Notes for "Those Who Have Nothing"
These are the notes for "Those Who Have Nothing."
Yob -- He is a Beneberak man with hazel eyes and nappy slate hair. His skin is bluish-gray on the dorsal side and peach on the ventral side. He worked as a rag-and-bone man before the fall of Demas. After that, he joined the gathering in the grasslands. When it was destroyed by three dragons, everyone scattered. Later, Yob and a few others returned to scavenge the wreckage. He taught people ways of using even the most unlikely scraps, but discouraged them from touching any kind of precious metal or gem for fear of attracting dragons again.
(Yob is a nickname for the Beneberak names Yakob or Yoab.)
Usha -- She is a Mahabarata girl with dappled silver-gray skin and wings, long wavy hair of darker slate, and unusual violet eyes. She helps Yob scavenge materials after the gathering in the grasslands. She has an eye for spotting useful things.
Menes -- He is a Shu boy with green eyes, brown skin, and hair brindled in shades of bronze and blond. He helps Yob scavenge materials after the gathering in the grasslands. He has a knack for thinking how to use things, even scraps.
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A rag-and-bone man collects usable bits of garbage. Some focus on only one type, while others take whatever they can find. In poor countries, children often scavenge too.
After a disaster, everyone scavenges.
Upcycling creates more valuable items from scraps or junk.
Patchwork can make many kinds of cloth items, such as coats. There are various ways to join the pieces. You don't need a pattern, you can make crazy quilts.
Dragons can have a huge impact on economics.
Cash only outcompetes older methods when there's enough to support necessary exchange. Without that, barter and other methods spring right back up. Alternative currencies include such things as commodity money. In prisons, many things get used in place of unavailable cash.
In this setting, each of the Six Races is developing its own substitute currency based on their interests and resources.
stamps (Madhusudana: Air/Water)
time (Shu: Earth/Air)
smokes (Beneberak: Fire/Water)
soap (Hachi: Earth/Water)
people (Imran: Air/Fire)
scrap metal (Eofor: Earth/Fire)
After the Conflagration, the substitute currency of the Hachi (Earth/Water) is soap. They have a strong desire to wash regularly, because they so often work in muddy places. They have long produced some of the most desired soaps, including ones with exceptional properties such as erasing foul odors, cleansing wounds, or making the user smell sexy.
After the Conflagration, the substitute currency of Madhusudana (Air/Water) is stamps. These convey right of transport for messages, goods, people, etc.
You can buy or make hunter soap to remove smells.
Edible seaweed can be used in various ways, especially soup.
Hand fishing does not require any tools. Watch an example on video. Throwing any kind of fish food into water can attract more fish. Extra fish can be smoked for later use.
Foraging collects wild foods such as onions or sorrel.
Beneberak catch a lot of freshwater fish. They gather aquatic plants such as watercress. They do some farming of grains. They keep yeast as a supplement and starter. Sometimes they hunt plains buffalo for meat. They make very spicy soups. They like pungent foods such as wild chives and horseradish. They also enjoy sour flavors and use many tangy herbs such as lemon balm and lemongrass. They ferment many foods. They love buttermilk, cheese, clabber, fish sauce, kefir, kumis, pickles, sauerkraut, sour cream, sourdough, vinegar, and yogurt. They brew very sour beers. They get honey from honeybees and make mead. They have no common food allergies.
Madhusudana eat a great deal of seafood, primarily shellfish and edible seaweed gathered close to shore. They do some fishing but are too small and frivolous to make a heavy practice of it. They eat meat and eggs from domestic poultry, seabirds and other waterfowl. They grow salt-tolerant varieties of leafy vegetables and fruits, mostly in terraces. Some of their recipes are very salty. Because some of these people cannot digest red meat or dairy products very well, those items rarely appear in Madhusudanan cuisine.
From their food forests the Shu gather edible mushrooms and lichens, nuts, epiphytes, and fruits. They also grow leafy vegetables and a few root vegetables in small garden plots in the clearings. They hunt wildlife in the forest, including deer, elk, grouse, moose, partridges, rabbits, raccoons, squirrels, and wild boar. They also eat pork, chevon, poultry, and eggs. They have a strong sweet tooth, especially for honey. They make metheglin, a mead flavored with herbs; plus brandy, cider, perry, and wine. Theirs is among the most diverse cuisine. They have no common food allergies.
You can make a magic yarn ball by tying together short scraps of yarn. It's a great way to use up small balls or tag ends from various projects, rather than throwing them away.
Woodcarving can make many useful things. Read a text tutorial and watch a video on carving buttons. Learn to make wooden beads and see a video of them.
