PUBLIC INHABITANT RECORD
RESIDENT DOSSIER / The Middle Distances · western tidal coast
Tallow
Tallow carries bundles through Cleftwater Steps during the hours when streets become canals.
- Known location
- Floodgate Landing
- World relationship
- FREQUENTS
- Role or occupation
- Tide-route bundle carrier and doorstep runner
PUBLIC CHARACTER RECORD
What is known
Tallow carries bundles through Cleftwater Steps during the hours when streets become canals. Many limbs leave hands free for groceries and repair goods, while broad feet hold awkward ground. Often found at Floodgate Landing, Tallow is steady and polite. Both qualities are useful when a doorstep is becoming a landing.
KNOWN WORLD LOCATION
Floodgate Landing
FREQUENTSNEARBY ON THE CURRENT SURVEY
The district does not end at this record.
These are geographic neighbours, not implied friends or allies.
Floodgate LandingMarshal NacreMarshal Nacre checks cargo and canal access at Floodgate Landing in Cleftwater Steps.
Highwater StairTidewitness NollTidewitness Noll surveys the waterline at Highwater Stair, tracking which doors, steps and temporary piers will remain usable through the tide.
Tangle StepsThornsiltThornsilt clears roots, reeds and drift from the floodways around Tangle Steps.
ARCHIVE EVIDENCE / FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING
Before the record, there was a drawing.
This is the original hand-made source from which Tallow 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.
CHARACTER STUDY
One inhabitant, seen from several directions.
A closer look at the details of this inhabitant.
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PHYSICAL RECORD
A presence before an explanation
- Silhouette
- Top-heavy and horizontally expanded at the shoulders, then narrowing through a soft central torso into oversized rounded feet. The head is blocky and vertical, crowned by a single curl, with ear-flares widening the top shape.
- Scale
- Reads as short to medium height but broad in footprint and volume. Hands and feet are enlarged for handling and stability; the face is oversized relative to the body, which keeps the character approachable rather than imposing.
- Material
- Warm golden hide with paler chest and muzzle, richer rust accents at ears, limb edges and knuckles, and dry plush fur texture that catches light.
- Colour
- #D9A441, #E7C98B, #B85C38, #6A3E2A, #F3E9D2
OCCUPATION & CHARACTER
Tide-route bundle carrier and doorstep runner
Built in a way that looks cumbersome and strange, but emotionally it is careful and almost fussy about doing neat, considerate work.
WANTS
- to be useful in a concrete, daily way
- to be trusted with complicated deliveries
- to keep a predictable route and familiar customers
FEARS
- dropping or damaging something entrusted to them
- fast-changing situations they cannot brace for
- being laughed off as slow or clumsy
HABITS
- pauses to square its footing before lifting anything
- tilts its head rather than speaking quickly
- keeps small bundles tucked close against the chest
- checks thresholds, steps and wet surfaces before committing weight
NEEDS
- stable paths or rails during wet crossings
- bundles sized to be braced against the chest or upper limbs
- regular route knowledge and tide-aware scheduling
CAPABILITIES
- excellent balance on slick or shifting surfaces
- can carry multiple small loads at once using lower hands while shielding them with the spread upper limbs
- patient doorstep service and reliable route memory
SOURCE ANCHORS
- Long rectangular muzzle/face with two round nostrils and a small underbite-like mouth
- Large rectangular eye area with heavy-lidded oval eyes and small highlights above
- Curled forelock centered over the brow between wide ear-like side flares
- Sideways-spread upper limbs that read like winged sleeves, fins or broad forearms, separate from the lower grasping hands
- Huge rounded feet with thick, cushioned shapes beneath a compact torso