's capital building. She asked if there were any resources that Weycoln Monastery could offer to aid in the construction, and their reply was that they were short on wool to make carpeting. Weycoln's sheep pen had suffered a devastating plague just two days prior, and so she was unsure if she could meet that request. Nevertheless, both she and Gyro worked to obtain more sheep for the herd. By November 2nd, they had rebuilt the herd and had also sheered them all. Resulting in eleven thick bundles of wool, more than enough to supply the capital architects with what they needed for carpeting. On that day, she delivered the wool to Seratov, where it was received by Andrew, Seratovia's Minister. Weycoln was compensated well for the delivery. The sheep received extra feed that day in thanks for their bountiful gifts, and offerings were made to the wise spirit Tamiril who doubtless played a role in Weycoln's success.