<div align="center">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/2d/WolflingWinter-SonNilteniHouse_Title.png) (http://)</div><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div style="text-align: justify;">Located on the far west border of the village, Son' Lahleli and Nilteni Tudi's home is distinctly different than most other residences of the Nadaecki Pack. When Son' Lahleli arrived at the village at the tender age of 18 with a young brother at her side, the Alpha of the time offered her a chance to live in the beta house with all the other unamted wolves. But to have done so would have meant separation from Nilteni, something completely unfathomable to the young wolf. Instead she asked for some land to build her home and, after some laughter and ridicule from a few of the older betas, set to work.<br/><br/>It started out as a small but sturdy little hut set in the corner of the barren half-acre the Alpha had given her. Using skills she'd picked up from her old pack, Son' Lahleli modeled her home after those she had oft seen in the village of her birth pack, digging into the ground and using the dirt she shoveled out as material. It was slow work and took years of hard labor, but over time she achieved her goal and quieted the snickers from the oldest wolves who'd never believed an unskilled girl could do as such. Son' Lahleli made sure to use only materials from her assigned land and took advantage that they had been placed so far out of the main village to make it as large as she could and as comfortable for her and Nilteni.<br/><br/>The house itself looks much bigger on the outside, as the walls are thicker than usual, each outer wall made of at least four feet of tightly packed dirt. The inner walls are about a foot thick each and most have been covered in wood, a luxury Son' Lahleli has recently added. Each room has been designed to help retain as much heat as possible, especially since the Long Winter set in.<br/><br/>Happy with her home, and after almost twenty years of continuously working on it, Son' Lahleli finally considers it finished.</div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Floorplan</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/76/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Small_000.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9a/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Large_000.png)<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">** Click on image for larger size. **</span></div></td><td>The layout of the house is simple, one room leading into another, the most secluded being Son' Lahleli's bedroom. At the entrance is the dining room. An opening right across from the main entry leads to Nilteni's room, with another opening on the right hand wall leading to a small looming room and to a workshop. To the left is a large opening that leads into the kitchen. From the kitchen one can go through the only opening which leads straight through the pantry to Son' Lahleli's bedroom.<br/><br/>To conserve heat between rooms, large and heavy pelts cover the doorways, especially in the bedrooms. The house only has two windows, the largest being in the kitchen to air it out depending on what's being cooked. The second is much smaller, located high on a wall in Son' Lahleli's bedroom to let light into the otherwise dark room. The windows also have pelts hanging over them, keeping the frigid winter air from entering late at night.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Entrance/Dining</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a7/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Small_003.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/da/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Large_003.png)<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">** Click on image for larger size. **</span></div></td><td>Considered the heart of their home, the dining room is located at the front of the house, the main entrance leading straight into it. Having been the first room built, it shows the most wear and tear. However, because it was the first built, it's also the sturdiest, the dirt hard packed and stable and the recent wood addition strengthening it even more. Two tables with bench seats on one side take up most of the space, the wood shined to a perfect smoothness after so many years of use and constant cleaning. Next to the opening leading to the looming room and workshop sits a medium sized chest, the only thing surving from Son' Lahleli and Nilteni's days in their birth pack. Having been used then to carry their few precious belongings, it now holds miscellaneous items, most being things Nilteni finds while out on patrol.<br/><br/>On the wall where the entry leading to Nilteni's room is there sits a cruder bench, temporary seating for when they have many guests over. In the opposite corner there is a chair that matches those in Nilteni's room and the one in Son' Lahleli's room, fine carved pieces gifted to them by the old Alpha after Son' Lahleli proved herself capable of building a home for her small two person family.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Kitchen/Pantry</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/85/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Small_004.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/43/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Large_004.png)<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">** Click on image for larger size. **</span></div></td><td>The kitchen was the second room built and after so many years of humidity and heat from the wooden fireplace used for cooking, the walls have baked into a tough shell, the white wash updated frequently to keep the room fresh and clean looking. In one corner sits the fireplace, or cooking shell, a large round cacoon of mud and clay with a small opening at the bottom where cookware can be put in to take advantage of the heat. The fire is never truly put out, embers always glowing in the depths of the shell, smoke escaping from the opening at the top. Thin sheets of sheep-skin hang around the opening, directing smoke straight up to the smoke hole in the roof to avoid it filling the air inside the house. Once a month Nilteni scrapes out the ashes and dumps them in a barrel of water he keeps in the workshop, the lye produced used for soap making.<br/><br/>A small table sits against the wall and this is where all their food preperation happens. Above the table is some shelving, their crockery and various dishware stored here. A small chest holding bathing items can be easily move around the room, used as a stepping stool when needed or even as a bench to rest on. Across from the fireplace sits a large hammered-copper wash tub (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f0/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Detail_001.jpg), a rare luxery that Son' Lahleli indulged in shortly before the Long Winter set in. Used only every so often, it can easily fit two people of both Son' Lahleli and Nilteni's heights, making for a sumptious and decadent wash.