When you live in the plains near a river, you don’t have much in the way of building materials besides Sod and Clay, unless you want to travel in the fall and spring months upriver to the Mawk-fish Marsh or even further to the Tallest Wood for lumber. That being said, the town of GreenWash manages to have a sprawling network of houses just fine.


Making a hut is considered a ‘growing up’ ceremony of sorts for Yodsu, though one that is usually done in groups of 3 or more individuals (due to the heavily communal focused nature of their culture)

The beginning of every hut starts with a group of young adults (with supervision!) building up the basic shape of the hut out of thick reddish-brown clay mixed with a little sand. After the finishing touches to the door and windows, they pile the inside with various left over bits of scrap lumber and other burnables to fire the clay into a water resistant type pottery that is naturally glazed due to the heat.

The next part of the process usually involves the neighbors bringing over dirt and seeds for long grasses and thick weeded plants to adhere to the outside of the hut to help keep it warm during the harsh winters.