Pole Position

A terra

Mar aberto, 4247 m de profundidade; com uma costa à vista; mar polar.

Cobertura

mar aberto

Profundidade

4247 m

Relevo

terreno plano

O mar

no mar

Clima

mar polar

A parcela

cerca de 1,85 km de norte a sul e 0,01 km de largura; 1.853 m de norte a sul, 15 m de leste a oeste, 0,03 km²

Centro

89.5417°N 9.4583°E

O que a terra oferece a quem constrói

Desta terra: madeira, junco, areia, concha, gelo, neve, couro, osso, pano, corda, vidro, água. A terra permite: sobre palafitas, flutuando, gelo, em vão.

Agora

Neve, frio cortante por aqui, 04:20 no horário local, fim do outono, o sol não nasce hoje.

O mundo selvagem

Animais aqui este mês: urso-polar (na toca), orca (de passagem), morsa (invernando), foca (se alimentando), baleia (migrando), bacalhau (se alimentando).

Nesta estação: uma estação de neblina.

A disposição da terra

• The low knoll (outeiro): a rounded rise with a clear view across the surrounding patch
• The north hill (morro): a broad shoulder of high ground dry underfoot after rain

O que está de pé aqui

THE RAFT HALL — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, reed, sand. Afloat.
"A wide timber raft lashed with reed, a low cabin roof and hearth stone amidships"
A roof of reed atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of sand 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, sand.

THE OUTRIGGER BOAT — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, rope, bronze. Afloat.
"A narrow timber hull with rope spars and a lantern bracket at the bow"
A mast of timber atop the middle: stepped in a lashing block for running before the wind. A net rack of rope along the edge: coiled with weighted lines and floats. A bow lantern of bronze at the front: shrouded against salt spray for night watches.
Of this land: timber, rope. Carried here: bronze.

A história, como Xavier B. conta

Do lugar

• Grey Shoal Hold was laid out by Xavier Beaumont, who marked the low knoll first and set the raft hall to face out of the prevailing weather.

Do povo

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the raft hall and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll. (heard when a people lives here)
• Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the outrigger boat and sing the names of the first four who came. (heard when a people lives here)

O povo

THE PEOPLE OF POLE POSITION — fishers and sea hunters, settled, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the sea sacred.
They keep: boats sung in; burial in the water; the first-catch feast; shared catch; songs at the water.
They like timber, rope, cod, and the water. They dislike storm, fog, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth leela, river or sea wiuweho, winter or the rains huawa, the dead ekahuipe, home leteukatau, stranger railu, feast naivawitiu, child owavihe, old one upivele, the place Uvaeti, the beast uverini, the sky enao.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

Modos de vida

fishing, sea hunting

Assentamento

settled

Parentesco

hearth households

Casamento

either

Nomes

given names

Com forasteiros

open

Têm por sagrado

the sea

Guardam

boats sung in; burial in the water; the first-catch feast; shared catch; songs at the water

Gostam de

timber, rope, cod e the water

Não gostam de

storm, fog e stone

Fundadores

4

Contagem

4 da gente com nome, uma casa de 0, 0 nascidos aqui, 0 mortos aqui

Fundado em

6 de novembro de 2026

As palavras deles

hearth leela, river or sea wiuweho, winter or the rains huawa, the dead ekahuipe, home leteukatau, stranger railu, feast naivawitiu, child owavihe, old one upivele, the place Uvaeti, the beast uverini, the sky enao.

A tradição deles

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the raft hall 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 outrigger boat and sing the names of the first four who came.

Gente com nome

A crônica

Cada linha é um registro que a terra escreveu; os nomes entre aspas são palavras do dono. O que a crônica não diz não aconteceu.

Ano 1

Os anais: 1 founders; 1 people founded; 2 tracks; 1 ways changed.

• Late autumn, the first year of Pole Position: the whale left a line of prints over the low knoll.
• Late autumn, the first year of Pole Position: the ways of the people changed: name. mantido
• Late autumn, the first year of Grey Shoal Hold: whale tracks across the low knoll.
• Late autumn, the first year of Grey Shoal Hold: four came to Grey Shoal Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Nutilote", the boatwright "Liipiku", the fire-keeper "Imahikau", the lamp-lighter "Noekiahikeu". mantido
• Late autumn, the first year of Grey Shoal Hold: Xavier Beaumont called a people to Grey Shoal Hold: the people of Grey Shoal Hold. mantido

Aqui agora

the net-mender "Nutilote" (gente) · the boatwright "Liipiku" (gente) · the fire-keeper "Imahikau" (gente) · the lamp-lighter "Noekiahikeu" (gente)