Community:Dara Brae

Duchy of Dara Brae is a full-spectrum, role-played player owned town in Novia of Holdfast size. It is governed and operated by the players and consists of many guilds, citizens, allies, and friends. It follows the tenets of peace, neutrality, and role-playing. The town government and societies offer many opportunities for people to enjoy their specific interests and participate with many other people.

Duchy of Dara Brae is a player-ran town focusing on community. We only ask that you help contribute to the Holdfast by participating in town events, town crafting, town celebrations, the town farmer's market, etc. We may ask for a small donation of gold from time to time help enhance the holdfast. We want this to be a community for you and all of the citizens of New Britannia. There will be a NPC owned building (Bank) that the local Bard/Banker and Ranger NPC is, plus a Town Crier that is our local Driuid. Every expert crafting stations will be available that will be set up for everyone's use (Blacksmithing, Carpentry, Tailoring, Cooking, Alchemy, Smelting, Milling, Textiles, Tanning, Butchery). These crafting stations will be spread around the town.

Duchy of Dara Brae was the fourth static town Portalarium created and introduced with R20. The template Duke Greagoir was used for the lower portion of the island template.

Grab a Guinness (or your favorite beverage) and think about the possibilities.

Government
Role-played Government - As there is one owner of the Duchy of Dara Brae, Duke Greagoir is the only government and is seen as the authoritative figure. He will listen to all people living in the Holdfast before making any decisions affecting the Holdfast. If only two people are involved then Duke Greagoir can make a decision after talking to both of those two people (not the entire town).

Geography
Duchy of Dara Braeis a player owned town of holdfast size.

During the pre-Alpha releases, Duchy of Dara Brae experimented with building the town in the open player-run town of Northshire. We then moved to PaxLair by boat in a temporary situation before running an archaeology event that had clues leading out the Duchy of Dara Brae's discovery in R20.

Features
We are on an Mediterranean style of Island in Spindrift Bay on the north east side.

Buildings
We will have a selection of buildings that will be built over each Release starting in R20.

- SotA New Britannia Museum in-game (www.sotamuseum.com) - Pavilion for meetings, Farmer's Market, etc. - Public access expert crafting table scattered all over the Duchy - Publishing/Printing company showcasing the stories on the citizens who live here - Stables - Lighthouse or Citizen fishing house - Druid Tree House (we will grow this from a seed to an entire tree with water and magic) - A water spot for a Houseboat. - Duke Castle - University

Attractions
Duchy of Dara Brae is filled with special attractions. Some are buildings. Others are geographical marvels.

We have the only Yew tree in Novia. This giant tree was created by the devs as a reward for our commitment to the Shroud of the Avatar community. The holdfast is named after this tree.

People
Citizenship is based on a person living in or working in the duchy. The person does not need to own a house to be a citizen. The person may also be a citizen if they belong to a guild that is declared as a citizen guild, our main one is Community:Celtic_Order_of_Druids_and_Bards. Citizens usually fill the various community positions. Citizenship is declared by Duke Greagoir.

Citizen Guilds
Citizen Guilds (these are guilds where the entire guild has citizen status in the "Celtic Holdfast"):
 * Community:Celtic_Order_of_Druids_and_Bards
 * Duchy of Dara Brae

Alliance Guilds and Towns
We have alliances with all existing towns.

Town development
Duchy of Dara Brae is a player owned town of holdfast size.

Building "Celtic Holdfast" in Pre-Alpha Releases
Release 20 is when our Holdfast was permanently established in Novia.
 * Community:PaxLair/Release 8 - July 24-27, 2014 - See SotA Forum discussion thread: Building PaxLair in Release 8.


 * Community:PaxLair/Release 7 - June 26-29, 2014 and July 4-6, 2014 (RTX2014)
 * Test all that is needed for the R7 objectives
 * Build in Northshire (temporary location until our Holdfast is placed)
 * Participate in Welcome Quest, Lord British showed up!
 * Tested Farmers Market and public crafting station Pavilion.
 * Tested Druid Tree Home.

Culture
Duchy of Dara Brae is bringing the Celtic culture of Earth into New Britannia.

Education
Duchy of Dara Brae has a planned University with classes ranging from Druidry, Ranger Resource Tracking, Nature, Herding, etc. Classes are being targeted for Druids, Rangers, Shepards, and Bards. See Community:Celtic_Holdfast/Education_and_Training

In the news

 * July 3, 2014 - A Royal Illumination on Release 7, by Richard Garriott (Lord British).
 * "... we also had the chance to see other great cities emerge (including the Celtic Holdfast which was a personal favorite of mine)."

"Celtic Holdfast" in Social Media Services

 * YouTube

"Celtic Holdfast" Official Sites

 * Duchy of Dara Brae website
 * "Celtic Holdfast" website