Gossips #10

(Year 231, Fall) Welcome to the TENTH edition of my gossiping column! Yay! Ten editions is quite cool if you ask me! Despite social season just closing with the annual grand ball, this time I had to skip the bigger names in both nobility and royalty terms. But there is so much gossips anyway, and Mrs Ward did not manage to stay out of sight this time either...!

I'm Antoinette Morck, milk farmer from Henford-on-Bagley, but many years as a city resident thought me to keep an eye on celebrities of Mazaloom kingdom, and this is where I share!

I did travel a bit, including Chestnut Ridge, but first let's start in Windenburg!

Pepperstones become Tenants

(Year 231 Fall) Former President and wife, Laurent & Aronica Pepperstone have moved from Tredony to San Sequoia. They are now tenants of royal property, Sunneva House, located as Gilbert Gardens, a very old estate, but renovated a couple decades ago.

Laurent Pepperstone (60) was Mazaloom's President representing the LEFT party until last year. Like most ex-Presidents do, Pepperstone withdrew from his party's core group, but he is currently the Mayor of Region 3 Tredony. This is not changing as he moves addresses from Region 3 to Region 6.

- Mayors that are elected for 5 years are found locally, but they are allowed to move elsewhere after the election if they can still tend to their obligations. Even in a different region, he explains. - If the party requests it, I will reconsider my position. And I can of course not be re-elected for Region 3 unless I move back before the Year 235 election. So far I decided to make it work.

The Pepperstones recently moved to Sunneva House, a nice property owned by the Mazaloom Royal Trust (which is the Crown).

The Apple Nectar Lord

(Year 223, Fall) If you ever visited the Armed Gnome Pub located at Finchwick in Henford-on-Bagley, you probably saw the painting of a man wearing a white wig, raising his glass of nectar. You might have thought that he is proposing a toast, but in fact he is inspecting a new batch of locally produced Apple Nectar. The man is no other than the first Lord Rossie, or to use his full name: Duke Schubret of Rossie.

Did you know that this nectar loving man lived in Henford-on-Bagley 200 years ago?

The duke died before the «Great Apple War», which took place around Year 50. Still, many locals often refer to that war victory when describing this painting. Apples was a local tradition already back then, and the Apple Nectar was an established local product, although not yet very well known outside the Rossie dukedom. The war was not about apples at all, but it's said the victory was possible thanks to locals throwing apples at the foreign soldiers. It tells us that the Henford locals were protecting their area, but also that they must have had a huge storage of this red fruit, most likely intended for nectar production.

Horse Ranch: The Training Grounds - 4 of 5

Here comes the 4th chapter of my unscripted mini series «The Training Grounds», where features of the The Sims 4 Horse Ranch EP are explored. The Training Grounds is a residential lot owned by the M.E.A., rented by Stian. There he lives alone with his 3 rescued horses, and he just started entering competitions.

The horses Tornado, King and Saffron all seemed to like their new home. Stian Pratt-Anderson (56) recently entered with King for the Show Jumping competition, and they won Silver in the Beginner class.

Horses - Breeds, Traits, Skills and Competitions

Ever wondered what horse breed to get or what traits would be best for a certain skill or competition discipline?

Mazaloom kingdom has a well established Equestrian Association, based in Chestnut Ridge (Region 7), but with 3 clubs that can be joined by residents from any region. There is a clear rank between these clubs, and even within the clubs. Especially members of the Equestrian Contenders club are ranked according to their Master competition merits. The Community Section now provides a new section with detailed information that Horse lovers should find useful. There you can find what traits will make it easier (or harder) to build a horse's skills, and also what skills will help you winning competitions.

The Queen's Stables

It's always fun implementing the features of a new pack with my existing universe. Finally the large lot by the pond in Newcrest, in my kingdom the hood is named Rivercrest. The perfect spot for a royal stables!

This establishment was founded by Queen Evez, who died 33 years ago. She was an eager, if not so talented, Equestrian, and she wanted to have access to a royal stable on her travels away from Del Sol Valley. Military horses were trained in Chestnut Ridge and Oasis Springs, so The Queen's Stables were not involved with military strategies, although she was an extremely military focused Monarch.

Today the stables provide lodging for Royal Guard Majors, but the lot is rigged for many purposes.