Praia do Meio

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.

Cover

warm broadleaf forest

Elevation

10 m

Relief

broken hills

Fresh water

brooks and springs in the folds of the ground

The sea

on the coast

Climate

hot, with a wet season and a dry season

The patch

about 1.85 km north to south and 1.71 km across; 1,853 m north to south, 1,707 m east to west, 3.16 km²

Centre

22.9417°S 43.1750°W

What the land offers a builder

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.

Now

Clear and warm here, 00:50 local, the wet season, full dark, tide falling.

The wild

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

This season: a whale passage.

The lay of the land

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

What stands here

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 Klara tells it

Of the place

• 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.

Of the people

• 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 watch post and sing the names of the first four who came. (heard when a people lives here)

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.

Ways

fishing, gathering, gardening

Settlement

settled

Kinship

hearth households

Marriage

either

Naming

given names

To strangers

open

They hold sacred

the sea

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

Founders

4

Counted

4 named folk, a household of 0, 0 born here, 0 died here

Founded

9 November 2026

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.

Their lore

• 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.

Named folk

Things made and marks on the land

Marks

• Eagle nest on the timber house (1) at the spot, since 9 November 2026 The wet season, the first year of First Point Hold: eagle nested on the timber house.

The chronicle

Every line is a record the land wrote; the names in quotes are the owner's words. What the chronicle does not say did not happen.

Year 1

The annals: 2 calving seen; 1 first roof; 1 founders; 1 nesting; 1 people founded; 1 telling; 1 ways changed.

• The wet season, the first year of Praia do Meio: the first roof went up at Praia do Meio: the timber house. kept
• The wet season, the first year of Praia do Meio: the ways of the people changed: name. kept
• 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: eagle nested on the timber house.
• 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: wild boar calving on the low knoll.
• 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". kept
• 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. kept

Here now

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