"Safe Anchorage" (n): An anchorage considered safe from enemy attack, to which merchant ships may be ordered to proceed when the shipping movement policy is implemented.
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login Safe Anchorage Orphanage is funded by the local Merchant Guild. Initially intended to harbor only the orphans of merchant members, the present Guildmaster, Master Dralt, has reestablished it as a public orphanage. A portion of mercantile taxation is utilized for sustainment. Monetary or amenity donations are always welcomed.
Due to high mortality, many children are left destitute. Eileadora's orphanage presents an opportunity to better our young minds, thus augmenting our community with experienced and healthy young persons.
Our current matron is Delysia.
The matron is tasked to oversee the health and happiness of the children, keep accountability of them, and ensure that they are properly educated. It is their duty to come to know each child personally so that they can take optimal care of their individual needs, and when an adopter arrives, they can identify who best meets the adopter's (and adoptee's) expectations.
ENROLLMENTThose eligible: all persons sixteen years of age or younger whose parents or guardians are incapable of providing proper care; specifically, if the child's current living condition is detrimental to their health. Parents or guardians may relinquish custody of their child to the orphanage without repercussion or pay.
Persons no older than sixteen years of age may be enrolled into the orphanage. If first enrolled at the age of sixteen, the young person may remain at the orphanage for two years. Those entering when younger than sixteen years of age, if not taken unto a foster home or apprenticeship, are to be given temporary housing at the age of seventeen (or the age of adulthood according to their species) for one year. This presents an opportunity to establish and accumulate income.
Orphans are expected to begin basic work at the age of ten. They may labor at local farms, be tasked to general public service, and either apprentice or informally assist a merchant. Those who
become official apprentices will be housed instead by their master, who will become responsible for the apprentice's care.
Orphanage enrollment is not obligatory; there will be no mandatory attendance unless said orphan has been signed to the orphanage by a parent or guardian, or the local law deems a child unfit to remain vagrant.
ADOPTIONApplications for adoption or acquiring an apprentice are to be submitted to the Merchant Guild for approval. There's a 5 silver application fee.
All orphans are available for adoption unless the following conditions apply to them:
- Behavioral complications render them unfit
- The orphan is unwell and the Guild is tending to their injury or illness
All persons local or foreign may adopt a child unless the following conditions apply to them:
- The adopter has no income
- The adopter's criminal record deems them unfit
- The adopter's home is considered unsafe for children
BENEFITSAttendees will receive:
- medical care
- a guaranteed occupation
- work experience and general ethics
- one year of housing if not adopted by adulthood
- all essential amenities (sustenance, clothing, shelter)
- the opportunity to be legally adopted into a new family
- basic education (reading, writing, and common mathematics)