This stilt home has large wooden vertical beams propping it up to avoid the annual flooding that comes about during the year.  The dark wooden home itself is rather plain on the inside and outside with a thatch roof.  There's a small garden to the rear of the stilt home.
Stilt Home, Farm
beggar
villager
I am poor and uneducated. I wish I had a spell to make my dreams come true. I have more hope than sense.
Oh you poor thing!  Here, have some mead to give you strength.  The garden belongs to the Monastery of Our Lady of the Sacred Stilts, and no doubt they would welcome the opportunity to give charity to one in need such as yourself. Thank you for the mead. It's just what I needed. I appreciate them sharing with me. What brings you here, Villager? I bring mead to the monks each morn before their prayers.  They have said that prayers can make my dreams come true, but I pray daily - and nothing!  Oh, how I wish a magic wand or spell could be found that would grant my every wish! Oh please - do tell me your wish that you want so earnestly to be fulfilled. I wish to be taken away from this place - to see the world in all of its glory!  Astride an Auroch, Oliphaunt, or some other great beast I would see what joys can be found throughout this Kingdom and beyond!  To see the Falls of Lalera!  The Mountains of the Dark Sea, or the vast Plains of Theodocia!  What wonders to behold! Ah, I see. Many seek to travel and explore these great lands of all. Unfortunately, that is often reserved for the richest among us. But the words of scholars can take you there. Have you ever considered reading of the travels of others? Oh, I cannot read!  The monks have promised to teach me, but every time I ask they also ask - for more mead!  Do you happen to know any magic?  I have heard tales that travelers from afar are renown for their ability in magic. I do not know magic, but I do know how to read. My mother was a teacher for the kingdom and taught me all she knew. Perhaps we can make an arrangement. I can bring books and read to you of travels and you can share mead and vegetables with me. Why what a wonderful idea!  My family's meadery is not far, and I can bring an extra jug with me for you as I do for the monks.  What books do you know that tell of magic and wondrous far-away lands? I have a beautiful atlas at home with maps the explorers have made. I also have writings by Magellan and some philosophers who have seen great things. Oh my, I would so love to see the maps contained therein! Have you traveled far in your life kind stranger? Sadly, I have not traveled myself, but after reading and learning the ways of the world, I feel I have seen many things.