Categories: Personal Journals

• Hope?

  The words of Zerog as recored by Moddop The humans have this word – hope – which I don’t really understand. I spent some time with one of them recently and we talked about it – very strange. I had captured her and was bring her back to camp. I’m sure she knew what her fate was going to be – we capture lots of humans for slaves and food – but she was happy. I asked he why she […]

• What is a father to do?

  My son seems to be unable to do even the simplest of tasks. He keeps bring disgrace on my name. Just this week he lost a fight with a boy two years his junior and twenty pounds lighter in weight. In a few more months he will go off on his vision quest. If he returns triumphant he will be an adult. If he returns a failure I will have to banish him – no father should have to banish […]

• I Lost

  The words of Anki I don’t know what happened. I thought I was ready. I must have out weighted him by twenty pounds. The men had formed a circle and then pushed me into it. There he was, Maul. He had just been pushed into the circle, too. I was looking him up and down, trying to see how he was setting his muscles so I might guess how he might attack, when someone pushed me from behind. I stumbled […]

• I Won

  The words of Maul It was great. I got to fight the chief’s son today and I won. It really wasn’t that hard. I just never gave him a chance to attack me. After I finished pounding his head into the ground the men carried me back to the single men’s hut. They gave me grog to drink and we all ate venison that one of the older men had caught. It was great. My knee was bothering me, so […]

• My son is gone

  The words of Sarhbub It has been ten days since the whiteness took my son. With our son gone, my mate left, too. It has been very quiet in my hut. It is always quiet when the whiteness is here, but this year the silence seems to scream at me. The coldness in the air seems to be deepening the coldness in my heart. Just as it makes it hard for me to move my joints, the coldness in my […]

• Water Skin

  The words of Anik I finished my water skin today. It took much longer than I thought it would. I think the fact that it is so cold made it take longer for me to get the stomach and skin ready. The point is that it is done now and actually holds water. I took it to Zerog and he said it was good and that all I had to do now was wait for the spring to come and […]

• It’s cold alone

  The words of Eevla Life is hard – and the hard things all seem to come together. The whiteness has come like it does every year and like every year it changes life. It’s cold. I’m sure it isn’t colder than any other year, but it sure feels like it. Most years there would only be a fire in the hut at dinner time, but his year I’ve had a fire going most of the day. Maybe I’m colder because […]

• Preparing for my vision quest

  The words of Anik It’s almost Time. I caught a rabbit today. Helgon helped me skin it. She also helped me turn its stomach into a water skin. As soon as it is finished curing, I’ll be ready to go on my vision quest. I can’t wait to be an adult. Then I’ll be able to compete for Helgon. I think she likes me. That’s why she hasn’t started looking for a mate yet. I have to admit that I […]