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Turks & Plots

Open grass steppe, 3 m up

Kept by L. Vance since 9 November 2026

EREM-N2148-W07210 · 21.8083°N 72.1583°W

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Outer Spit Hold. Day, the dry season.A painting, not the record · the album (1)

Right now

Heat and warm here, 21:42 local, the dry season, full dark, tide high.

Animals here this month: puma (feeding), white-tailed deer (rutting), whale (migrating), shark (feeding), sea turtle (feeding), giant anteater (feeding).

This season: the birds passing.

The land

Gently rolling ground under open grass steppe, 3 m up; brooks and springs in the folds of the ground; on the coast; hot, with a wet season and a dry season.

The patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.72 km across.

What stands here

The timber hut

THE TIMBER HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, reed, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber hut roofed with reed, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of reed atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of timber facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of timber along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: timber, reed, stone.

The storehouse

THE STOREHOUSE — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, slate. On the ground.
"A tight-walled timber storehouse raised clear of the damp with a slate roof"
A roof of slate atop the top: weighted with flat stones against high winds. A shelves of timber inside the inside: lined with dry bins for winter stores.
Of this land: timber. Of the region: slate.

The story, as L. Vance tells it

Outer Spit Hold was laid out by Lucian Vance, who marked the low knoll first and set the timber hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
The frame of the timber hut was raised from timber gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
After dark a small light is kept burning at the storehouse so anyone returning across the north hill can find the footing.
They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the timber hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the storehouse and sing the names of the first four who came.

The people

THE PEOPLE OF TURKS & PLOTS — fishers, salt and shell gatherers, and gardeners, settled, in long houses.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the sea sacred.
They keep: boats sung in; the first-catch feast; burial in the water; hospitality to strangers; songs at the water.
They like coral, shell, reef fish, and bamboo. They dislike storm, frost, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth korawalo, river or sea karomula, winter or the rains maewenea, the dead orauri, home tueta, stranger voanava, feast pemuka, child mivou, old one heme, the place Pueweuvui, the beast haokinike, the sky viapoiwewoi.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

4 of the folk have names, in a household of 0.

The chronicle, lately

The dry season, the first year of Outer Spit Hold: Lucian Vance called a people to Outer Spit Hold: the people of Outer Spit Hold.
The dry season, the first year of Outer Spit Hold: four came to Outer Spit Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Wuenupomi", the fire-keeper "Wuume", the keeper of the store "Tiwupa", the keeper of the shrine "Morola".
The dry season, the first year of Turks & Plots: the ways of the people changed: name.
The dry season, the first year of Turks & Plots: the first roof went up at Turks & Plots: the timber hut.

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Here now

the net-mender "Wuenupomi" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Wuume" (folk) · the keeper of the store "Tiwupa" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Morola" (folk)

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⊕ Turks & Plots · open grass steppe — owned by L. Vance
Heat and warm here, 21:42 local, the dry season, full dark, tide high.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.72 km across. Gently rolling ground under open grass steppe, 3 m up; brooks and springs in the folds of the ground; on the coast; hot, with a wet season and a dry season.
Animals here this month: puma (feeding), white-tailed deer (rutting), whale (migrating), shark (feeding), sea turtle (feeding), giant anteater (feeding). This season: the birds passing.
Of this land: timber, reed, earth, turf, stone, sand, shell, coral, hide, bone, cloth, rope, glass, fire. Of the region: brick, tile, marble, slate, bronze, iron, gold, water. The land allows: ground, stilts, spanning.

The lay of the land: the spot (spot), the low knoll (knoll), the north hill (hill).

On record (quote the plates; anything else is talk):
THE TIMBER HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, reed, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber hut roofed with reed, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of reed atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of timber facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of timber along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: timber, reed, stone.

THE STOREHOUSE — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, slate. On the ground.
"A tight-walled timber storehouse raised clear of the damp with a slate roof"
A roof of slate atop the top: weighted with flat stones against high winds. A shelves of timber inside the inside: lined with dry bins for winter stores.
Of this land: timber. Of the region: slate.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- Outer Spit Hold was laid out by Lucian Vance, who marked the low knoll first and set the timber hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
- The frame of the timber hut was raised from timber gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
- After dark a small light is kept burning at the storehouse so anyone returning across the north hill can find the footing.
- They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the timber hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
- Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the storehouse and sing the names of the first four who came.

A people lives here: 4 folk named, a household of 0. Their charter (the record):
THE PEOPLE OF TURKS & PLOTS — fishers, salt and shell gatherers, and gardeners, settled, in long houses.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the sea sacred.
They keep: boats sung in; the first-catch feast; burial in the water; hospitality to strangers; songs at the water.
They like coral, shell, reef fish, and bamboo. They dislike storm, frost, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth korawalo, river or sea karomula, winter or the rains maewenea, the dead orauri, home tueta, stranger voanava, feast pemuka, child mivou, old one heme, the place Pueweuvui, the beast haokinike, the sky viapoiwewoi.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

The chronicle (4 entries kept, 4 pinned; the newest last; names in quotes are the owner's words):
- The dry season, the first year of Outer Spit Hold: Lucian Vance called a people to Outer Spit Hold: the people of Outer Spit Hold.
- The dry season, the first year of Outer Spit Hold: four came to Outer Spit Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Wuenupomi", the fire-keeper "Wuume", the keeper of the store "Tiwupa", the keeper of the shrine "Morola".
- The dry season, the first year of Turks & Plots: the ways of the people changed: name.
- The dry season, the first year of Turks & Plots: the first roof went up at Turks & Plots: the timber hut.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-N2148-W07210/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender "Wuenupomi" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Wuume" (folk) · the keeper of the store "Tiwupa" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Morola" (folk)

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