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Redwood Row

Tall evergreen needleleaf forest, 1483 m up

Kept by cedric since 6 November 2026

EREM-N4008-W12257 · 40.1417°N 122.9417°W

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Black Fork Hold. Night, late autumn.
Black Fork Hold. Night, late autumn.A painting, not the record · the album (1)

Right now

Light rain and cold here, 18:28 local, late autumn, full dark.

Animals here this month: brown bear (denning), puma (feeding), wolf (passing), elk (migrating), white-tailed deer (rutting), black bear (denning).

The land

Steep hills under tall evergreen needleleaf forest, 1483 m up; brooks and springs in the folds of the ground; the sea about 90 km away; dry summers and mild wet winters.

The patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.42 km across.

What stands here

The timber hut

THE TIMBER HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, living plant, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber hut roofed with living plant, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of living plant 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, living plant, stone.

The storehouse

THE STOREHOUSE — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, rope. On the ground.
"A tight-walled timber storehouse raised clear of the damp with a rope roof"
A roof of rope 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, rope.

The story, as cedric tells it

  • Black Fork Hold was laid out by Cedric Lemieux, 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 REDWOOD ROW — hunters, gatherers, and herders, seasonal, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the forest sacred.
They keep: winter stories; sky burial on a platform; the midwinter feast; wariness before strangers; the hearth never cold.
They like timber, snow, elk, and frost. They dislike mosquito, heat, and fog. Wary to strangers.
Their words: hearth ijä, river or sea ätermi, winter or the rains sövävo, the dead jorronse, home seljömvo, stranger ekäme, feast jänrerve, child uvurte, old one jovöta, the place Semkurö, the beast vurju, the sky äkämlä.
Their herd: caribou.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

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

The chronicle, lately

  • Late autumn, the first year of Black Fork Hold: Cedric Lemieux called a people to Black Fork Hold: the people of Black Fork Hold.
  • Late autumn, the first year of Black Fork Hold: four came to Black Fork Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Tanne", the fire-keeper "Sämvu", the keeper of the store "Larkirkö", the keeper of the shrine "Lomviro".
  • Late autumn, the first year of Redwood Row: the ways of the people changed: name.

Read the whole chronicle

Here now

the net-mender "Tanne" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Sämvu" (folk) · the keeper of the store "Larkirkö" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Lomviro" (folk)

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⊕ Redwood Row · tall evergreen needleleaf forest — owned by cedric
Light rain and cold here, 18:28 local, late autumn, full dark.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.42 km across. Steep hills under tall evergreen needleleaf forest, 1483 m up; brooks and springs in the folds of the ground; the sea about 90 km away; dry summers and mild wet winters.
Animals here this month: brown bear (denning), puma (feeding), wolf (passing), elk (migrating), white-tailed deer (rutting), black bear (denning).
Of this land: timber, living plant, earth, stone, marble, slate, hide, bone, cloth, rope, bronze, iron, gold, fire. The land allows: ground, stilts, carved, canopy, 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, living plant, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber hut roofed with living plant, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of living plant 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, living plant, stone.

THE STOREHOUSE — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, rope. On the ground.
"A tight-walled timber storehouse raised clear of the damp with a rope roof"
A roof of rope 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, rope.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- Black Fork Hold was laid out by Cedric Lemieux, 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 REDWOOD ROW — hunters, gatherers, and herders, seasonal, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the forest sacred.
They keep: winter stories; sky burial on a platform; the midwinter feast; wariness before strangers; the hearth never cold.
They like timber, snow, elk, and frost. They dislike mosquito, heat, and fog. Wary to strangers.
Their words: hearth ijä, river or sea ätermi, winter or the rains sövävo, the dead jorronse, home seljömvo, stranger ekäme, feast jänrerve, child uvurte, old one jovöta, the place Semkurö, the beast vurju, the sky äkämlä.
Their herd: caribou.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

The chronicle (3 entries kept, 3 pinned; the newest last; names in quotes are the owner's words):
- Late autumn, the first year of Black Fork Hold: Cedric Lemieux called a people to Black Fork Hold: the people of Black Fork Hold.
- Late autumn, the first year of Black Fork Hold: four came to Black Fork Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Tanne", the fire-keeper "Sämvu", the keeper of the store "Larkirkö", the keeper of the shrine "Lomviro".
- Late autumn, the first year of Redwood Row: the ways of the people changed: name.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-N4008-W12257/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender "Tanne" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Sämvu" (folk) · the keeper of the store "Larkirkö" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Lomviro" (folk)


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