LIVING ATLAS

PUBLIC INHABITANT RECORD

PUBLIC FILE
CURRENT EDITION
Murrik in their approved world context
WORLD PORTRAIT

RESIDENT DOSSIER / The Middle Distances · northern rootlands

Murrik

Murrik deals in restricted herbs and powerful spices at Canopy Market.

RECORDEDPUBLIC FILESOURCE VERIFIED
Known location
Canopy Market
World relationship
WORKS IN
Role or occupation
Grower-broker of restricted herbs and powerful spice stock, dealing quietly in hard-to-source botanical goods for cooks, healers, thrill-seekers and people with reasons not to ask too loudly.
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PUBLIC CHARACTER RECORD

What is known

Murrik deals in restricted herbs and powerful spices at Canopy Market. Cooks, healers and less forthcoming customers seek stock that is difficult to obtain openly. His enormous folded body moves slowly beneath a blunt nose and a crowded grin. Murrik knows what people have come to ask for, and how long to let them wait.

KNOWN WORLD LOCATION

Canopy Market

WORKS IN

ORDINARY LIFE HERE

Grower-broker of restricted herbs and powerful spice stock, dealing quietly in hard-to-source botanical goods for cooks, healers, thrill-seekers and people with reasons not to ask too loudly.

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NEARBY ON THE CURRENT SURVEY

The district does not end at this record.

These are geographic neighbours, not implied friends or allies.

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Matri Vey holds short settling sessions at Settling Grove.

Glassroot ConservatoryBristlemoth

Bristlemoth sorts and tends seed stock at Glassroot Conservatory.

Glassroot ConservatoryKindroot

Kindroot helps newly moved seedlings settle into the nursery beds of Glassroot Conservatory without forcing their growth.

RELATED RECORDS

Connections on the public record.

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ARCHIVE EVIDENCE / FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING

Before the record, there was a drawing.

This is the original hand-made source from which Murrik entered the Living Atlas. It is preserved unchanged and shown beside—not beneath—the approved interpretation.

Creator
Björgvin
Evidence class
Original drawing
Archive state
Public provenance record

Original line retained. Corrections belong to the hand that made them.

Murrik, original source drawing by Björgvin
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CHARACTER STUDY

One inhabitant, seen from several directions.

A closer look at the details of this inhabitant.

Murrik, complete approved character sheet
VISUAL CANON · APPROVED BY BJÖRGVIN · ORIGINAL SOURCE PRESERVED
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PHYSICAL RECORD

A presence before an explanation

Silhouette
A tall, tapering larval column: domed at the crown, cinched and folded through the face and neck, then widening into a squat, weighty base with side bulges and layered rings.
Scale
Read as very large—closer to a small shed or market stall in bodily mass than to a person. The head and face dominate the upper half, while the rest compresses into stacked folds that suggest immense volume with little visible limb definition.
Material
Toughened ochre hide with soot-smudged fold depths, saffron and rust-toned pigment concentrated around face ridges and side bulges, and keratin-duller teeth against otherwise supple skin.
Colour
#B59A63, #7A6A3A, #C96E2E, #4E3A2A, #E8D2A6

OCCUPATION & CHARACTER

Grower-broker of restricted herbs and powerful spice stock, dealing quietly in hard-to-source botanical goods for cooks, healers, thrill-seekers and people with reasons not to ask too loudly.

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He presents himself as coarse and intimidating, but his real strength is careful cultivation and delicate judgment.

WANTS

  • steady access to rare potent plant stock
  • repeat customers who can keep quiet
  • control over the terms of exchange

FEARS

  • sudden confiscation or exposure
  • spoilage of valuable living goods
  • being cornered into open conflict before he is ready

HABITS

  • holds eye contact too long
  • lets silence stretch during negotiation
  • keeps especially valued goods close to body warmth
  • tests newcomers with blunt or unsettling remarks

NEEDS

  • warm damp storage for living cuttings, bulbs and wrapped roots
  • discreet exchange points with more than one exit
  • reliable tasters, sniffers or buyers who understand potency and spoilage

CAPABILITIES

  • can cultivate large quantities of delicate plant matter in stable body-adjacent conditions
  • is difficult to intimidate or physically hurry during negotiation
  • has a strong memory for who bought what strength and in what quantity

SOURCE ANCHORS

  • The towering grub-like body built from thick ringed folds from crown to base
  • Huge round staring eyes under deeply pinched, aggressive brow folds
  • Long blunt nose projecting down between the eyes and over the mouth
  • Crooked compressed mouth with irregular visible teeth
  • Bulging side-lobes and squat grounded base with tiny pointed protrusions at the bottom edges