Civilization manualBook 1: From Bare Hands to Steam and Electricity765 entries · 23 phases · 100 years
The Island
The cast
Kofi

KofiC13

Hunting and scouting

Age at landing
22
From
Ghanaian, from the Ashanti forest region
Before
Wildlife ranger and anti-poaching tracker
Main skill
Tracking, trapping, butchering
Other skills
Bow making, hide preparation, reading weather, running
Personality
Watchful, playful and competitive. Moves without a sound. A mimic who makes the whole camp laugh.
Strength
Brings in food when it matters most, and knows animals.
Flaw
Proud. Hates field work. Takes dangerous hunts alone. Bristles at orders.
Wants
To still be needed when hunting no longer matters.
Story arc
From chief hunter to expedition leader, and at last the driver of the first locomotive.
In year 50
Alive, aged 72
First partner
Wren, from month 26
Leads phases
02 Stone, bone, wood and fibre toolkit
Helps in phases
01 First days: water, fire, shelter
03 Food security and the first camp
08 Farming, cloth, leather and household industry
15 Railways, steam and electric cars, the power grid

Kofi and Wren

Two years of rivalry over who is the better hunter, ended on a boar hunt where each saves the other.

Both proud. Her animals and the plough are what make his hunting unnecessary.

Procedures Kofi leads

01.09 Ember carrier
01.15 Fire-hardened spear
01.16 Throwing stick and club
02.05 Pitch glue
02.06 Sinew thread and rawhide lashing
02.19 Stone-tipped spear
02.20 Spear thrower and darts

Procedures Kofi helps with

01.02 Hammerstone
01.03 Sharp stone flake
01.07 Bow-drill fire set
01.08 First fire and stone hearth
01.18 Pronged fish spear
01.20 Resin torch
02.01 Knapping kit
02.03 Stone knives, scrapers and engraving points
02.08 Hafted stone axe
02.15 Scraped, brain-tanned and smoked hides
02.21 Bow and arrows
02.25 Antler pick, bone shovel and stone hoe

Sketches with Kofi

Hiro seated with a flint core on his padded thigh, hammerstone raised, Kofi watching from an arm's length away.
Fig. 01.03-bHiro seated with a flint core on his padded thigh, hammerstone raised, Kofi watching from an arm's length away.making · 01.03 Sharp stone flake
Adam kneeling with his foot on the board and his wrist locked to his shin, holding the socket, while Kofi works the bow; smoke rising.
Fig. 01.07-bAdam kneeling with his foot on the board and his wrist locked to his shin, holding the socket, while Kofi works the bow; smoke rising.making · 01.07 Bow-drill fire set
Kofi holding a coal to a bracket fungus with a split stick, Sofia tying a bark roll beside the fire.
Fig. 01.09-bKofi holding a coal to a bracket fungus with a split stick, Sofia tying a bark roll beside the fire.making · 01.09 Ember carrier
Kofi turning the spear point above a bed of coals, squinting along the shaft.
Fig. 01.15-bKofi turning the spear point above a bed of coals, squinting along the shaft.making · 01.15 Fire-hardened spear
Kofi in mid-throw, side-arm and low, the stick spinning flat toward a rabbit at the edge of long grass.
Fig. 01.16-bKofi in mid-throw, side-arm and low, the stick spinning flat toward a rabbit at the edge of long grass.use · 01.16 Throwing stick and club
Kofi wading at the fish trap at night, torch held high and forward, fish visible in the lit water.
Fig. 01.20-cKofi wading at the fish trap at night, torch held high and forward, fish visible in the lit water.use · 01.20 Resin torch