Tsimbazaza

A terra

Morros íngremes sob caatinga espinhosa em chão seco, a 1113 m de altitude; um rio ou um lago na baixada; o mar a cerca de 130 km; ameno, com invernos secos.

Cobertura

caatinga espinhosa em chão seco

Altitude

1113 m

Relevo

morros íngremes

Água doce

um rio ou um lago na baixada

O mar

o mar a cerca de 130 km

Clima

ameno, com invernos secos

A parcela

cerca de 1,85 km de norte a sul e 1,73 km de largura; 1.853 m de norte a sul, 1.727 m de leste a oeste, 3,20 km²

Centro

21.3083°S 47.0417°E

O que a terra oferece a quem constrói

Desta terra: madeira, junco, terra, turfa, tijolo, telha, pedra, couro, osso, pano, corda, água, fogo. Da região: planta viva, mármore, ardósia, bronze, ferro, ouro. A terra permite: no chão, sobre palafitas, flutuando, escavado, em vão.

Agora

Chuva forte, ameno por aqui, 05:47 no horário local, a estação chuvosa.

O mundo selvagem

Animais aqui este mês: leão (se alimentando), leopardo (se alimentando), buffalo (se alimentando), leopardo (se alimentando), gnu (migrando), hiena (se alimentando).

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 TIMBER HOUSE — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, reed, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber house 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 STOREHOUSE — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, slate. On the ground.
"A tight-walled timber storehouse raised clear of the damp with a slate roof"
A roof of slate atop the top: weighted with flat stones against high winds. A shelves of timber inside the inside: lined with dry bins for winter stores.
Of this land: timber. Of the region: slate.

A história, como xander_b conta

Do lugar

• South Fold Watch was laid out by Xander Brandt, who marked the low knoll first and set the timber house to face out of the prevailing weather.

Do povo

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the timber house 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 storehouse and sing the names of the first four who came. (heard when a people lives here)

O povo

THE PEOPLE OF TSIMBAZAZA — gardeners, fishers, and hunters, settled, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the river sacred.
They keep: ancestor stones; the harvest feast; burial in a mound; hospitality to strangers; the first tooth given to the river.
They like timber, frost, red deer, and light rain. They dislike stone, heat, and storm. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth deirthouwa, river or sea ourowda, winter or the rains iwthou, the dead sarno, home loureifnad, stranger sanol, feast eiwdewim, child munil, old one mirow, the place Beilne, the beast weilabbo, the sky ithrar.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

Modos de vida

gardening, fishing, hunting

Assentamento

settled

Parentesco

hearth households

Casamento

either

Nomes

given names

Com forasteiros

open

Têm por sagrado

the river

Guardam

ancestor stones; the harvest feast; burial in a mound; hospitality to strangers; the first tooth given to the river

Gostam de

timber, frost, red deer e light rain

Não gostam de

stone, heat e storm

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 deirthouwa, river or sea ourowda, winter or the rains iwthou, the dead sarno, home loureifnad, stranger sanol, feast eiwdewim, child munil, old one mirow, the place Beilne, the beast weilabbo, the sky ithrar.

A tradição deles

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the timber house 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 storehouse 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; 4 tracks; 1 ways changed.

• The wet season, the first year of Tsimbazaza: the lion left a line of prints over the low knoll.
• The wet season, the first year of Tsimbazaza: the ways of the people changed: name. mantido
• The wet season, the first year of South Fold Watch: wolf tracks across the north hill.
• The wet season, the first year of South Fold Watch: lion tracks across the low knoll.
• The wet season, the first year of South Fold Watch: wolf tracks across the north hill.
• The wet season, the first year of South Fold Watch: four came to South Fold Watch and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Emmeir", the fire-keeper "Deiwrarrul", the keeper of the store "Sirnei", the keeper of the shrine "Fothirnir". mantido
• The wet season, the first year of South Fold Watch: Xander Brandt called a people to South Fold Watch: the people of South Fold Watch. mantido

Aqui agora

the net-mender "Emmeir" (gente) · the fire-keeper "Deiwrarrul" (gente) · the keeper of the store "Sirnei" (gente) · the keeper of the shrine "Fothirnir" (gente)