Plume

Plume was a Nomai originally from the Vessel who landed on Brittle Hollow with Escape Pod 1. He was the father of Phlox, the sculptor of the Memory Statues used for the Ash Twin Project. Plume's brother was among the Nomai who were not on board any of the escape pods. Plume was also looking for a Nomai named Keek who was either missing or dead.

After exiting the escape pod, Plume proposed building a temporary settlement below the surface of the planet to seek shelter from Hollow's Lantern. He recorded his knowledge of the Eye signal here and wondered whether there was already something wrong with the Vessel before it warped. Plume came up with the idea to build a new, permanent settlement at the northern glacier since he believed that they had to thrive in order to find the Eye's signal. He observed the quantum phenomena on Brittle Hollow including the Quantum Moon, which he believed to be the source of the Tower Shard at the Tower of Quantum Knowledge.

When it became clear that a more sophisticated Eye signal locator was needed than the one at the Attlerock, Plume became responsible for building the Southern Observatory at Brittle Hollow. At the Southern Observatory, he discussed the Eye of the Universe with several other Nomai and explained how he believed that the Eye's signal called out to summon the Nomai of the Vessel to the star system.

Unlike his son, Plume was not involved in the Ash Twin Project himself.

Trivia

 * Plume is likely named after the Brazilian Plume Flower, it is sometimes used medicinally.