Baikal-ish

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⊕ Baikal-ish · a lake — owned by Kaelen M.
Frost and cold here, 09:52 local, late autumn.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.11 km across. Flat ground under a lake, 0 m up; a lake fills the patch; far from any sea; cold and dry.
Animals here this month: flamingo (feeding), otter (feeding), heron (feeding), duck (wintering), frog (wintering).
Of this land: reed, brick, tile, stone, water. Of the region: marble, slate, bronze, iron, gold. The land allows: stilts, afloat, 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 RAFT HALL — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Reed, brick, stone. Afloat.
"A wide reed raft lashed with brick, a low cabin roof and hearth stone amidships"
A roof of brick 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 reed facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of reed along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: reed, brick, stone.

THE OUTRIGGER BOAT — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Reed, slate, bronze. Afloat.
"A narrow reed hull with slate spars and a lantern bracket at the bow"
A mast of reed 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: reed. Of the region: slate, bronze.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- Grey Shoal was laid out by Kaelen Marsh, who marked the low knoll first and set the raft hall to face out of the prevailing weather.
- The frame of the raft hall was raised from reed gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
- 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.

A people lives here: 4 folk named, a household of 0. Their charter (the record):
THE PEOPLE OF BAIKAL-ISH — fishers, reed workers, and gardeners, settled, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the water sacred.
They keep: reed boats; burial in the water; fish taboos in the breeding season; the first-catch feast; hospitality to strangers.
They like reed, bamboo, catfish, and the water. They dislike drought, frost, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth sulvoo, river or sea teelti, winter or the rains eeki, the dead reelmoo, home loommumte, stranger hoosu, feast porulka, child lonkoonpi, old one soresi, the place Velvoo, the beast ivoo, the sky reenaka.
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 Grey Shoal: Kaelen Marsh called a people to Grey Shoal: the people of Grey Shoal.
- Late autumn, the first year of Grey Shoal: four came to Grey Shoal and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Hevo", the boatwright "Liloora", the fire-keeper "Oovemo", the lamp-lighter "Lirlee".
- Late autumn, the first year of Baikal-ish: the ways of the people changed: name.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-N5309-E10758/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender "Hevo" (folk) · the boatwright "Liloora" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Oovemo" (folk) · the lamp-lighter "Lirlee" (folk)


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