Thankfully, you've got a the time to perform the rituals. It burned a good bit of essence, though. More of the villagers arrive, as though they sensed your intentions and alterations to Fate. It'll still take them time to go and then arrive.<br/><br/>The other big issue is that they don't have actual building skills, the plants literally having grown into the shelters as if by magic. Considering that there's a powerful, damaged manse nearby, and a machine that imitates the Loom of Fate, it's quite possible that you not only know what magic does this, but have control of it.<br/><br/>Now if only it would interact with you properly.