The Tidemark Accord · Curated example · Read only
Sera Tal
A temporary marshal determined to return home without a permanent command.
Sera was appointed because she can read old foundation marks and has never sought a second emergency commission. She travels with twelve engineers, two cooks, and a portable archive. Her escort carries rescue ropes where visitors expect ceremonial weapons.
She believes the March has a claim to the engine’s stonework but not to the lives built above it. That distinction puts her between her own assembly and the council. A public joint survey is her preferred solution; a secret salvage contract would end her cooperation.
A high coast whose stone roads outlast its rulers.
A culture of refuge built into the physical shape of the roads.
A practical mediator discovering that procedure cannot absolve her.
A rescue captain who knows which orders people will actually follow.
An archivist whose most dangerous skill is asking for the second copy.
A retired channel surveyor who taught her children to name the cost of every shortcut.