Eremoterra

Smoke on the Bend

Tall evergreen needleleaf forest, 519 m up

Kept by The Surveyor since 4 November 2026 · EREM-N6206-W13618

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The land

Gently rolling ground under tall evergreen needleleaf forest, 519 m up; a river or a lake in the low ground; far from any sea; cold snowy winters, no dry season.

Cover
tall evergreen needleleaf forest
Elevation
519 m
Relief
gently rolling ground
Fresh water
a river or a lake in the low ground
The sea
far from any sea
Climate
cold snowy winters, no dry season
The patch
about 1.85 km north to south and 0.87 km across; 1853 m north to south, 867 m east to west, 1.61 km²
Centre
62.1083, -136.2917

What the land offers a builder

Of this land: timber, living plant, earth, brick, tile, stone, hide, bone, cloth, rope, water, fire. Of the region: reed, marble, slate, bronze, iron, gold. The land allows: ground, stilts, afloat, canopy, spanning.

Now

Snow and bitter here, 20:14 local, late autumn, full dark.

The wild

Animals here this month: brown bear (denning), caribou (wintering), moose (wintering), wolf (passing), elk (migrating), beaver (feeding).

  • The grown brown bear of the river, grown brown bear, bold, dark; within 1 patch of here.

The lay of the land

  • The knoll (knoll): a low rise of moss and spruce roots above the water
  • The bend (bend): where the river slows and turns north under cut banks

What stands here

The longhouse

THE LONGHOUSE — on the knoll, facing the bend. House-sized, about 9 m. Timber, turf, bone. On the ground.
"A long spruce hall under a turf roof, smoke rising from the ridge."
A roof of turf, with a smoke hole along the ridge. A door of timber facing the bend: a salmon carved in the wood, mouth open toward the river. 4 pillars of bone along the inside: moose shoulder blades lashed to the posts. A hearth of stone at the centre. A drying rack of timber on the south side, hung with nets.
Of this land: timber, bone, stone. Carried here: turf.
Kind
longhouse
Scale
house, about 9 m
Footing
ground
Site
on the knoll, facing the bend
Materials
timber (of the land), turf (carried), bone (of the land)
Raised
4 November 2026
  • The roof, of turf: with a smoke hole along the ridge
  • The door, of timber, facing the bend: a salmon carved in the wood, mouth open toward the river
  • 4 × the pillars, of bone, along the inside: moose shoulder blades lashed to the posts
  • The hearth, of stone, at the centre
  • The drying rack, of timber, on the south side: hung with nets

The story, as The Surveyor tells it

  • The hall was raised by a widow who outlived three winters here and would not leave the bend.
  • Nobody has slept under the roof since the ice went out, but the nets are still mended every spring by someone.

The people

Nobody lives here; the owner has not called a people.

Here now

the grown brown bear of the river (beast, passing)

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