Palm Refuge

When enterprising Niküan mariners go ashore, they can quickly assemble a sturdy shelter if they always set sail with a Palm Refuge aboard. The style of this portable hut has been refined since its invention, but in recent years the design employed by Niküa has become ubiquitous. Sturdy ribs brace walls of woven fabric, each distinguished by a bespoke ancestral pattern of weave that has been passed down by their ancestors through the generations. Expert weavers can identify subtle differences in a weave that can identify the sailor’s family lineage, the area their ancestors hailed from, or at the very least, which of their grandmothers taught them to weave.