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Stromboli Corner

Thorny scrub on dry ground, 581 m up

Kept by Nestor Campos since 9 November 2026

EREM-N3847-E01512 · 38.7917°N 15.2083°E

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Upper Narrows Hold. Day, late autumn.
Upper Narrows Hold. Day, late autumn.A painting, not the record · the album (1)

Right now

Light rain and cold here, 03:32 local, late autumn, full dark.

Animals here this month: leopard (feeding), orca (passing), seal (feeding), whale (migrating), shark (feeding), eagle (feeding).

This season: a season of fog.

The land

Mountainside under thorny scrub on dry ground, 581 m up; on the coast; dry summers and mild wet winters.

The patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.44 km across.

What stands here

The timber hut

THE TIMBER HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, reed, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber hut roofed with reed, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of reed atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of timber facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of timber along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: timber, reed, stone.

The firing kiln

THE FIRING KILN — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, rope. On the ground.
"A thick-walled timber kiln with a low draft tunnel and a sheltered fuel rack"
A chimney flue of timber atop the top: daubed tight to draw a steady draft. A fuel rack of rope along the east side: stacked with dry kindling under a narrow eave.
Of this land: timber, rope.

The story, as Nestor Campos tells it

  • Upper Narrows Hold was laid out by Nestor Campos, who marked the low knoll first and set the timber hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
  • The frame of the timber hut was raised from timber gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
  • After dark a small light is kept burning at the firing kiln so anyone returning across the north hill can find the footing.
  • They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the timber hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
  • Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the firing kiln and sing the names of the first four who came.

The people

THE PEOPLE OF STROMBOLI CORNER — fishers, salt and shell gatherers, and gatherers, settled, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the water sacred.
They keep: water taboos; burial in the sand; the stranger eats first; the first-catch feast; night travel.
They like shell, stone, fog, and dawn. They dislike heat, dust, and timber. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth zulfiirral, river or sea haanhaazii, winter or the rains hilhaasaan, the dead ghaanbaarbur, home hamnam, stranger khamfii, feast durun, child khiibiimram, old one raamnaalfiil, the place Rifarhaal, the beast zaanliinbu, the sky ghiisuzsam.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

4 of the folk have names, in a household of 0.

The chronicle, lately

  • Late autumn, the first year of Upper Narrows Hold: Nestor Campos called a people to Upper Narrows Hold: the people of Upper Narrows Hold.
  • Late autumn, the first year of Upper Narrows Hold: four came to Upper Narrows Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Naamghaan", the potter "Fahban", the fire-keeper "Khiziizma", the keeper of the shrine "Sahamran".
  • Late autumn, the first year of Upper Narrows Hold: leopard tracks across the north hill.
  • Late autumn, the first year of Stromboli Corner: the ways of the people changed: name.
  • Late autumn, the first year of Stromboli Corner: the first roof went up at Stromboli Corner: the timber hut.
  • Late autumn, the first year of Stromboli Corner: the leopard left a line of prints over the north hill.

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Here now

the net-mender "Naamghaan" (folk) · the potter "Fahban" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Khiziizma" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Sahamran" (folk)

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⊕ Stromboli Corner · thorny scrub on dry ground — owned by Nestor Campos
Light rain and cold here, 03:32 local, late autumn, full dark.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.44 km across. Mountainside under thorny scrub on dry ground, 581 m up; on the coast; dry summers and mild wet winters.
Animals here this month: leopard (feeding), orca (passing), seal (feeding), whale (migrating), shark (feeding), eagle (feeding). This season: a season of fog.
Of this land: timber, reed, earth, turf, stone, marble, slate, sand, shell, coral, hide, bone, cloth, rope, bronze, iron, gold, glass, fire. Of the region: water. The land allows: ground, stilts, carved, spanning.

The lay of the land: the spot (spot), the low knoll (knoll), the north hill (hill).

On record (quote the plates; anything else is talk):
THE TIMBER HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, reed, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber hut roofed with reed, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of reed atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of timber facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of timber along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: timber, reed, stone.

THE FIRING KILN — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, rope. On the ground.
"A thick-walled timber kiln with a low draft tunnel and a sheltered fuel rack"
A chimney flue of timber atop the top: daubed tight to draw a steady draft. A fuel rack of rope along the east side: stacked with dry kindling under a narrow eave.
Of this land: timber, rope.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- Upper Narrows Hold was laid out by Nestor Campos, who marked the low knoll first and set the timber hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
- The frame of the timber hut was raised from timber gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
- After dark a small light is kept burning at the firing kiln so anyone returning across the north hill can find the footing.
- They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the timber hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
- Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the firing kiln and sing the names of the first four who came.

A people lives here: 4 folk named, a household of 0. Their charter (the record):
THE PEOPLE OF STROMBOLI CORNER — fishers, salt and shell gatherers, and gatherers, settled, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the water sacred.
They keep: water taboos; burial in the sand; the stranger eats first; the first-catch feast; night travel.
They like shell, stone, fog, and dawn. They dislike heat, dust, and timber. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth zulfiirral, river or sea haanhaazii, winter or the rains hilhaasaan, the dead ghaanbaarbur, home hamnam, stranger khamfii, feast durun, child khiibiimram, old one raamnaalfiil, the place Rifarhaal, the beast zaanliinbu, the sky ghiisuzsam.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

The chronicle (6 entries kept, 4 pinned; the newest last; names in quotes are the owner's words):
- Late autumn, the first year of Upper Narrows Hold: Nestor Campos called a people to Upper Narrows Hold: the people of Upper Narrows Hold.
- Late autumn, the first year of Upper Narrows Hold: four came to Upper Narrows Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Naamghaan", the potter "Fahban", the fire-keeper "Khiziizma", the keeper of the shrine "Sahamran".
- Late autumn, the first year of Upper Narrows Hold: leopard tracks across the north hill.
- Late autumn, the first year of Stromboli Corner: the ways of the people changed: name.
- Late autumn, the first year of Stromboli Corner: the first roof went up at Stromboli Corner: the timber hut.
- Late autumn, the first year of Stromboli Corner: the leopard left a line of prints over the north hill.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-N3847-E01512/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender "Naamghaan" (folk) · the potter "Fahban" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Khiziizma" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Sahamran" (folk)


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