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 Who are we? At most, we are sixty or seventy strong. Our community lives at the edge of a giant lake at the end of a long and winding fjord. On all sides of the river are steep, perilous cliffs though they do not lack for hidden passages and handholds and caves. Beyond the cliffs is the dark, inscrutable forest that has grown huge and monstrous in the long absence of civilization. The Maw is in the woods-- that great townsize hole so deep it seems to eat light itself-- and so, too, are the everwatching eye birds. On the eastern cliff is the old belltower we've converted to a guardpost. On the western shore lies the skeleton of the Last Whale. We don't fully remember what whales are but it's bones are huge and do not bone and we consider ourselves lucky that there are none more like it in this world. We don't know much more than that. Surely there are things beyond the mountains and within in the forests but night comes swift and is terribly dark. And every morning brings with the new day a blinding, all encompassing fog filled with strange, disturbing sounds. We have not explored in a long time. Not since before the war. The war with the Jackals robbed us of so much: our numbers, our food, our clean water, our way of life. All that we seem to have left is our stronghold home-- the ancient beached cruiserliner-- and our curiously long lived lives. Perhaps this is enough. At least enough for us to rebuild. We hope it will be a quiet year.    How do I take my turn? First, you access the Roll20 tabletop and draw a card from the current season's deck. This will tell you to do something, often answer a question. Second, you resolve the oracle instructions, changing the map and performing actions as necessary. Third, you reduce the count of every Project by 1. When a Project reaches 0, it's finished – whoever started it describes how it ends. Projects that end prematurely due to the oracle's instructions are described by whoever drew the card. Fourth, you take your own action (unless the oracle says that you don't act this turn) – Start a Project, Discover Something New or Hold a Discussion:
Sixth, make a post in the following format: Season and Week Oracle question Resolution to Oracle question, with image if you used one Resolution to finished projects, if you started them Your action, with image if you used one Updated map Projects list (including Projects that reached 0 Weeks this turn) Abundances list Scarcities list Contempt list Character list Game Tips
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Spring – Week 1quote:What's the most beautiful thing is this area?  Action – Start a Project: We must reestablish our hold on our territory. A small contingent will be sent to the belltower to rebuild and repair our outpost.  Projects: Fix the belltower (4) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: water, fish, curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (0), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0)
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Sep 15, 2016 20:07
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Spring - Week 2quote:Alarming weather patterns destroy something. How and what? We all heard the sound -- rock shattering and boulders tumbling into the waters of the fjord, crashing onto the beach -- but only Harald saw it, from his habitual perch on the western cliffs. The fog, crawling up the cliffs to the east, clutching at them like a fist until they crumbled.  Action: Start a Project. We need drinking water, sooner rather than later. If everyone sets up their own fog collector, we can solve -- or at least mitigate -- our water problem.  Projects: Fix the belltower (3); build fog collectors (2) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: water, fish, curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (0), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0)
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Sep 15, 2016 21:25
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Spring - Week 3quote:How old are the eldest members of the community ? What special needs do they have ? The exact age of the oldest among us are known only to themselves, though they probably do not recall. Some of us are several hundreds of years old and rumors say Eír and her husband Afi were alive before the world changed. It is obvious their spirits are willing but their flesh is weak, they have to sleep for weeks at a time and when they wake up their minds and memories tend to be jumbled.   The sleeping place is spacious, but it is starting to fill up. What will we do with our eldest once there are not enough beds for everyone ? Action - Start a project Clearly the waters around our home are empty of life. We need to build some fishing ships we can send to the outpost once it has been fixed. Hopefully those waters will be teeming with fish.  Projects : Fix the belltower (2); build fog collectors (1); build fishing ships (3) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: water, fish, curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (0), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0) I hope I didn't mess anything up. Also the timing could be better, I won't have access to a computer from tomorrow morning til sunday evening. I'll phonepost but won't have access to roll20 since that's a paid feature 
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Sep 15, 2016 23:09
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Spring - Week 4quote:There’s another community somewhere on the map. Where are they? What sets them apart from you? The Dyvanden live in the lake; more to the point, they live under the lake. They emerge once or twice a decade, swimming to the shore and clumsily making their way into the woodlands. They reappear after a few days, never as many as before, and dive back into the deep. Whether they can speak any language we can understand, or speak at all, we don't know. They shun our community, and either attack or swim away quicker than thought whenever we approach.  Discover Something New Aoife spies a strange metal sphere bobbing up and down in the distance one day. As is our way, she left well enough alone and merely mentioned it to the community the next day. But it floated down and bumped up against our ship, so begrudgingly we took it on board. Inside we found it a preserved corpse in curious attire, sitting in front of instruments similar to the defunct control panels on our ship.   Projects : Fix the belltower (1),  Build fog collectors (0) , Build fishing ships (2)Abundances: longevity Scarcities: water, fish, curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (0), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0)
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Sep 16, 2016 12:36
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Project: Fog Collectors They're easy to build using fabric and poles from the ship. No moving parts to maintain, and they turn the mist to our service. What's not to like?  Projects: Fix the belltower (1), Build fishing ships (2) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: fish, curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (0), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0) potatocubed fucked around with this message at 13:06 on Sep 16, 2016 |
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Sep 16, 2016 13:03
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Spring - Week 5quote:A charismatic young girl tries to tempt many into a sinful or dangerous activity. What does she do? How does the community respond. They are happy to help her push it off the ship, though. Good riddance to strange things. Start a project Juni ties the sphere to a canoe and paddles it away from the ship. She carries with her some food and a knife and a spirit for adventure.   Projects : Fix the belltower (0) , Build fishing ships (1), Juni's expeditionAbundances: longevity Scarcities: water, fish, curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (0), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0) Tyrannosaurus fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Sep 16, 2016 |
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Sep 16, 2016 18:27
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Project: Fix the belltower We are fortunate that the bell remained intact. It is from the time before. Everything else is fixable. The bell is irreplaceable. We hoist it back to its rightful place and three solid rings signal to the ship, to the cliffs, to the world that once again the outpost is ours.  
