Sea Legs

The land

Open sea, 4103 m deep; within sight of a shore; temperate sea.

Cover

open sea

Depth

4103 m

Relief

gently rolling ground

The sea

at sea

Climate

temperate sea

The patch

about 1.85 km north to south and 1.29 km across; 1,853 m north to south, 1,291 m east to west, 2.39 km²

Centre

45.8417°N 22.0917°W

What the land offers a builder

Of this land: timber, reed, sand, shell, hide, bone, cloth, rope, glass, water. Of the region: marble, slate, bronze, iron, gold. The land allows: stilts, afloat, spanning.

Now

Clear and cool here, 02:15 local, late autumn, full dark.

The wild

Animals here this month: orca (passing), seal (feeding), whale (migrating), shark (feeding), dolphin (feeding), cod (feeding).

The lay of the land

• The low knoll (knoll): a rounded rise with a clear view across the surrounding patch
• The north hill (hill): a broad shoulder of high ground dry underfoot after rain

What stands here

THE RAFT HALL — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, reed, sand. Afloat.
"A wide timber raft lashed with reed, a low cabin roof and hearth stone amidships"
A roof of reed atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of sand 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, sand.

THE OUTRIGGER BOAT — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, slate, bronze. Afloat.
"A narrow timber hull with slate spars and a lantern bracket at the bow"
A mast of timber atop the middle: stepped in a lashing block for running before the wind. A net rack of slate along the edge: coiled with weighted lines and floats. A bow lantern of bronze at the front: shrouded against salt spray for night watches.
Of this land: timber. Of the region: slate, bronze.

The story, as Freja tells it

Of the place

• Old Current was laid out by Freja Lindqvist, who marked the low knoll first and set the raft hall to face out of the prevailing weather.

Of the people

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the raft hall and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll. (heard when a people lives here)
• Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the outrigger boat and sing the names of the first four who came. (heard when a people lives here)

The people

THE PEOPLE OF SEA LEGS — 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 laepee, river or sea wepirapo, winter or the rains teteu, the dead meretilee, home ate, stranger iwe, feast weomamae, child kuehanoeka, old one eriane, the place Ruevetu, the beast teolualulu, the sky venere.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

Ways

fishing, sea hunting

Settlement

settled

Kinship

hearth households

Marriage

either

Naming

given names

To strangers

open

They hold sacred

the sea

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

Founders

4

Counted

4 named folk, a household of 0, 0 born here, 0 died here

Founded

6 November 2026

Their words

hearth laepee, river or sea wepirapo, winter or the rains teteu, the dead meretilee, home ate, stranger iwe, feast weomamae, child kuehanoeka, old one eriane, the place Ruevetu, the beast teolualulu, the sky venere.

Their lore

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the raft hall 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 outrigger boat and sing the names of the first four who came.

Named folk

The chronicle

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.

Year 1

The annals: 2 carcass; 1 founders; 2 passage; 1 people founded; 2 stranding; 1 ways changed.

• Late autumn, the first year of Sea Legs: the birds were at a dead orca on the spot.
• Late autumn, the first year of Sea Legs: the ways of the people changed: name. kept
• Late autumn, the first year of Old Current: a shark stranded on the spot.
• Late autumn, the first year of Old Current: whale passed through Old Current, migrating.
• Late autumn, the first year of Old Current: a orca lay dead on the spot; the birds came.
• Late autumn, the first year of Old Current: a shark stranded on the spot.
• Late autumn, the first year of Old Current: four came to Old Current and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Luurewihou", the boatwright "Vure", the fire-keeper "Naruekuruu", the lamp-lighter "Iti". kept
• Late autumn, the first year of Old Current: whale passed through Old Current, migrating.
• Late autumn, the first year of Old Current: Freja Lindqvist called a people to Old Current: the people of Old Current. kept

Here now

the net-mender "Luurewihou" (folk) · the boatwright "Vure" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Naruekuruu" (folk) · the lamp-lighter "Iti" (folk)