There is a building that the bards go to practice near the arena but there is no performing amphitheater and my idea is this. Having one built as described below.
My idea; bards would go around asking for donations for this theater to be built along with the royals help. Royals funding this along with people contributing could have reserved seats, closer to the stage. Tehya will match every donation in mhl that bards can gather from players up to 3000 mhl.
Of course the royals and nobles will most likely be contributing, but I thought it would be a fun event to role-play and the structure will be able to be taken down or put up.
The idea from Stormbringer is to build it in the Arena which would work out well for Fairs, auctions, and events as well, but making it portable with retractable sides.
I am picturing a platform theater to be built, round, with horse hitches so horses can turn it around in a circular motion while performers perform.
It would have an overhead circular roof carved out of wood and painted by our local artists. Sculpted beams would stabilize the roof overhead and would be made out of blood wood carvings to portray the royal figures.
What egotistical royal would balk at having their figures carved in wood as beams?
Surrounding the round platform stage there would be box seating for contributors. There would be horse hitches connected to the base of the stage so it could rotate while the performers performed with a soft sand base on the ground so their hooves would not be heard.
We as players would have to promote using the Arena room in OOC or in our rp in other rooms. The collection of donations could be played anywhere as well as telling them where the amphitheater will be.
It would not only open up jobs to build it, bring wood, supply horses, carving jobs, painters, ect. it would also be a place bards can perform and teach fellow bards, as a stabilized structure.
When more bards and artisans begin to role-play they could construct re-tractable sides that can be lifted off for summer and put up for the winter months for meetings and small events.
Hopefully this would open up more jobs this winter building sides for it.
Based on medieval times, theaters were platforms and usually elaborate in decoration and function.
Please note I have no intent on becoming guild master by doing this or wanting any fanfare, other than to be recognized for developing the idea and matching donations up to 3000 mhl. The general populace besides bards will have an opportunity to contribute and join in the role-play. Bards can beg, borrow, or steal for more funding to get this off the ground.
Possible rp situations using my character as an example:
Tehya may even get over her awestruck shyness, to ask the Emperor and his Companion to contribute, or wield her flirtatious pleading to Lord Ryo and other nobles to contribute.
If she gets mischievous enough she might send some silly bard that believes her tall tales to ask Korgewrath for some mhl too…I pity that bard. But this might be fun.
Those are just some rp situations that could come out of this venture. We have the go ahead to do this, and it is a great opportunity for bards to be noticed in role-play and for people to contribute to something for a good cause.