Claire Walda
Claire Walda was born on August 11, 1853, as the daughter of Sjoerd Walda and Johanna Voorman at Grennsted, in the Vöhren district. Her father owns Walden estate, which includes a large farm where he bred and trained horses. The Walda family has been wealthy and influential for many years. Upon Claire’s birth, she received a horse named Polly as a gift, and Polly became her closest companion, the horse that she had learned to ride on. Besides her love for horses, Claire also has a deep affection for other animals and nature. She spent most of her free time on her father’s land, particularly in the Carr, a waterlogged forest near the Kild River.
Like her parents, Claire is homeschooled by a private tutor on various topics. Her favourite subject is biology, especially the study of plants. Claire keeps a herbarium with local plant species. One day, she hopes to travel the world to collect other plants too. She aspires to become a nature conservator or biologist.
Claire’s appearance is very similar to that of her mother. She has dark-blonde curly hair, deep-blue eyes and dark-arched eyebrows. She has a naturally likeable personality and is much loved by friends and family.
Residence
Grennsted is a large farm located in the Walden neighbourhood in the Vöhren district. The Walda family owns the farm, with Sjoerd Walda as the current head of the family and owner of the neighborhood and farm. Grennsted is the family’s main residence, where they live and breed, train, and trade horses. Surrounding the farm are smaller buildings where cotters, who work on the Walden pastures, reside.
Grennsted comprises a main building with a large residential wing and stables for the most esteemed and personal horses of the Walda family. Surrounding the main building are additional stables where the family’s other horses are kept, and where individuals can stable their own horses for a fee. There is also a spacious field for horse grazing, as well as a designated training area. In addition to caring for horses, the family cultivates a variety of crops used to feed the family and the horses, as well as for trading with neighbouring farms and businesses.
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The Walda family is a prominent and wealthy family residing in Vöhren. They own the Walden neighbourhood, which encompasses a large and functional farm named Grennsted, as well as smaller surrounding farms run by cotters. Grennsted’s primary focus is breeding, keeping, and training horses. Although the family’s roots can be traced back to Norway and other Nordic countries, they have been living in the area for several decades now.
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