A boat-cloak is a large garment of skin or waxed fabric, which wraps around the wearer to protect them from harsh weather. The outer edges of the cloak have a series of inflatable pockets, so that when the cloak is laid flat and inflated, it forms a small boat or raft.
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The boat-cloak is accompanied by a pack containing additional equipment: a hand-bellows used for inflation and as a pump for bailing water, and a number of rods and panels which give the boat a floor and a more rigid shape. Wearers also carry a walking stick with a small collapsible sail, which can be attached to the boat as a mast.
Boat-cloaks were particularly used by the historic Jundaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda People
The Junda are an Iskean-ethnic people found throughout the Junda Isles and the northeast coast of Anásthias, whose conquest of the mainland led to the foundation of the modern state of Harthera.
Historically they were notable for their shamanic religion and unique calendar, the Junda stormscale.
Junda peoples commonly raided the coasts for food and goods, having little of worth to trade on their home islands. They were accidentally instrumental in the downfall of the and Asokwayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAsokway People
The Asokway are an Iskean-ethnic people living in the Natorn Archipelago and islands off the coast of Harthera. They are believed to be descendants of a breakaway or even proto-Iskean group who preferred to remain in the smaller islands of the archipelago rather than joining with the great civilisation of peoples in the islands of the Natorn Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNatorn Sea
The Natorn Sea is a region of oceanic ridge, separating the Polassirn Ocean and the Redeeming Ocean. Islands in the ridge form the Natorn Archipelago.
Etymology
The name may be derived from ancient Ahngrit, meaning “near/of our birth”, referring to the legend of the Godmen in which humanity is said to have originated in region now lost beneath the sea. It also relates to the god, to travel back and forth between the many small islands without having to carry a boat.
