LucaC15

Stone, brick and building

Age at landing

26

From

Italian, from Lecce in Puglia, a city of carved stone

Before

Stonemason and restorer of old buildings

Main skill

Stone, lime, brick and arches

Other skills

Quarrying, plaster, concrete, furnace stacks, dams

Personality

Charming, loud and generous. Vain about his work. Sings badly and often.

Strength

Organises the big builds and never tires.

Flaw

Jealous. Holds a grudge. Drinks too much once there is wine.

Wants

To build something that stands a thousand years.

Story arc

Loses Nadia, nearly loses his place, and wins it back by building the furnace stack, the dam and the power house.

Dies

Year 48, aged 74. Of age, after the dam and the power house are built.

First partner

Farah, from month 34

Leads phases

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Helps in phases

01 First days: water, fire, shelter
02 Stone, bone, wood and fibre toolkit
03 Food security and the first camp
04 Clay, kilns, charcoal and lime
07 Carpentry, the village, measures and writing
09 Water, wind and mechanical power
10 Blast furnace, coal, cast iron and rolling
11 Glass, chemistry, petroleum, rubber and cement
13 Steam power
15 Railways, steam and electric cars, the power grid