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

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Leather and clothing

Age at landing
25
From
Moroccan, from a tanning family in Fez
Before
Leather artisan and theatre costume maker
Main skill
Tanning, leather work and sewing
Other skills
Shoes, bellows, harness, drive belts, seals and gaskets, tents
Personality
Practical, sarcastic and loyal. Says aloud what others only think.
Strength
Makes what people need before they know to ask.
Flaw
Blunt to the point of cruelty. Expects everyone to keep her pace.
Wants
Every one of them shod and clothed before the first cold rains.
Story arc
Her bellows give the first metal its air. She is the first of the 24 to die, and the leather workers she taught make the belts and seals that keep every machine running.
Dies
Year 8, aged 33. She bleeds after a hard birth, her fourth, and Grace cannot stop it. The child lives.
First partner
Tane, from month 8
Leads phases
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Helps in phases
01 First days: water, fire, shelter
02 Stone, bone, wood and fibre toolkit
04 Clay, kilns, charcoal and lime
08 Farming, cloth, leather and household industry

Yara and Tane

Yara sews the first sail from hides and tells Tane it is badly rigged. He takes her out to prove otherwise; she is seasick and furious.

He goes to sea whenever there is trouble. She says the thing he is avoiding.

Procedures Yara leads

Procedures Yara helps with

Sketches with Yara