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Infrastructure

The Midewin peoples are also known as the Weaving people. They use a mix of natural fibers tied with many layers of animal sinew and wild silk to create the thick three ropes used in their suspension bridges. Their ceremonial clothes* are woven by hand with feathers around the shoulders. Of their written language, it relies on weaving White Birch and Black Maple bark together. Counting uses a knot method similar to the Japanese Multiplication Method through Lines. They use cross-hatched nets and hooked spears to catch fish, and hunt deer with longbows.
Though largely reliant the movement of various brackish and freshwater fish, they have cut away patches of land for pottery clay and for the creation of terrace-farms. On these farms, Longhouses, raised from the ground on Red Cedar wood, provide shelter for extended families.
Around a select few caverns they have constructed ashlar stone walls and buildings – forts and a temple – as an urban meeting site. It is presumed these locations are used in the winter months, using caves for shelter. During these times, compacted snow is used to preserve meat. Despite a lack of soft stone, the temples are a beautiful with copper** and gemstone murals. Wooden cubbies hold records of their mythology and transactions. It is during this season that children are taught mathematics and their history.
During the spring and summer the Midewin tend to construct quick shelters of wood and straw as they hunt and gather. Certain apprentices are taught skills ranging from herbal medicine and crafting to weather-watching and basic astrology over time as they stay and care for the temples.


*Work-wear, along with most pouches and moccasins, is made of wax and leather.
**Copper is sifted from the riverbanks running from the higher mountains through gravity, and then smelted and reforged into copper plates. This runs the risk of encountering a more feline crocodile similar to a small Kaprosuchus.