The bright moon rises from the Eastern sea, illuminating the vast bay. Rivers from the southwest jungle converge here, forming a lagoon more than a hundred li long extending east to west along the coast. At the junction of the lagoon and bay lies a wide estuary and a low Totonac fishing village, sustained by the bountiful catches of the lagoon, supporting a tribe of over a hundred people.
This is White Sand Village, located more than a hundred li northeast of the Coyote Tribe, at the mouth of the river downstream from Coyote City. At this moment, more than thirty Totonac canoes are hidden at the village's estuary, seemingly inconspicuous yet clearly exceeding the tribe's scale. Surrounding the silted lagoon are vast swamps and towering mangroves, nearly completely concealing the village's traces.