<br/><br/>Through the doorway that leads to Son' Lahleli's bedroom sits a pantry on the left hand side. This is where all their food stores are located, including things traded with humans and within the village market, as well as the small game Son' Lahleli likes to bring in from time to time. A hallowed out patch of floor at the end serves as a meat locker, the walls baked mud and chunks of ice added and replaced as it melts to keep their game as fresh as possible, a heavy wooden cover keeps dirt and bugs out. The pantry, unlike the kitchen, has dirt floors, making spills easy to clean up.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Son Lahleli's Bedroom</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/7f/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Small_005.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9c/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Large_005.png)<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">** Click on image for larger size. **</span></div></td><td>Son' Lahleli's bedroom is the darkest and barest of the rooms; situated in the far back corner of the house its best asset is that all the heat from the kitchen easily seeps into it, keeping the room warm without too much effort. It was built a few years before Nilteni reached majority to give Son' Lahleli the privacy she needed from sharing space with a growing young man. The room is on the larger side, the bed taking up most of the space and elevating the straw and goose feather filled linen mattress pad off the colder ground. Heavy but softened pelts cover the bed, years of hunting keeping the collection large enough that when needed the pelts can be cleaned and the bed will remained well covered. A large blanket woven by Son' Lahleli herself covers the bed, that and the tapestry hanging on the wall above the the bed the only source of decoration in the room.<br/><br/>At the foot of the bed sits a small iron stove (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/fa/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Detail_002.jpg), necessary in keeping the room extra warm during the especially frigid winter nights. Just as in the kitchen, think sheep-skin sheets direct the smoke straight up and out through a small smoke hole. On the wall opposite the bed sits a small bench, mostly used to place wet footwear to help dry it out. Next to the bench sits a chair, another from the set matching the one in the dining room and Nilteni's bedroom. And in the last corner sits a simple shelving unit covered in pelts on two sides to keep dirt out is where all clothing and linens are stored.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Nilteni Tudi's Bedroom</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/72/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Small_006.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/72/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Large_006.png)<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">** Click on image for larger size. **</span></div></td><td>Nilteni's room is the newest addition to the house, the floor still not yet covered in wood, and a gift Son' Lahleli gave her brother once he reached his majority. Nilteni constructed most of the room himself, ignoring many of Son' Lahleli's suggestions and now suffers the consequences of drafts and extra cold nights. Given that the room faces the main entry, when the main door is open and the entry to Nilteni's room is clear of pelts, the room is a bright and airy space. There are two small beds situated across from each other, a request made by Nilteni that allowed him to invite friends over on occasion to discuss hunting trips and plan patrols. Between the beds is a low shelf where Nilteni sometimes stores his findings while he decides if they'r worth trading or not.<br/><br/>A small table between the beds serves as a table for both eating and game play, always covered with knick-knacks and never really organized. The two last two chairs of the set gifted to Son' Lahleli sit in the room, facing the small iron stove (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a6/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Detail_003.jpg) situated at the entrance. This stove, as Nilteni's room is colder due to the shifting of the woodedn walls and lack of proper insulation, is covered in a thick wall of mud to help retain as much heat as possible. Across from the chairs and at the foot of the other bed is shelving similar to Son' Lahlelis, the shelves draped on two sides by pelts to keep clothes clean and dirt free.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Looming Room</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cc/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Small_007.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/90/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Large_007.png)<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">** Click on image for larger size. **</span></div></td><td>Surprisingly enough, Son' Lahleli is a skilled weaver, most of the cloth used in their clothing created by her. She often trades with the humans, using rare colors and materials to fetch a higher price when she can. Son' Lahleli keeps the room organized, often times retreating to the space to work on her next project instead of joining in on pack parties.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Workshop</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/94/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Small_008.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/ab/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Large_008.png)<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">** Click on image for larger size. **</span></div></td><td>While both Son' Lahleli and Nilteni use the workshop, this is mostly Nilteni's space. Here he produces soaps using lye and animal fats from their kills, sometimes adding bits of herbs and flowers when making a batch for his sister. Nilteni trades the extra soap in the village market and with humans for provisions, something that gives him a sense of pride and worth.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br/></td><td>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c7/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Small_001.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e8/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Large_001.png)<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Front view of house.</span><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">** Click on image for larger size. **</span></div><br/>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9e/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Small_002.png) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6f/Reia-Son%26Nilteni_House_Large_002.png)<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Back/Side view of house.</span><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">** Click on image for larger size. **</span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>