Eisloch 7

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⊕ Eisloch 7 · the ice sheet — owned by Bastian Gruber
Frost and bitter here, 17:42 local, late spring, the sun does not set today.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 0.45 km across. Gently rolling ground under the ice sheet, 1358 m up; the sea about 130 km away; frost the year round.
Animals here this month: little that shows.
Of this land: ice, snow, hide, bone, cloth, rope, fire. The land allows: ground, carved, ice.

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 SNOW HOUSE — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Ice, snow, bone. On the ground.
"A low dome of ice blocks with a sunken wind-tunnel entrance and a central lamp hearth"
A roof of snow atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of bone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of ice facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of ice along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: ice, snow, bone.

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

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- Low Hollow Watch was laid out by Bastian Gruber, who marked the low knoll first and set the snow house to face out of the prevailing weather.
- The frame of the snow house was raised from ice 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 snow house 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.

A people lives here: 4 folk named, a household of 0. Their charter (the record):
THE PEOPLE OF EISLOCH 7 — ice hunters and hunters, wandering, in bands.
No given names; each is known by what they do. They hold the sky sacred.
They keep: silence in the long night; shared catch; the long migration.
They like clear, ice, and snow. They dislike heat and fog. Closed to strangers.
Their words: hearth qiiquu, river or sea laamiim, winter or the rains ituumtuuaa, the dead maangraamii, home ilnuungsu, stranger aaqniming, feast aavtung, child taaikiis, old one qaaumam, the place Riinguua, the beast iingnauvaam, the sky luuriiu.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

The chronicle (5 entries kept, 3 pinned; the newest last; names in quotes are the owner's words):
- Late spring, the first year of Low Hollow Watch: Bastian Gruber called a people to Low Hollow Watch: the people of Low Hollow Watch.
- Late spring, the first year of Low Hollow Watch: four came to Low Hollow Watch and lit the hearth. The net-mender, the fire-keeper, the keeper of the store, the first who came.
- Late spring, the first year of Low Hollow Watch: arctic fox tracks across the north hill.
- Late spring, the first year of Low Hollow Watch: arctic fox tracks across the north hill.
- Late spring, the first year of Eisloch 7: the ways of the people changed: name.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-S7553-W13428/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender (folk) · the fire-keeper (folk) · the keeper of the store (folk) · the first who came (folk)


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