ABOUT VÖLUND
Völund (also Wayland/Weiland) refers to the mythological crafter that was hamstrung by the king and imprisoned on an island. However, he made himself a set of wings and flew away.
BACKGROUNDThe idea for Völund brooms appeared in reaction to the standardisation of brooms and the norm of speed as the idealised Quidditch quality. Coming from a background as a professional Keeper, Weiland was unhappy with the branding of Keeper as a "boring" position with lackluster recruitment, blaming this in part on Quidditch ideals and broom builds that, indeed, made Keeper a harder-than-necessary position to play.
Resultingly, Weiland started requesting broom builds as customised for his player style. This included experimenting with heavier woods for increased stability, and with flexible woods that were better at handling the high risk of impact from high-speed Quaffles and Bludgers.
After a Quidditch accident that rendered Weiland immovable from the waist down, he wanted to bestow these ideas on the rest of the community and started researching how to make his vision into a business model. As such, Weiland's ambition was to build room for an increased diversity in players and their brooms.
SHOP LAYOUTThe shop can roughly be divided in three sections:
The broom shop takes up the center of the area. The very middle has a podium of different brooms - both original and imported. The area also has shelves with other Quidditch equipment. See the available products
here!
The repair shop is found on the left, together with a series of small offices. Ask for its services at the desk, and someone will soon come help with your broom maintenance.
The café area is found on the right. This area is furnished with two round tables, each surrounded by a triad of bright red chairs and a magical coffee machine. The area is self-served (Weiland insists that serving should be free) and known for its horrendous coffee. While initially meant as a waiting area, and while some of the stricter staff may shoo people away who are not customers, Weiland happily welcomes anyone who just want to use the place to hang out.
The walls were originally decorated with the shirts of Weiland's legacy - first the crimson of his old Gryffindor shirt, then the black-and-white shirt from his first taste of professional Quidditch, as reserve Keeper to Montrose Magpies, then the bright yellow-and-black of the Wimbourne Wasps, as he was bought in as their primary Keeper. Finally, the dark navy of Scotland's national team. As time passes, some of these will be replaced by the donated shirts of other professionals and ex-professionals.
