Right, there was salt (and it's there in the game, too) but I'm guessing it was expensive? Maybe too expensive to put in food, at least for everyday.

As for my questions, just a few of them for now:

1. The characters in my story need to tan fur, and I've read a lot about how the Sami did it, but I don't know if the eastern and western Finns would have used the same method, in that time period. As far as I know the Sami didn't soak their leather/fur, and they didn't even really tan the skin, just kind of spread the bark on the flesh side and let the tannins get into it, which makes it a superficial treatment. But the hideworking process in URW does involve soaking. I am wondering how a non-Sami Finn at the time would have tanned fur and leather... I've heard that skins tanned in the Sami way were supposed to be weak to moisture (though I rather doubt that's true, since the Sami were rolling in snow for most of the year). The furs the character sells in the Unreal World would have been traded overseas, and I don't know if the "foreign traders" would have required the furs they bought to be water-resistant or supple... or does that just go into hide quality? (harsh, decent, fine, etc.)

2. Is it possible to build a log house on your own? I imagine it would be almost impossible without at least one person helping you. And if you're repairing a log house, what does that involve? What exactly do you need to do?

3. How do you winter your sheep? Do you take them inside, or do you keep them outside? And what do you do with them when you're going to be away for a long time? (say, a week) Bonus question: are your sheep Finnsheep?

I think actually you could talk about the last two questions as blog posts. I'm very sure people beside myself would be interested in reading about it.

Thank you so much for your time, and to you and Sami for the great game!