Yob -- He is a Beneberak man with hazel eyes and nappy slate hair. His skin is bluish-gray on the dorsal side and peach on the ventral side. He worked as a rag-and-bone man before the fall of Demas. After that, he joined the gathering in the grasslands. When it was destroyed by three dragons, everyone scattered. Later, Yob and a few others returned to scavenge the wreckage. He taught people ways of using even the most unlikely scraps, but discouraged them from touching any kind of precious metal or gem for fear of attracting dragons again.
(Yob is a nickname for the Beneberak names Yakob or Yoab.)
Usha -- She is a Mahabarata girl with dappled silver-gray skin and wings, long wavy hair of darker slate, and unusual violet eyes. She helps Yob scavenge materials after the gathering in the grasslands. She has an eye for spotting useful things.
Menes -- He is a Shu boy with green eyes, brown skin, and hair brindled in shades of bronze and blond. He helps Yob scavenge materials after the gathering in the grasslands. He has a knack for thinking how to use things, even scraps.
* * *
A rag-and-bone man collects usable bits of garbage. Some focus on only one type, while others take whatever they can find. In poor countries, children often scavenge too.
After a disaster, everyone scavenges.
Upcycling creates more valuable items from scraps or junk.
Patchwork can make many kinds of cloth items, such as coats. There are various ways to join the pieces. You don't need a pattern, you can make crazy quilts.
Dragons can have a huge impact on economics.
Cash only outcompetes older methods when there's enough to support necessary exchange. Without that, barter and other methods spring right back up. Alternative currencies include such things as commodity money. In prisons, many things get used in place of unavailable cash.
In this setting, each of the Six Races is developing its own substitute currency based on their interests and resources.
stamps (Madhusudana: Air/Water)
time (Shu: Earth/Air)
smokes (Beneberak: Fire/Water)
soap (Hachi: Earth/Water)
people (Imran: Air/Fire)
scrap metal (Eofor: Earth/Fire)
After the Conflagration, the substitute currency of the Hachi (Earth/Water) is soap. They have a strong desire to wash regularly, because they so often work in muddy places. They have long produced some of the most desired soaps, including ones with exceptional properties such as erasing foul odors, cleansing wounds, or making the user smell sexy.
After the Conflagration, the substitute currency of Madhusudana (Air/Water) is stamps. These convey right of transport for messages, goods, people, etc.
You can buy or make hunter soap to remove smells.
Edible seaweed can be used in various ways, especially soup.
Hand fishing does not require any tools. Watch an example on video. Throwing any kind of fish food into water can attract more fish. Extra fish can be smoked for later use.
Foraging collects wild foods such as onions or sorrel.
Beneberak catch a lot of freshwater fish. They gather aquatic plants such as watercress. They do some farming of grains. They keep yeast as a supplement and starter. Sometimes they hunt plains buffalo for meat. They make very spicy soups. They like pungent foods such as wild chives and horseradish. They also enjoy sour flavors and use many tangy herbs such as lemon balm and lemongrass. They ferment many foods. They love buttermilk, cheese, clabber, fish sauce, kefir, kumis, pickles, sauerkraut, sour cream, sourdough, vinegar, and yogurt. They brew very sour beers. They get honey from honeybees and make mead. They have no common food allergies.
Madhusudana eat a great deal of seafood, primarily shellfish and edible seaweed gathered close to shore. They do some fishing but are too small and frivolous to make a heavy practice of it. They eat meat and eggs from domestic poultry, seabirds and other waterfowl. They grow salt-tolerant varieties of leafy vegetables and fruits, mostly in terraces. Some of their recipes are very salty. Because some of these people cannot digest red meat or dairy products very well, those items rarely appear in Madhusudanan cuisine.
From their food forests the Shu gather edible mushrooms and lichens, nuts, epiphytes, and fruits. They also grow leafy vegetables and a few root vegetables in small garden plots in the clearings. They hunt wildlife in the forest, including deer, elk, grouse, moose, partridges, rabbits, raccoons, squirrels, and wild boar. They also eat pork, chevon, poultry, and eggs. They have a strong sweet tooth, especially for honey. They make metheglin, a mead flavored with herbs; plus brandy, cider, perry, and wine. Theirs is among the most diverse cuisine. They have no common food allergies.
You can make a magic yarn ball by tying together short scraps of yarn. It's a great way to use up small balls or tag ends from various projects, rather than throwing them away.
Woodcarving can make many useful things. Read a text tutorial and watch a video on carving buttons. Learn to make wooden beads and see a video of them.