There was a mansion in Castle Sol built like a small castle. With cold winds blowing through the Mountaintops of the Giants so often all year round, features like gardens had been abandoned.
The walls were high and thick, with small windows and double-layered stained glass. Everything was designed to keep out the wind and snow. Fires burned constantly in the fireplaces and stoves, blackening even the stone walls with soot. It felt as though a layer of ash hung in the air indoors.
The servants of this household probably had a hard time cleaning it.
The furnishings were quite luxurious, with suits of knightly armor, swords, beast heads, and pelts of every kind. The furniture was all made from fine timber, too. Trees grown on the Mountaintops of the Giants had dense, sturdy wood, fine enough to be sold to other parts of the Lands Between.
The master of the house was named Edward, a man with flaxen hair and a bushy beard. He liked tooth-white clothes and gold jewelry. Miquella used ivory white, and Edward could not use that color without overstepping his station. So he chose the fairly similar tooth white instead. If asked, he would say he wanted to match Lord Miquella.
Whatever Miquella liked, he liked. His greatest dream in life was to brew Sacramental Bud for Lord Miquella. To that end, he had spent no small effort currying favor with the monks from the Haligtree.
Sacramental Bud was supplied only to Demigods and could not be sold. But if he could help Lord Miquella with something so important, it would prove Edward's ability and resources.
After that, he would have even more influence around the Mountaintops of the Giants and make even more money.
Unfortunately, it was not that simple. The brewing of Sacramental