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Praia do Meio

Warm broadleaf forest, 10 m up

Kept by Klara since 9 November 2026

EREM-S2257-W04311 · 22.9417°S 43.1750°W

First Point Hold. Day, the wet season.
First Point Hold. Day, the wet season.A painting, not the record · the album (1)

Right now

Clear and warm here, 23:38 local, the wet season, full dark, tide falling.

Animals here this month: jaguar (feeding), puma (denning), crocodile (feeding), maned wolf (feeding), peccary (calving), whale (feeding).

This season: a whale passage.

The land

Broken hills under warm broadleaf forest, 10 m up; brooks and springs in the folds of the ground; on the coast; hot, with a wet season and a dry season.

The patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.71 km across.

What stands here

The timber house

THE TIMBER HOUSE — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, living plant, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber house roofed with living plant, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of living plant 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, living plant, stone.

The watch post

THE WATCH POST — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, slate, bronze. On the ground.
"A four-post timber frame with a planked platform and a bronze beacon pan"
A ladder of timber against the south side, lashed with stout rungs up to the deck. A beacon pan of bronze atop the top: filled with dry pitch wood for dark nights.
Of this land: timber. Of the region: slate, bronze.

The story, as Klara tells it

  • First Point Hold was laid out by Klara Ziegler, who marked the low knoll first and set the timber house to face out of the prevailing weather.
  • The frame of the timber house 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 watch post so anyone returning across the north hill can find the footing.
  • 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 watch post and sing the names of the first four who came.

The people

THE PEOPLE OF PRAIA DO MEIO — fishers, gatherers, and gardeners, settled, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the sea sacred.
They keep: the first-catch feast; hospitality to strangers; burial in a cairn; boats sung in; songs at the water.
They like timber, stone, clear, and cod. They dislike storm, fog, and heat. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth sourmisath, river or sea seifin, winter or the rains aggulsim, the dead munul, home goumos, stranger thisegmor, feast soubraner, child bobdeilum, old one lolibseth, the place Thulurroug, the beast ifseiltha, the sky afnor.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

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

The chronicle, lately

  • The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: Klara Ziegler called a people to First Point Hold: the people of First Point Hold.
  • The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: four came to First Point Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Eidbew", the fire-keeper "Douththeirrom", the watcher "Umtheir", the lamp-lighter "Oggelnoud".
  • The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: wild boar calving on the low knoll.
  • The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: the fire-keeper "Douththeirrom" told the story of First Point Hold at the timber house: "First Point Hold was laid out by Klara".
  • The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: eagle nested on the timber house.
  • The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: wild boar calving on the low knoll.
  • The wet season, the first year of Praia do Meio: the ways of the people changed: name.
  • The wet season, the first year of Praia do Meio: the first roof went up at Praia do Meio: the timber house.

Read the whole chronicle

Here now

the net-mender "Eidbew" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Douththeirrom" (folk) · the watcher "Umtheir" (folk) · the lamp-lighter "Oggelnoud" (folk)

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⊕ Praia do Meio · warm broadleaf forest — owned by Klara
Clear and warm here, 23:38 local, the wet season, full dark, tide falling.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.71 km across. Broken hills under warm broadleaf forest, 10 m up; brooks and springs in the folds of the ground; on the coast; hot, with a wet season and a dry season.
Animals here this month: jaguar (feeding), puma (denning), crocodile (feeding), maned wolf (feeding), peccary (calving), whale (feeding). This season: a whale passage.
Of this land: timber, living plant, earth, stone, sand, shell, coral, hide, bone, cloth, rope, glass, fire. Of the region: reed, turf, brick, tile, marble, slate, bronze, iron, gold, water. The land allows: ground, stilts, carved, canopy, 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 HOUSE — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, living plant, stone. On the ground.
"A stout timber house roofed with living plant, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of living plant 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, living plant, stone.

THE WATCH POST — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Timber, slate, bronze. On the ground.
"A four-post timber frame with a planked platform and a bronze beacon pan"
A ladder of timber against the south side, lashed with stout rungs up to the deck. A beacon pan of bronze atop the top: filled with dry pitch wood for dark nights.
Of this land: timber. Of the region: slate, bronze.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- First Point Hold was laid out by Klara Ziegler, who marked the low knoll first and set the timber house to face out of the prevailing weather.
- The frame of the timber house 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 watch post so anyone returning across the north hill can find the footing.
- 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 watch post 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 PRAIA DO MEIO — fishers, gatherers, and gardeners, settled, in hearth households.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the sea sacred.
They keep: the first-catch feast; hospitality to strangers; burial in a cairn; boats sung in; songs at the water.
They like timber, stone, clear, and cod. They dislike storm, fog, and heat. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth sourmisath, river or sea seifin, winter or the rains aggulsim, the dead munul, home goumos, stranger thisegmor, feast soubraner, child bobdeilum, old one lolibseth, the place Thulurroug, the beast ifseiltha, the sky afnor.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

The chronicle (8 entries kept, 4 pinned; the newest last; names in quotes are the owner's words):
- The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: Klara Ziegler called a people to First Point Hold: the people of First Point Hold.
- The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: four came to First Point Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Eidbew", the fire-keeper "Douththeirrom", the watcher "Umtheir", the lamp-lighter "Oggelnoud".
- The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: wild boar calving on the low knoll.
- The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: the fire-keeper "Douththeirrom" told the story of First Point Hold at the timber house: "First Point Hold was laid out by Klara".
- The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: eagle nested on the timber house.
- The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: wild boar calving on the low knoll.
- The wet season, the first year of Praia do Meio: the ways of the people changed: name.
- The wet season, the first year of Praia do Meio: the first roof went up at Praia do Meio: the timber house.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-S2257-W04311/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender "Eidbew" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Douththeirrom" (folk) · the watcher "Umtheir" (folk) · the lamp-lighter "Oggelnoud" (folk)


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