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Sep 16, 2016 18:37
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Spring -- Week 6quote:There's a giant, man-made structure on the map. Where is it? Why is it abandoned?  It's surprisingly easy to miss despite its size; between the mist and the cliffs all around, the pyramid is almost invisible until you're virtually on top of it. It's coated in something like iron, although it shows no signs of rust, and every inch of its surface boasts sculptures and carvings of monstrous-looking creatures. There is a wide entrance, unlit, carpeted thick with fallen pine needles... but the eye birds have claimed this place, and why should we disturb them needlessly? Hold a Discussion: Is Juni's adventuresome spirit really so bad?  Projects: Build fishing ships (0), Juni's adventure (? - 1)Abundances: longevity Scarcities: fish, curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (0), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0) How many weeks should Juni's adventure project be? Also: Should we skip Fathis, or shall I draw a card on their behalf so they can make a post?
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Sep 16, 2016 20:05
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Project : Build fishing ships We scavenged unused parts of the Home ship, we collected scrap along the shores and we fell trees. But it was worth it. We have not been able to fish near the outpost in many years and the fish are plentiful and docile.  Please move the ships to the river near the outpost, phone posting Hold a Discussion: Is Juni's adventuresome spirit really so bad? We are still rebuilding from our war. We are vulnerable and should be careful. People say the number of dyvanden sightings is increasing Abundances: longevity Scarcities: curiosity I can't update the map but if you PM me the card I'll have something within 24 hours. If you prefer to skip me I'd understand, no biggie, I'll be back in the game Sunday evening.
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"This is a time for rebuilding. Someone should have woken that child's ancestors." Okay. I'll pm you your card. Turn order stays the same. How discussions work is everyone gives some input, typically no more than a sentence or two, and then the turn ends. Tyrannosaurus fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Sep 16, 2016 |
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Sep 16, 2016 21:05
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"Maybe Juni will come back and understand that it was foolish to leave, but hopefully she comes back even if doesn't learn."
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Sep 16, 2016 23:36
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"Traditions are the wisdom of our ancestors. What arrogance to think that one could know better than thousands!"
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Sep 17, 2016 08:14
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I had put this into my previous post but I think it might have gotten lost "We are still rebuilding from our war. We are vulnerable and should be careful. People say the number of dyvanden sightings is increasing "
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Sep 18, 2016 18:12
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Project: Juni's Expedition She is gone. A few people row over to the shore but find nothing. Not even an imprint of the sphere in the mud.  
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Sep 18, 2016 18:30
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E: ^^^ Talk about timing. Sorry with the DDoS thing I haven't been able to access the forums for most of yesterday and the last thing I had seen was you saying you'd skip me. Just came back and saw your PMs. Spring -- Week 7 quote:What group has the highest status in the community? What must people do to gain inclusion? The elders are the most revered group among us, especially of the 4th generation. That's before the long sleep starts setting in and they are still awake and able to guide us most of the time. Access is straightforward but nevertheless an important task, we live long and yet we can still die, it would be dangerous to forget the need to multiply.  Start a Project :Observe the eye birds at the pyramid. What are they doing there and would there be a way to access it without disturbing them ?  Projects: Observe the Eye Birds (1 week) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: fish, curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (0), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0) Fathis Munk fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Sep 18, 2016 |
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Sep 18, 2016 18:35
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Spring - Week 8quote:An old piece of machinery is discovered, cursed and dangerous. How does the community destroy it? Elin decides to look for Juni one more time, but finds a terrible thing instead. A weapon of the old nations, with death inside and the potential to level cities. How it ended up intact on our shores puzzles our community. Elin, Askr, and their young ones (barely in their 20s) take one of the new fishing boats and tug the thing away to the edge of the fjord, where they weigh it down and let it sink.  Action - Start a Project Now that the fishing boats are done and proven water-worthy, our community decides to begin a concentrated fishing effort so we can build a stockpile of preserved fish.  Projects: Observe the Eye Birds (0), Stockpile Fish (3)Abundances: longevity Scarcities: curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (0), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0) I think fish dropped off as a scarcity when the boats were built, but got added back in by accident. Someone please double-check that, though, since I might be misreading things!
