Feŋ

**Feŋ,** also spelt **Feng** or **Fen**, was a small archipelago between the North Vortic Islands and Gildegra. It was comprised of a dormant volcanic island, **Tö Fen** (Big Fen) surrounded by smaller islands like **Sii Fen** (Small Fen).

## Brief History

The islands had been inhabited for at least a few thousand years by the Fenet people, who were related to the Gildegran tribes like the Yupiit and Yilderet. Their population was very small, and the island was mostly empty.

Ever since the late 1400s, a Mercatorium trade ship would show up a couple times a year laden with goods to trade. This led to a small trade port being set up on the southeastern horn called *Port Enfin*. This port remained small, and was active only from the 1470s until the 1520s, when it fell into disrepair. The Scaleskull visited Port Enfin on their journey.

In 1560, the Night Watch washed up here aboard the Moonstone. They stayed for some two months, with Jaöra Vepsaa, and after a nice time, they left on the next supply ship, the LN Gauward's Lie. They left the Moonstone for Jaöra.

## Ecology and Geography

The Feng islands were volcanic in nature.

There were almost no trees on the island. Building materials came from stone, metal, and woody shrubs. There were grasses everywhere.

The most striking animals on the island were the large flocks of seabirds, many of which were honoured by the Fenek people traditionally. There were also large numbers of seals, crabs, and horseshoe crabs on the beaches and shores. Many Fenek people made a living hunting bowhead and winged whales in the nearby sea on small boats.

Some of the more dangerous animals included the Süüshetti, a giant white-brown bear that stood over two metres tall at the shoulder, as well as great herds of Feng Caribou.

## Settlements

### Jätjataark (Cold Settlement)

On the southwest coast was Jätjataark. It was situated straddling a glacial river mouth in a glacial valley, in the south shadow of the volcano. It was a large town of squat stone houses that went down into the ground, with fires inside for warmth. The people here were whalers and hunters.

### Jätköti (Gold Settlement)

This was the smallest town, and named because it was the main place of mining and metalworking. It supplied the rest of the island's people.

### Jätdää (Green Settlement)

This town was fairly large, and some agriculture could be found here, as well as whaling and fishing and hunting as per usual. It was situated on a sloped plain with many small streams through the grasslands and paddies.

## Landmarks

### Seen Mäkkelenke (Pumice Spear)

At the end of King's Bridge was a large outcropping of rock, ice and sand. The land underneath it was only as thin as the King's Bridge, but there were small rocks with pumice rafts around them, dusted with snow, making the ground unsafe to stand on. Even more deceptive was the fact that moss, snow, and birds & insects would be found on the pumice, making it look safe for people.

### Erön Rakäätok (King's Bridge)

This thin rocky spar was battered by waves on both sides.

### Sii Feng (Little Fen)

A small icy flat-top island covered with birds.

### Käänoklen Uräär (Black Sand Cape)

A large beach of black sand and sea-glass,.

### Inanekki Tö (Great Soft Snow)

A large area where the snow was soft, thick, and powdery, and rocky.

### Ananikë Tö (Great Slick Snow)

A large central more rocky and mountainous area where the snow was treacherous, being thickly packed into slick ice.

### Čanäk Jasankää (Fire Mountain)

The main centrepiece of the isle was a huge grey volcano. It last erupted over five hundred years ago, but every so often, a small lava flow would trickle down past the Cold town.

## People and Culture

The native people of the isle were the **Feŋek** people (also spelt Fengek or Fenek for ease). They spoke **Feŋet** (Fenet/Fenget), a west Gildegran language similar to, but less linguistically conservative than, Yupiisut.

Some of the Fenek spoke outside language. Most prominent were Rakki, which migrated west from Gildegra, and Vortais, which came north from the Isles. Some people might have spoken a little Luskan.