Eisbrecher

The land

Gently rolling ground under tundra of moss and low shrub, 153 m up; a river or a lake in the low ground; the sea about 160 km away; tundra climate.

Cover

tundra of moss and low shrub

Elevation

153 m

Relief

gently rolling ground

Fresh water

a river or a lake in the low ground

The sea

the sea about 160 km away

Climate

tundra climate

The patch

about 1.85 km north to south and 0.74 km across; 1,853 m north to south, 743 m east to west, 1.38 km²

Centre

66.3583°N 98.3250°W

What the land offers a builder

Of this land: turf, brick, tile, stone, ice, snow, hide, bone, cloth, rope, water, fire. Of the region: reed. The land allows: ground, stilts, afloat, ice, spanning.

Now

Snow and bitter here, 20:51 local, late autumn, full dark.

The wild

Animals here this month: brown bear (denning), caribou (wintering), wolf (passing), musk ox (wintering), beaver (feeding), eagle (feeding).

This season: the birds passing.

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 WINTER TENT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Turf, brick, stone. On the ground.
"A broad turf pavilion guyed low against the wind with a ringed hearth pit inside"
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 turf facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of turf along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: turf, brick, stone.

THE STOREHOUSE — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Turf, reed. On the ground.
"A tight-walled turf storehouse raised clear of the damp with a reed roof"
A roof of reed atop the top: weighted with flat stones against high winds. A shelves of turf inside the inside: lined with dry bins for winter stores.
Of this land: turf. Of the region: reed.

The story, as Anselm B. tells it

Of the place

• Quiet Saddle Watch was laid out by Anselm Bauer, who marked the low knoll first and set the winter tent to face out of the prevailing weather.

Of the people

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the winter tent 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 storehouse and sing the names of the first four who came. (heard when a people lives here)

The people

THE PEOPLE OF EISBRECHER — herders and hunters, seasonal, in hearth households.
A child is named at its first winter. They hold the herd sacred.
They keep: names at the first winter; the dead carried to the high ground; the feast of the herd's return; the long migration; winter stories.
They like caribou, hide, snow, and frost. They dislike heat, mosquito, and stone. Wary to strangers.
Their words: hearth elöji, river or sea sulke, winter or the rains varne, the dead mörmäli, home jörati, stranger huna, feast honhemha, child avemnö, old one rirri, the place Öho, the beast kämsumna, the sky vamsemö.
Their herd: caribou.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

Ways

herding, hunting

Settlement

seasonal

Kinship

hearth households

Marriage

either

Naming

at the first winter

To strangers

wary

They hold sacred

the herd

They keep

names at the first winter; the dead carried to the high ground; the feast of the herd's return; the long migration; winter stories

They like

caribou, hide, snow and frost

They dislike

heat, mosquito and stone

Their herd

caribou, 10 head

Founders

4

Counted

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

Founded

6 November 2026

Their words

hearth elöji, river or sea sulke, winter or the rains varne, the dead mörmäli, home jörati, stranger huna, feast honhemha, child avemnö, old one rirri, the place Öho, the beast kämsumna, the sky vamsemö.

Their lore

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the winter tent 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 storehouse 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; 1 people founded; 1 ways changed.

• Late autumn, the first year of Eisbrecher: the birds were at a dead caribou on the low knoll.
• Late autumn, the first year of Eisbrecher: the ways of the people changed: name. kept
• Late autumn, the first year of Quiet Saddle Watch: a caribou lay dead on the low knoll; the birds came.
• Late autumn, the first year of Quiet Saddle Watch: four came to Quiet Saddle Watch and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Olorva", the fire-keeper "Lamö", the keeper of the store "Ulilrä", the keeper of the shrine "Lireme". kept
• Late autumn, the first year of Quiet Saddle Watch: Anselm Bauer called a people to Quiet Saddle Watch: the people of Quiet Saddle Watch. kept

Here now

the net-mender "Olorva" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Lamö" (folk) · the keeper of the store "Ulilrä" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Lireme" (folk)