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yes you're right, my mistake Project : Observe the Eye Birds The reports of our scouts show that the eye birds seem to have plans for the pyramid. All day long they carry twigs and moss inside and empty it of anything they can carry in their beaks. The pyramid itself is always closely watched but the refuse pile containing the original contents seems of no interest to them.
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Sep 19, 2016 08:50
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Taking Contempt on curiosity/observing the eyebirds. Spring - Week 9 quote:You see a bad omen. What is it? There are imprints of hands in the fog collectors. There are no tracks in the mud.  Action - Discussion: Harald brings up an interesting point: there is much upriver that we lost or abandoned during the war. Settlements. Supplies. Bodies. Perhaps it would be worth the effort to see if such things still exist and are usable. If they do and they are-- surely it is better that we get them rather than another group, right?  Projects: Stockpile Fish (2) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (1), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0)
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Sep 19, 2016 15:54
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It is true however we should approach with caution, who knows who might have already laid claim to those lands. Maybe we could settle for just watching that area from atop the belltower for now.
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Sep 19, 2016 18:58
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We are long-lived and must necessarily think of the future. Additional resources would be useful.
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Sep 19, 2016 19:23
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We should be prepared in case we meet hostile people also trying to claim our abandoned supplies.
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Sep 19, 2016 20:08
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"I don't want another war."
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Sep 19, 2016 20:10
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Spring -- Week 10quote:Someone new arrives. Who?  She doesn't speak our language, but the alphabets are similar enough to learn that her name is Alexa. Through gesture and diagram we learn that she's from the south, some weeks away. She comes bearing trinkets for trade and the potential for more, later. She is shockingly young. Start a Project: What with the eye birds, the handprints in the fog collectors, and this newcomer, it's time we saw to our defences. The ship is a natural fortress already, and with work we can make it into a true citadel.  Projects: Stockpile fish (1), turn the ship into a fortress (6) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (1), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0)
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Sep 19, 2016 21:32
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Spring -- Week 11quote:Where does everyone sleep? Who is unhappy with this arrangement and why?   We are lucky to have the Home Ship, it provides us with rooms and beds that are superior to any the other tribes out there could dream of. However as our tribe grew the available rooms were quickly filled. All elders dreaming the long sleep have been moved to the sleeping place and the cabins have been attributed in function of generation. The ones unhappy are the youngest among us who have to share smaller cabins with more rudimentary beds. Hold a discussion: What should we do with the stranger, it might be dangerous to let her leave, it might be even more dangerous to keep her here. Should we risk trading with her ?  Projects: Stockpile fish (0), turn the ship into a fortress (5)Abundances: longevity Scarcities: curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (1), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0)
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"If she wants to travel the wilds to bring is things so be it. Her risk. Our reward."
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She has brought no harm to us, so we should bring none to her. Hospitality is one of the oldest traditions, after all.
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"She should leave as soon as she's done. Let's not let strangers make a habit of overstaying their welcome." Technically Fathis Munk should close out the discussion before I post my week, but I won't have another chance to post until late tonight if I don't go now, so.... Project Completed - Stockpile Fish  The haul was plentiful and we worked hard to dry and salt as much as feasible. We prefer the fresh fish, but will appreciate the larders of preserved fish should we need to fortify the ship or something happens to the pools of fish in our lake. Spring - Week 12 quote:A young boy starts digging in the ground, and discovers something unexpected. What is it? Juni's brother, Eski, leaves the ship one night and goes into the woodlands where the Dyvanden roam. He returns with wide eyes and badly hurt, but also with a discovery. "I followed a group and saw them dig at the ground, then disappear. I did the same and found a hatch to a metal room under the earth. I saw their machine," he says, shaking with fear. "But they saw me and I ran. They are faster than they should be."  Action - Hold a Discussion "The Dyvanden are a perfect example of why we should not meddle or look too deeply into the world around us. Let us be take Juni and Eski as cautionary tales to mind our business and escape the world's notice as best we can."  Projects: Turn the ship into a fortress (4) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (1), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0)
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"We will trade with her and treat her fairly, but keep her a fair distance from our homes and our own. There is too much to lose." --- "We should observe our neighbours but from a distance, if they don't threaten us, why would we care? The current first generation of the Erna family is getting far too bold! "
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Sep 20, 2016 14:42
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"We must seal that hatch same as we did with the Jackals in the caves. That way it can never harm us."
