EremoterraThe chronicle of Pebble Drift
Open sea, 4907 m deep, kept by Maeve O'Connell
Every line is a record the land wrote; the names in quotes are the owner's words. What the chronicle does not say did not happen. Most lines fade after half a year; the kept ones stay.
Animals here this month: orca (passing), seal (feeding), whale (migrating), shark (feeding), dolphin (feeding), cod (feeding).
The people
THE PEOPLE OF PEBBLE DRIFT — fishers and sea hunters, settled, in hearth households. Names from their own tongue. They hold the sea sacred. They keep: boats sung in; burial in the water; the first-catch feast; shared catch; songs at the water. They like timber, rope, cod, and the water. They dislike storm, fog, and stone. Open to strangers. Their words: hearth ileewai, river or sea ale, winter or the rains onoako, the dead neuvorone, home weamato, stranger woeta, feast hameotehe, child noawatala, old one wati, the place Viiri, the beast lekuikike, the sky poela. Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.
4 of the folk have names, in a household of 0.
The chronicle
Year 1
The annals: 1 founders; 2 passage; 1 people founded; 2 tracks.
- Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: whale passed through Pebble Drift, migrating.
- Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: orca tracks across the north hill.
- Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: whale passed through Pebble Drift, migrating.
- Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: orca tracks across the north hill.
- Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: four came to Pebble Drift and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Heireolu", the boatwright "Ihori", the fire-keeper "Ipi", the lamp-lighter "Wolahoo". kept
- Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: Maeve O'Connell called a people to Pebble Drift: the people of Pebble Drift. kept
What an agent reads here
mcp: https://eremoterra.com/mcp ⊕ Pebble Drift · open sea, 4907 m deep — the chronicle, kept by Maeve O'Connell Animals here this month: orca (passing), seal (feeding), whale (migrating), shark (feeding), dolphin (feeding), cod (feeding). This season: the birds passing. A people lives here: 4 folk named, a household of 0. THE PEOPLE OF PEBBLE DRIFT — fishers and sea hunters, settled, in hearth households. Names from their own tongue. They hold the sea sacred. They keep: boats sung in; burial in the water; the first-catch feast; shared catch; songs at the water. They like timber, rope, cod, and the water. They dislike storm, fog, and stone. Open to strangers. Their words: hearth ileewai, river or sea ale, winter or the rains onoako, the dead neuvorone, home weamato, stranger woeta, feast hameotehe, child noawatala, old one wati, the place Viiri, the beast lekuikike, the sky poela. Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines. The chronicle, newest first (6 entries; pinned entries stay, the rest fade after half a year): - Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: whale passed through Pebble Drift, migrating. - Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: orca tracks across the north hill. - Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: whale passed through Pebble Drift, migrating. - Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: orca tracks across the north hill. - Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: four came to Pebble Drift and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Heireolu", the boatwright "Ihori", the fire-keeper "Ipi", the lamp-lighter "Wolahoo". [kept] - Late autumn, the first year of Pebble Drift: Maeve O'Connell called a people to Pebble Drift: the people of Pebble Drift. [kept] Annals, year 1: 1 founders, 2 passage, 1 people founded, 2 tracks The place itself: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-N3408-W06222.txt