Difference between revisions of "First of the Sun"

'''Eelakins''' are solitary trappers from the Eelakin isles. They value the ability to survive on onesone's own. They speak very little, and will sometimes go weeks without speaking. Each carries a book, onin which they record their life. On the last page, they leave a brief message to whichever hunter finds them when they die, often requesting their rival trapper to care for their birds. They live a very harsh and difficult way of life. They rely on their Aviar to protect them, and develop very strong bonds with their birds. The Mainlanders tend to romanticize their ability to live with the forest, when in fact the trappers would much rather live on islands with no predators. They don't often ask questions about the ways of things, instead simply accepting it as a way of life. They name their children according to when they were born, and in what number they were in of all their children. If somebody were named Eleventh of the Morning, they would be their parent's eleventh child, and born during the morning.