Stilt Fisher/Kuknaz

Upon the stilts of Rora Wood are fishermen, stilt fishermen like in Sri Lanka. They throw their spears out to sea and strait and stand upon them like flamingos in a body of water. The fishing poles are hooked with scale patterned cloth to better attract fish, deceiving them into believing they are friends when they will soon eat them up for their family dinner.

Career

Qualifications

No Qualifications are needed. Often considered a more peasant job, but still respected and higher than the merchants and salesmen of the The Archipelago of Seasons.

Payment & Reimbursement

A fisher gets a third of the pay from the merchant that sells the fish for every fish sold. There are many arguments between fishers who try to get merchants who both sell a lot of fish and gain a lot of money. These disagreements are known as 'Nazonazos.' The fishers also get a share of the fish they catch so they may share it with their family.

Other Benefits

Fishers, despite being low class are still seen as very important due to their association to the strait, and so are treated with high respect and credit.

Perception

Purpose

The stilt fishers are used to gain the popular sea food commonly eaten by the K'aisi/Archipeligons including Salmon, Bass, Pufferfish and such.

Social Status

Considered low class but much more respected and above than merchants, as they do not produce anything but only sell things.

Demographics

Most of the stilt fishers are men, who are believed to do more physical work than the women's scholarly and elegant work. There is about a 100:1 ratio of men to woman in the field.

History

The K'aisi brought in the stilt fishers after a cultural belief that removing a natural being from the strait must do so without touching the channel. However, most of the fish had flocked to the middle of the straight, so the fishers adapted to use stilts which meant they were not touching the strait. They would first walk with stilts to a good fishing area and fish there, then tie a piece of scale patterned cloth to their hooks, throw it into the water and then fish up the fish.

Operations

Tools

The anglers use a thick spear-like stilt with extensions along the sides for the fishers to stand on and throw them into the strait or ocean to fish in that area. If they want to move further, they are allowed to walk to the site and then place it, making sure not to kill any fish, and then climb onto it. They also have a long fishing rod with a cloth hook. The cloth is patterned like the fish's scales they wish to catch. Some fishermen also tie a rope to their ankles so they do not fall of the stilt. The fishers seem to wear similar uniforms to the regular K'aisi/Archipeligons wear but without the sleeves, the loincloth or sash, a hat which has a veil made from fishnets and the Tonbi Cloak is replaced with a clearer cloak made out of the fishnets they refuse to work with. The colour of these robes is either a dark blue, a dark or muddy green, a pale grey or blue or any other colour matching their environment so they may blend in with th ocean or the sky. The fishers may also wear a deel covered in hiding in colder environments like the North Atlantic or Toro.

Materials

Cloth patterned like a certain fish and a thick wooden spear with an extension, often this stilt is made of Rora Wood.

Workplace

The fishers work within piers and in the middle of the straits and even far of into the ocean where they take boats to go to their locations.

Dangers & Hazards

Whilst the piers and strait is safe, the ocean poses dangers like storms, currents, waves, tsunamis and more which can sweep a fisherman. However the veteran fisherman can easily hold their ground without so much as flinching.

Type

Agricultural / Fishing / Forestry

Demand

Staple