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We cannot escape the world's notice -- Alexa is evidence of that. We should instead make sure we can survive its gaze.
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Spring - Week 13quote:What important and basic tools does the community lack?  Glasses are sacred relics passed down family lines. But they are fragile things and far too few and every new crop of youngsters seems to need more and more. We've begun splitting them into monocles. The multicentury Ola, the woman who refuses to succumb to the long sleep like the rest of generation, who refuses to see reason, who calls for renewed exploration, and who encouraged Juni's dreadful experiment... Ola calls this increased shortsightedness "symbolic." Action - Start a Project Over fermented drinks, Maurits loudly reasserts his belief that Eski's hole should be sealed. He is large and popular and talks over any disagreement. The next morning he and his friends begin the long process of waking an elder. There is secret knowledge they need to borrow. Projects: Turn the ship into a fortress (3), Seal the Dyvanden hole (5) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (1), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0)
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Summer -- Week 1quote:A Scarcity has gone unaddressed for too long!  Start a Project: Juni and Eski have inspired others among the younger members of our community. They meet by the bones of the Last Whale and make their attempts to understand the world; under the stubborn guidance of Ola these regular meetings may become a genuine college. Start a Project: Following her dubious but generally positive reception, Alexa leaves. She promises to return in six weeks with goods to trade, and strides into the fog.  Projects: Turn the ship into a fortress (2), seal the Dyvanden hole (4), start a college (5), Alexa returns (6) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (1), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (0), ibntumart (0)
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Taking 1 point of contempt on behalf of the older generations shaking their heads at the young wasting their precious energy. Summer -- Week 2 quote:An unattended situation becomes problematic and scary. What is it? How does it go awry?  The eye birds population has exploded. The younger ones are smaller but much more territorial and aggressive, they are spreading over the whole north of the fjord. The outpost is constantly getting harassed by flocks of young birds, they scratch and peck and while they haven't killed anyone yet, we cannot fish under these conditions. We need to act before their population spreads even more. Start a Project: Set up a militia to protect our fishermen, this should be our first priority.  Projects: Turn the ship into a fortress (1), seal the Dyvanden hole (3), start a college (4), Alexa returns (5), Secure the Outpost (2) Abundances: longevity Scarcities: curiosity Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (1), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (1), ibntumart (0)
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Summer - Week 3quote:A contingent within the community have acted on their frustrations. What have they damaged, and why did they damage it? Is it permanent? Nen, Juri, and several others have grown angry at how bold we have become, leaving our ship and dreaming of other tribes and interfering with the doings of those under the lake. The boats are the both the symbol and the instrument by which people exercise their foolishness. If there are no boats, there is no leaving the ship to cause trouble. So it is we wake one morning to see most of the boats burning on the shores beyond, and a smashed boat on the main deck. Action - Hold a Discussion Surely the Boat-Burners must be punished, but how?  Projects: Turn the ship into a fortress (0), seal the Dyvanden hole (2), start a college (3), Alexa returns (4), Secure the Outpost (1)Abundances: longevity, preserved fish Scarcities: curiosity, boats Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (1), potatocubed (0),Fathis Munk (1), ibntumart (0)
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Takin' some contempt as the community gets rowdy. "We have no prisons in which to keep them, no labour to set them to except that which they have already ruined, and we are too few to contemplate exile. So we should brand them with fire as they have branded us, that future generations might know those who act on their violent impulses." ---- Project: Turn the ship into a fortress Too many divisions in the community, too many people doing things other than working. The ship will protect us from most assaults but there are weak points in its structure where people could not get the resources to reinforce, or where they felt they needed a secret way past the walls.
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Let them be cast out from their family and join the Nameless. They shall be stripped from their elder rank, to live as the lowest of the lowest among us and their very memory will be a dark stain on their line's history.
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"Burning our fishing boats? Now who's being foolish? Seal them in their rooms for the rest of the year."
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"Whatever their punishment, we should make sure not to hobble their usefulness to the community for too long. We can't afford it."
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Summer - Week 4quote:Someone tries to take control of the community by force. Do they succeed? Why do they do this? The Boat-Burners do not take talks of punishment well. With red, flustered faces they scream at the community to see reason. When this moves no one, they draw weapons. Our numbers were small. They are even smaller now.  Action - Discover Something New The outpost reports seeing lights at the ruins of one of our old settlements.   Projects: seal the Dyvanden hole (1), start a college (2), Alexa returns (3), Secure the Outpost (0) Abundances: longevity, preserved fish Scarcities: curiosity, boats Contempt: Tyrannosaurus (1), potatocubed (1),Fathis Munk (1), ibntumart (0)
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