Snow by Night

This week’s Almanac are the Odaneois, the vanished nation of the Grande Vire. I’m playing a bit with history on this one. The Odaneois are based loosely (very loosely) on the the Stadacona. d’Artais is a conflation of Cartier and de Champlain. The original settlement at what would because Québec failed because of poor relationships with the natives. Poor relations due to the penchant of Europeans to kidnap the locals and force them to act as guides.

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Topics: Almanac