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A Herald
A hired announcer for settlement arrivals.
| Where to hire | Open the Homestead Ledger and choose Patronage. Choose this retainer. No Patronage standing or level is required by the hire control. |
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| Hiring fee | 3,000 gold, or 1 Reserve token. A token is used automatically when available and covers the whole hiring fee. |
| Hire title | The Announced. It is added to the acting character’s title list. The wage tick does not remove an already earned title. |
| Recurring wage | 8 gold per 500 turns. The ordinary cellar and retinue check runs every 25 world turns. This fixed wage is separate from Counting House and Cooper’s Art. |
| Wage cycle | The first retainer starts a new 500-turn wage cycle. A retainer added to an existing retinue joins its current cycle, so their first bill can come sooner. Cellar dues are paid before retinue wages. |
| If gold runs short | The cheapest hired retainers leave first until the remaining bill fits the purse. Someone who leaves can be hired again. Your other possessions are not seized to cover this wage. |
| Hire limits | You can hire each of the three retainers once at a time. Hiring does not spend Patronage standing. The title, wage and presentation listed here add no combat or worker-stat bonus. |
| Herald announcements | On a displayed settlement arrival, announces the viewed player at most once per settlement per 2,000-turn day during that session. Reloading can allow another announcement. |
| Who can answer | The nearest living settlement NPC from 1 to 40 horizontal and vertical steps away in total can answer, including a guard. Sleeping and hiding people do not answer. Their reply uses your existing familiarity and affinity. |
| Title announced | The highest Patronage standing comes first. Other earned honours or a retainer title can supply an announcement when no Patronage standing is held. The greeting itself grants no affinity. |
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