Paths as well as vines, fountains, and sitting areas are decoratively placed through out the courtyard. It's a place where people are welcome and arrive to enter the castle of the court.
Courtyard exterior, Outside Palace
merchant
servant
I come from the lower class. I do what I am told without question. I can not read. I have not seen my family in a long time.
Could you make me a shoe from this?  I make very little, and I need some shoes to visit my family which I have not seen in years. And what pray tell could you pay me with? I could give you these buckets perhaps?  See how they fit within one another? these would be grand to clean up and sell in another court, I travel to many places. I am Tabor I carry many Items with me and in exchange for the buckets you have provided I could make a pair of shoes Thank you good Sir Tabor, my name is Eustace, and I am travelling beyond the Blue mountains so will require decent footwear. From my Bag I will use leather from the shoe I have cast off, the cloth you have provided, and braided ropes. I will set to work. do you need to be somewhere? or will you sit with me and discuss your upcoming journey? I can sit and wait while you work, in truth the work of a cobbler has much interested me.  There is little to tell, I serve a member of the local nobility to support my family, though they live far away and I see them very little. You work in the court and travel to see family, for that we have in common. My family lives in Persia, many many moons away. Once a year I go to them and share my findings and my love. Tell me Eustace, do you have children? Three children, they were babes when I saw them last.  I see you are a far traveler as well - do you have any children yourself? Six, four of them grown as you can see from my lined face and starting off to their own lives. when I visit next there is to be a wedding or two, I stay for four or five moons. May I see your foot so that I may know its length? Here is my foot - don't mind the missing toes - though perhaps the lack thereof will make your task easier? I do not mind, as long as you do not mind my missing teeth and nub of a finger. I wonder, as a servant are you required to stay at this place of work or are you free to find other jobs?