Cedarterrace
Shipwright terraces built from warmwood that must never be allowed to root.
Each slipway climbs the coastal slope so a hull can be worked above winter surge. Root-bearing cedar makes exceptionally resilient ships, but a living root placed in seawater draws heat from its home grove. Shipwrights sing the cutting dates aloud while sealing the planks, preserving a chain of responsibility older than written contracts.
Bram Vey wants to restart a mothballed yard using reclaimed timber. The first salvaged keel has put out leaves. Its original grove was officially felled fifty years ago, suggesting the vanished woodland was moved rather than destroyed.
The first large export convoy carried living cedar roots to foreign heat networks.
A western woodland crown whose warmth is being mortgaged to keep its neighbors alive.
A western coastal reach whose shifting weed banks make reliable charts short-lived.
A wooded western port of Alceria whose shrines remember the displaced.
A western shore settlement painting warnings that captains can read through snow.
A kiln town on the eastern coast that makes vessels for carrying dangerous warmth.