Shelter

Forandiri..my kith and kin. Rangers...but not only that. I have a mind towards real world needs in extremis so this cannot all be fun and games.

As a Ranger Eledhwen has been to Far Harad, where the stars are strange...and East beyond the Sea of Rhûn to from whence came Wainriders.

I have a love of Central Asian Dance..and a fascination for Tribal Fusion dance..which can be interpreted and adapted in many different ways.

Eledhwen has seen a lot...as have I. Been around for a time.

So as real world things go something I have to consider is the very real possibility that someday we may indeed have to be wanderers. To that end I have looked into Rom style wagons ala the Wainriders, and foot and horse travel ala Central Asian cultures and to a degree, Great Plains Native Americans. Three items come from these as far as being able to live and move as survival may dictate; wagons, yurts or gers, and tipis.

A wagon requires outside motive power. In fact, they all do, but a wagon must have either a car, an ox, or some sort of horse or mule. Gers can be loaded onto carts hauled by people..or goats, or what have you. Tipis like gers. I have plans for transforming common utility trailers into Rom style wagons or wains if you prefer.

Yet....I am considering, strongly, the yurt. The tipi is nifty and is no question a fine shelter for all seasons...but the yurt appeals to me far more. Why? I am not sure. Perhaps because I have a fondness for things Central Asia...or maybe I do not wish to be yet another thief of the Native American's cultural heritage..although that doesn't really affect me much in this instance, to be honest. I am Dewin Arthes...aka Medicine Bear. That name was given me so I think it clear I haven't got a lot of hangups on that score.

Yet I love the horse cultures, and I have been in yurts often enough to be familiar with them. Tipis only once or twice. Shelter is vastly important to a nomad or wanderer so it must be portable...more or less.

I think it will be the yurt that I choose, despite the fairly recent yuppy induced bloom in prices and status implications they have.

Still some thinking to do on the matter, but that is where I am leaning.

Eledhwen