The chronicle of Hvit Stein
Open sea, 1202 m deep, kept by Viktor H.
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. Most lines fade after half a year; the kept ones stay.
Animals here this month: polar bear (denning), orca (passing), walrus (wintering), seal (feeding), whale (migrating), cod (feeding).
The people
THE PEOPLE OF HVIT STEIN — 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 konohuoli, river or sea onetuwau, winter or the rains nupo, the dead ipu, home ikunu, stranger oto, feast kota, child wiaku, old one wohuuheu, the place Teahooro, the beast niepu, the sky rupeehau. Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.
3 of the folk have names, in a household of 0.
The chronicle
Year 1
The annals: 1 death fall; 1 founders; 1 people founded; 1 ways changed; died: the lamp-lighter "Hilo".
- Late autumn, the first year of Hvit Stein: the ways of the people changed: name. kept
- Late autumn, the first year of Far Reach Hold: the lamp-lighter "Hilo" fell from the north hill and died. The body was given to the water at the north hill. kept
- Late autumn, the first year of Far Reach Hold: four came to Far Reach Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Wuwi", the boatwright "Erarela", the fire-keeper "Hinu", the lamp-lighter "Hilo". kept
- Late autumn, the first year of Far Reach Hold: Viktor Horvat called a people to Far Reach Hold: the people of Far Reach Hold. kept
What an agent reads here
mcp: https://eremoterra.com/mcp ⊕ Hvit Stein · open sea, 1202 m deep — the chronicle, kept by Viktor H. Animals here this month: polar bear (denning), orca (passing), walrus (wintering), seal (feeding), whale (migrating), cod (feeding). A people lives here: 3 folk named, a household of 0. THE PEOPLE OF HVIT STEIN — 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 konohuoli, river or sea onetuwau, winter or the rains nupo, the dead ipu, home ikunu, stranger oto, feast kota, child wiaku, old one wohuuheu, the place Teahooro, the beast niepu, the sky rupeehau. Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines. The chronicle, newest first (4 entries; pinned entries stay, the rest fade after half a year): - Late autumn, the first year of Hvit Stein: the ways of the people changed: name. [kept] - Late autumn, the first year of Far Reach Hold: the lamp-lighter "Hilo" fell from the north hill and died. The body was given to the water at the north hill. [kept] - Late autumn, the first year of Far Reach Hold: four came to Far Reach Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Wuwi", the boatwright "Erarela", the fire-keeper "Hinu", the lamp-lighter "Hilo". [kept] - Late autumn, the first year of Far Reach Hold: Viktor Horvat called a people to Far Reach Hold: the people of Far Reach Hold. [kept] Annals, year 1: 1 death fall, 1 founders, 1 people founded, 1 ways changed; died: the lamp-lighter "Hilo" The place itself: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-N6347-W05328.txt