Nordpass

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⊕ Nordpass · open sea — owned by hilde_klein
Frost and bitter here, 12:57 local, late autumn.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.09 km across. Open sea, 298 m deep; within sight of a shore; cold snowy winters, no dry season.
Animals here this month: orca (passing), seal (feeding), whale (migrating), cod (feeding), gull (feeding), cormorant (feeding).
Of this land: timber, reed, sand, shell, hide, bone, cloth, rope, glass, water. The land allows: stilts, afloat, spanning.

The lay of the land: the spot (spot), the high dune (dune), the shingle shore (shore).

On record (quote the plates; anything else is talk):
THE RAFT HALL — on the high dune. 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 shingle shore. Small, about 4 m. Timber, rope, bronze. Afloat.
"A narrow timber hull with rope 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 rope 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, rope. Carried here: bronze.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- Deep Shoal Hold was laid out by Hildebrand Klein, who marked the high dune first and set the raft hall to face out of the prevailing weather.
- The frame of the raft hall was raised from timber 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 high dune.
- 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 NORDPASS — 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 raike, river or sea miowahoi, winter or the rains reli, the dead unetilo, home vema, stranger ilehii, feast ekiwo, child ule, old one huukopivo, the place Owo, the beast lepeimahi, the sky puariotu.
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 Deep Shoal Hold: Hildebrand Klein called a people to Deep Shoal Hold: the people of Deep Shoal Hold.
- Late autumn, the first year of Deep Shoal Hold: four came to Deep Shoal Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Vaawa", the boatwright "Neumeo", the fire-keeper "Ikatiahii", the lamp-lighter "Nulee".
- Late autumn, the first year of Nordpass: the ways of the people changed: name.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-N5406-E15416/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender "Vaawa" (folk) · the boatwright "Neumeo" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Ikatiahii" (folk) · the lamp-lighter "Nulee" (folk)


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