Fin du Monde

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⊕ Fin du Monde · the ice sheet — owned by odette
Clear and bitter here, 14:14 local, late spring, the sun does not set today.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 0.04 km across. Flat ground under the ice sheet, 2907 m up; far from any sea; frost the year round.
Animals here this month: arctic fox (denning).
Of this land: ice, snow, hide, bone, cloth, rope, fire. Of the region: . The land allows: ground, carved, ice.

The lay of the land: the spot (spot), the grass meadow (meadow), the wide floe (floe).

On record (quote the plates; anything else is talk):
THE SNOW HOUSE — on the grass meadow. 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 WAY SHRINE — beside the wide floe. Small, about 4 m. Ice, rope, bronze. On the ground.
"A quiet ice enclosure with a carved post and a sheltered offering shelf"
An altar stone of ice inside the centre: worn smooth by salt air and rain. A lantern hook of bronze at the front: lit at dusk when travellers are abroad.
Of this land: ice, rope. Carried here: bronze.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- Deep Pack Watch was laid out by Odette Laurent, who marked the grass meadow 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 grass meadow.
- Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the way shrine 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 FIN DU MONDE — 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 tuniqur, river or sea tamumrin, winter or the rains aangak, the dead liimiiaari, home lumaam, stranger luuiilaa, feast maiikauuvuii, child naauuvu, old one nguuiilangiis, the place Nuuku, the beast sisu, the sky ramqaanluui.
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 Deep Pack Watch: Odette Laurent called a people to Deep Pack Watch: the people of Deep Pack Watch.
- Late spring, the first year of Deep Pack Watch: four came to Deep Pack Watch and lit the hearth. The net-mender, the fire-keeper, the keeper of the shrine, the lamp-lighter.
- Late spring, the first year of Deep Pack Watch: arctic fox tracks across the wide floe.
- Late spring, the first year of Deep Pack Watch: arctic fox tracks across the wide floe.
- Late spring, the first year of Fin du Monde: the ways of the people changed: name.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-S8855-W14609/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender (folk) · the fire-keeper (folk) · the keeper of the shrine (folk) · the lamp-lighter (folk)


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