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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lichtenhart" data-source="post: 1358323" data-attributes="member: 761">Irohim  -  Volor Gnomes  -  Isle of Quam and the Great SeaThe day after Angariful died, Irohim comes back to the Volor. Now the Elder's soul is at peace in the sky, but his body lays still in Quam. The godling gathers his sons, and when he touches their hands, as usual a vision appears upon his body.The images slowly show the proper way to pay respect to Angariful's body: how build a small, very light ship, made of a white wood, how to put the body on it, facing the sky, with beautiful and fragrant flowers, how to drag the ship out into the sea, and leave it to be carried away by the current, while the tribe gathers on the shore for a last good-bye.But they also show how they should never forget to respect Quam, that feed and nurtures them as a mother would. The visions teach the gnomes to plant three more sprouts for every tree they cut, and one more seed for every three flowers they pick, lest their beautiful isle becomes a barren black rock.In the next picture four girls are busy making strange instruments: one is piercing a conch shell, making it into a horn resembling the one Angariful is playing on his star; one is tying together hollow reeds of different lenght, and seems happy when she blows into them; another one tightens strings of gut over a wooden structure attached to a turtle shell, then, smiling, plucks the strings and sing; the last one strikes with her hands a clay vase, that she covered with with a stetched skin, and begins singing with the others. The more they sing and play their instruments, the more they become good at that, the whole tribe sings and dances to their music, and suddenly their music resonates with the harmony of the stars, and they are able to summon lights that dance with the people, while the children laugh happily.The visions slowly fade, and Irohim watches silently from above as they perform Angariful's funerals.The following day, the starchild is very pleased to hear Morev's call. He flies down to Quam, and explains the Volor that a voyage to another island need thorough preparation, and likely the help of the whole tribe. Morev needs a companion, for that is too dangerous and tiring travel to go alone. His ship needs to be different from the simple ones they use to go fishing.Irohim gathers the carpenters and shows them how to make a more balanced boat, by adding one or two outriggers, where the food and the water needed for a long trip can be kept, how to fix a mast that will resist the wind, and long paddles to gain speed and save strenght.He gathers the women and teaches them how to dry the leaves and weave them to make a solid matting, that will catch the wind and thrust forward the boat, and how to make solid ropes from lianas, vine or some tree's bark.He gathers the fishermen and explains them how to take the salt out of the water of the sea, and how the salt keeps the fish from rotting, so they can save it for another season, ensuring the tribe won't starve, or give it to those that leave for a long time, so that they won't have to look for it in dangerous waters.He advises Morev and his companion to bring the seeds of the most useful plants that grow in Quam, so if they don't find them on the new island, they could at least sow them, so the plants will be there for the next tribeman that will dare the trip; and to bring also some tools of stone and bone, so they will be able to make some repair, just in case.When all is ready, Irohim leaves with them, teaching them when to use the sail and when the paddles, and to pay attention to the sea gulls, that are never too far from an island and to the clouds, that far away look slightly green if there is vegetation below.He also shows them how the star will never betray the Volor, and will always help find the right way back to Quam.</blockquote>

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