# Turn 001 Results — Claybank

## The month

Alin keeps the carts and draft animals in the fields. Drain clearing and sowing move together through the workable ground, and most of the spring planting is completed within the window. The wettest section of one low field remains too soft to force without damaging both soil and animals. Alin leaves it marked for a later decision.

Food distributions continue at their ordinary level. Miri's witnessed count shows what goes to field crews, injured households, and the inspection party. The kiln families do not carry the whole cost of the collapse, and the fields do not lose their seed or animals to an unplanned rebuild.

## Who acted

Daia maintains the two injured workers' limits. One chooses to do seated sorting for short periods beside family witnesses. The other still cannot bear weight and will not return to ordinary work next month.

Hobb, Rusk, and Daia inspect the kiln quarter in daylight. A small crew works only from the safe outer edge. They recover usable vessels, dry-stack sound brick, and separate damaged vent pieces without entering the cracked interior. No one is injured, and no firing or rebuilding begins.

The inspection gives Claybank evidence, not a single agreed story. During rain, Hobb traces runoff from a cut in the kiln yard toward the slumping bank. Around the failed vent, he also finds a sharp soot pattern and damage consistent with the final firing continuing under restricted flow.

Rusk agrees that drainage worsened the ground but argues that wet clay and bank movement did more than the vent. He rejects any blame verdict based on broken pieces alone. Hobb says the firing sequence must be heard from the people who worked it. The disagreement remains controlled because both findings are recorded before field and kiln witnesses.

After Alin releases two people for a daylight inquiry, Hobb returns from the upstream exposure with a few hand samples. The clay handles cleanly enough to justify a later small firing test. It has not yet proved that it can replace Claybank's known source.

Late in the month, falling debris and calmer runoff allow Venn and one companion to reach Ferryend and return before dark. Seln's people explain that regular use of the narrows must be witnessed and compensated by labor or useful goods. They are interested in replacement jars and storage vessels, but neither side makes a standing agreement.

## What changed

- Most spring planting is complete; the wettest low-field section remains delayed.
- Outer kiln salvage succeeds without further injury.
- The kiln-yard drainage cut and restricted-vent evidence are now witnessed.
- No blame verdict, rebuild, or firing is authorized.
- One injured worker may do limited seated work; the other remains unable to bear weight.
- Upstream clay is promising but unproven.
- Ferryend has offered preliminary service terms; no recurring passage agreement exists.

## What you learned

The collapse cannot be explained only by the clay path or only by rain. Runoff from the yard contributed to the unstable ground, and the final vent area carries signs that require a fuller firing account.

Ferryend protects its control of the narrows but has practical reasons to talk with a settlement known for vessels. A witnessed limited arrangement may be possible if Claybank decides what it can offer without surrendering field priorities.

## Matters requiring attention

- Decide how the firing sequence will be heard without turning evidence into a premature accusation.
- Keep the unstable quarter closed while choosing whether and how to rebuild.
- Test the upstream clay before committing labor, carts, or fuel.
- Support the injured households through another month.
- Decide whether to negotiate a limited Ferryend crossing arrangement.
- Reassess the delayed low-field section as ground conditions change.