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Sokvaapit

Sokvaapit

Written by: Cole Hancock
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“Sokvaapit” tells a story from the point of view of a journalist working in a foreign country, through his clandestine correspondence with a state funded broadcasting network, covering an expedition into the vast highland territory known colloquially as The Shelf, annexed and remote from the countries below. The expedition, funded by various trading companies, artisan guilds and universities, and led by an iconoclastic ex-soldier-turned entrepreneur, is heading for a distant city beyond a primaeval forest that has gone uncontacted for half a century: Ruerdskyeg, the old seat of power of a dynasty which once ruled both The Shelflands and all the lower countries beyond.


“Sokvaapit” draws its name from the town on the edge of said forest where the expedition arrives and for various reasons beyond their control, is forced to stay. Doubly foreign, far from both his home country across the sea, and part of an expedition from the state established in the lands below the Shelf in the wake of a cataclysmic half forgotten conflict, the narrator relates the daily existence and records the stories of the townsfolk of Sokvaapit, learns of the wider sociopolitical history of the Shelf, and grapples with his own task of spinning a story to fit the widely accepted narrative about the country and the people he finds himself amongst. He bears witness to, and eventually takes part in, a series of events that tug at the fabric of accepted narratives within the town and in the wider context of the world.


“Sokvaapit” is a story of memory and displacement, of oral histories, ecological devastation, collective trauma, the duty of journalists, and above all the power of stories in a place where the truth is malleable and can cost far more than life itself.

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Written and narrated by Oliver C Hancock and scored by Tobias Walters.

All rights reserved 2023.

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  • Sokvaapit - Part 4: Ramblings, Rumours & Roasted Ruminants

    Sokvaapit - Part 4: Ramblings, Rumours & Roasted Ruminants
    Oct 30 2023

    The narrator delivers the findings from his investigation into the shadowy forest dwellers known as the "Most Hated," believed to be the perpetrators of the attack on the six young townspeople who left on the road east for the old shelfland capital, Ruerdskyeg.

    He has also been hard at work in getting a feel for life in and around the town, and relates his recent encounters with the people of Sokvaapit.

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    “Sokvaapit” tells a story from the point of view of a journalist working in a foreign country, through his clandestine correspondence with a state funded broadcasting network, covering an expedition into the vast and remote highland territory known colloquially as The Shelf.


    The expedition is funded by various trading companies, artisan guilds and universities, and led by an iconoclastic ex-soldier and entrepreneur is heading for a distant city beyond a primaeval forest that has gone uncontacted for half a century, Ruerdskyeg, the old seat of power of a dynasty which once ruled both The Shelflands and all the lower countries beyond.


    “Sokvaapit” draws its name from the town on the edge of said forest where the expedition arrives and for various reasons beyond their control, is forced to stay. Doubly foreign, far from both his home country across the sea and part of an expedition from the state established in the lands below the Shelf in the wake of a cataclysmic half forgotten conflict, the narrator relates the daily existence and records the stories of the townsfolk of Sokvaapit, learns of the wider sociopolitical history of the Shelf, and grapples with his own task of spinning a story to fit the widely accepted narrative about the country and the people he finds himself amongst.

    He bears witness to, and eventually takes part in, a series of events that tug at the fabric of accepted narratives within the town and in the wider context of the world.


    “Sokvaapit” is a story of memory and displacement, of oral histories, ecological devastation, collective trauma, the duty of journalists, and above all the power of stories in a place where the truth is malleable and can cost far more than life itself.

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    Written and narrated by Oliver Cole Hancock

    Scored by Tobias Walters

    All rights reserved 2023

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    42 mins
  • Sokvaapit - Part 3: The Physician's Hall

    Sokvaapit - Part 3: The Physician's Hall
    May 4 2023
    We find our narrator in the midst of a farewell celebration to mark the departure of some of the townsfolk of Sokvaapit, leaving aboard a ship named the Hascalia. He tells of his visit to the Physician's Hall, the town's place of healing, where he meet the two young people who survived from the party who attempted to walk the forest road to the old capital, and in his conversation with one of the survivors finds more questions than answers.

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    27 mins
  • Sokvaapit - Part 2: The Scree

    Sokvaapit - Part 2: The Scree
    May 3 2023
    The narrator tells of the history of the town of Sokvaapit, and speaks directly to his far off employer. On his visit to the mast house, Sokvaapit’s communication centre, he meets a woman named Igren L’wetm. She tells him of six young people who attempted to leave the town on the eastern road into the forest. Finally, he recounts his sighting of a Pillar, long lived humans of great height and strength, who arrives in the Eubliaska late on the first clear night of spring.

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    21 mins
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