-400 AS-

Tapre Usi, a minor shaman of one of the more northerly tribes of the Payómkawichum, had felt a profound sense of wanderlust for many moons by now. One night, during one of his ceremonies, Tapre entered a trance by way of a specific, well-known combination of herbs and other medicinal plants known to induce such an effect. Tapre had experienced such trances many times before, but this one was different. An unusually vivid and specific vision resulted – one that indicated that Tapre needed to venture, with his family, as far north as possible in order to avoid his own demise.

Taking this vision to heed, Tapre quickly informed and convinced his extended family and a select few acolytes, and together they assembled the few supplies that could fit on their small vessel. A week later, they were off, and headed as far north as possible, using the patterns of stars in the night sky to guide them in a tradition passed down among many generations of the Payómkawichum. Within a few days, they spotted an island to the north that had already been discovered but was uninhabited. There they beached for another few days, then set off again to unknown lands.