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REF: MAT-0334 · FILED YEAR 811 · DAY 092

Wool Inspection Report

Fort Kael Storage Chambers — Unusual Deterioration — Cause Undetermined

FILED BY
Material Division, Fort Kael
INSPECTION DATE
Year 811, Day 092
STORAGE CHAMBERS
Lower east wing — chambers 4, 5, and 6
STOCK AFFECTED
Approximately 340 bales — winter reserve
DETERIORATION TYPE
Fibre breakdown — pattern undetermined
MOISTURE SOURCE
Not identified

The annual inspection of the lower east wing wool storage was conducted on Day 092 of Year 811. Chambers 4, 5, and 6 contain the winter reserve stock — approximately 340 bales of burel wool graded and stored in Year 810 for distribution during the following winter season. The stock was inspected and certified as sound at the time of storage.

The inspection found unusual fibre deterioration across approximately sixty percent of the bales in chamber 5. The deterioration pattern does not correspond to moisture damage, pest activity, or standard age degradation. The fibres in the affected bales have broken in a consistent directional pattern — not randomly, as would be expected from organic deterioration, but aligned, as though the material had been stressed repeatedly in the same direction.

Chambers 4 and 6 show no deterioration. The affected bales in chamber 5 were stored under identical conditions to the unaffected stock. The chamber seals were intact. No moisture was detected in the stone or in the air of the chamber at the time of inspection.

The material inspector noted that the floor of chamber 5 runs directly above the XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX section of the lower infrastructure. This is noted here. No connection has been established.

NOTE — MATERIAL DIVISION
"Sixty percent of the winter wool reserve has been compromised by a process we cannot name. The remaining stock has been transferred to chambers 4 and 6. Emergency resupply has been requested from the southern depot. The southern depot has acknowledged the request. No delivery date has been confirmed."

The affected bales have been removed from the reserve and logged as waste. The loss represents approximately fourteen percent of Fort Kael's projected winter textile allocation. Civilian clothing repairs scheduled for the winter season will need to be prioritised against available stock.

No cause has been determined. No further investigation has been requested.

FILED BY: Material Division, Fort Kael
YEAR 811 · DAY 092
STATUS: CLOSED — MAT-0334
APPEARS IN: ASHWANA — BOOK ONE OF THE FRACTURED ELDEN
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