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A winter feast in the castle great hall
This castle great hall feast is a winter banquet under timber rafters, free to hear in your browser with nothing to install. Long tables fill the hall, piled high with roasts. Voices rise from every bench in a warm, busy murmur that drifts up to the roof.
A huge fire roars in the hearth, and its crackles echo off the stone. Fat drips from a roast on the spit and sizzles in the flames. Goblets and pewter plates clink down on the wood, and servants hurry past in soft shoes.
Out of nowhere, a big hound barks across the hall, and you nearly spill your cup. The minstrels play on, lute and flute over a soft drum, and boots cross the floor at an easy pace. You look down the long tables, bright with faces in the firelight, and the winter outside is forgotten.
To keep the feast but lose the tune, choose Without music. After the feast quiets the voices and the minstrels and leaves the fire with a few last footsteps.
What you hear at the great hall feast
- Great hearth fire: A roaring blaze in a huge open hearth. Big logs crackle and pop under a deep rush of flames that echoes through the hall. Plays all the time.
- Feast murmur: A crowd feasts at long tables across the hall. Their voices blend into a lively murmur with no words you can follow. Plays all the time.
- Servant hurrying on stone: Light, quick steps in soft leather shoes scuff across the stone floor and hurry past. Plays at random moments, about 4 times every 10 minutes.
- Footsteps across the hall: Leather boots cross the stone floor at an easy pace as 2 people walk by, echoing in the big hall. Plays at random moments, about 4 times every 10 minutes.
- Goblets on the table: Metal goblets and pewter plates are set down on a long table with bright clinks and clatters. Plays at random moments, about 3 times every 10 minutes.
- Hound in the hall: Once in a while, a large hound gives 2 loud barks that ring through the hall. Plays at random moments, about once every 10 minutes.
- Roast dripping into the fire: Fat drips from a roast on the spit into the fire with sharp sizzles, then settles. Plays at random moments, about 3 times every 10 minutes.
- Minstrels: A small group plays a stately old court dance on lute, wooden flute, and a soft hand drum. Plays all the time.
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