Community Safety Organization

Settlement-Based Response Teams

Each settlement maintains organized safety teams that integrate regular citizens with specialized expertise. Unlike military units, these teams are composed of people with multiple roles: a storm-response coordinator also works in resource management or agriculture; a fauna handler also teaches children; a psychic containment specialist also participates in weatherworking guilds.

Storm Response Teams are activated when severe weather approaches. These groups secure physical infrastructure, move people to designated shelters, manage communal supplies, and coordinate rapid assessment and repair after storms pass. Teams are trained regularly through drills and practice scenarios, ensuring everyone understands emergency procedures.

Fauna Management Specialists include beast handlers trained to recognize predatory animal behavior, communicate psychically with bonded creatures, and execute safe deterrence or capture protocols. These specialists work with settlements to establish predator-aware caravan practices, maintain knowledge of animal migration patterns, and respond when fauna enters settled areas.

Caravan Safety Coordinators ensure that trade caravans carry appropriate protection and that routes are traveled at times and in formations that minimize predator encounter risk. They coordinate with other settlements along routes to share recent fauna sightings and threat assessments.

Psychic Containment Teams are specialized groups trained specifically in Weather Wraith response. These practitioners are selected for their psychic capabilities and emotional stability, trained in dampening field protocols, and authorized to coordinate emergency responses when wraith phenomena occur.

Inter-Settlement Coordination

The Duskaran Accord maintains protocols for coordinating safety responses across settlements. When a particular threat emerges—a heat hound pack near a major caravan route, for example—settlements share information and coordinate combined responses. The Caravan Guilds maintain communication networks so that warnings about hazards are relayed quickly between communities.

Large-scale environmental events (major storms, auroral disruptions) trigger inter-settlement mutual aid. Communities with minimal damage assist those hit hardest, providing temporary shelter, food, and labor for reconstruction. This is not military support but communal disaster response grounded in the understanding that today's help may be returned when different settlements face different disasters.

Specialized Knowledge Preservation

Settlements maintain archives of fauna behavior, storm patterns, psychic phenomena records, and successful response protocols. Elders with decades of experience mentor younger people in safety practices. Regular training—not military drills but community education—ensures that knowledge about threats and responses propagates throughout each settlement.