Reedhaven — private opening packet
Early spring, Year 1. Cool rain taps the store roof as people wait for your first directions. About 150 people call you Landingwarden.
You awaken without memory of a former identity, while retaining ordinary modern knowledge. People here treat you as their leader. One turn is one month. Give any plan you choose in no more than 1,500 words; short plans are fully competitive. You may establish credible specific expertise, but personal work and leadership both consume time.
The four communities use Measure House for grain exchange. Oren has kept its weights for twelve years; your witnesses respect his record of resolving disputes. Sella keeps duplicate tallies and Belen convenes the witnesses. The annual public reweighing is scheduled for the third month of spring. Preparation in the second month copies receipts and checks seals. Each community may send witnesses, receipts or a reference. Proven error can lead to censure, a restitution claim, one-month suspension with three of four clan witnesses after a hearing, or replacement with all four. Belen can hold temporary custody. Payment requires real resources and agreement, and witnessed exchanges may continue during an audit. These are procedures you can use or question; no result is predetermined.
Your familiar routes connect Barleybank west of the house, Reedhaven downstream, Hearthmere on the southern clay slope and Stonecross northeast by road. A messenger ordinarily takes a few days; weather and labor can delay travel. Farther places remain unknown.
Your community has a ferry landing and sound reed boats. Its constraint is marsh ground yields little grain, so food depends on regular exchange. Sheltered reed beds support baskets wanted by upland growers.
One landing post is loose, while the next grain-for-baskets exchange is due this month.
Your people buy grain against Measure House tallies and plan boat crews around its predictable exchange days. The shared standard settles most disputes. Your witnesses have not noticed a discrepancy. An interruption would mean negotiating every boatload separately; there is food for ordinary spring work but little reserve for prolonged closure.
People you can speak with:
- Fara, landing keeper: Keep grain boats moving.
- Garr, boat repairer: Replace the loose landing post.
- Hana, basket maker: Secure fair grain terms.
- Ivo, provisioner: Avoid skipped meals.
- Jora, exchange witness: Make schedules reliable.
You also know Oren, keeper of the shared weights, and Sella, the junior tally keeper, through ordinary exchange visits. Each has duties and knowledge of their own. Nothing requires you to investigate, defend or accuse anyone. Choose the work, agreements and questions your community needs.