Cold Slate

A terra

Terreno suavemente ondulado sob o manto de gelo, a 1542 m de altitude; longe de qualquer mar; geada o ano inteiro.

Cobertura

o manto de gelo

Altitude

1542 m

Relevo

terreno suavemente ondulado

O mar

longe de qualquer mar

Clima

geada o ano inteiro

A parcela

cerca de 1,85 km de norte a sul e 0,13 km de largura; 1.853 m de norte a sul, 132 m de leste a oeste, 0,25 km²

Centro

85.9083°S 72.2250°W

O que a terra oferece a quem constrói

Desta terra: gelo, neve, couro, osso, pano, corda, fogo. A terra permite: no chão, escavado, gelo.

Agora

Neve, frio cortante por aqui, 22:50 no horário local, fim da primavera, o sol não se põe hoje.

O mundo selvagem

Pouca coisa aparece este mês.

A disposição da terra

• The grass meadow (prado): a bright sward of tall grass damp with morning dew
• The wide floe (banquisa): a broad table of thick ice riding low on the cold swell

O que está de pé aqui

THE SNOW HOUSE — on the grass meadow. House-sized, about 6 m. Ice, snow, bone. On the ground.
"A low dome of ice blocks with a sunken wind-tunnel entrance and a central lamp hearth"
A roof of snow atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of bone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of ice facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of ice along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: ice, snow, bone.

THE WATCH POST — beside the wide floe. Small, about 4 m. Ice, rope, bronze. On the ground.
"A four-post ice frame with a planked platform and a bronze beacon pan"
A ladder of ice 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: ice, rope. Carried here: bronze.

A história, como evander conta

Do lugar

• Slate Shelf Watch was laid out by Evander Cole, who marked the grass meadow first and set the snow house to face out of the prevailing weather.

Do povo

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the snow house and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the grass meadow. (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)

O povo

THE PEOPLE OF COLD SLATE — ice hunters and hunters, wandering, in bands.
No given names; each is known by what they do. They hold the sky sacred.
They keep: silence in the long night; shared catch; the long migration.
They like clear, ice, and snow. They dislike heat and fog. Closed to strangers.
Their words: hearth tiikuu, river or sea uuknung, winter or the rains saaiima, the dead aruulnii, home utkaa, stranger saangmaammaang, feast ngiiaakiim, child saangngang, old one ngaaitiituu, the place Qinilaa, the beast ankaa, the sky limngaqu.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

Modos de vida

ice hunting, hunting

Assentamento

wandering

Parentesco

bands

Casamento

either

Nomes

by role

Com forasteiros

closed

Têm por sagrado

the sky

Guardam

silence in the long night; shared catch; the long migration

Gostam de

clear, ice e snow

Não gostam de

heat e fog

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 tiikuu, river or sea uuknung, winter or the rains saaiima, the dead aruulnii, home utkaa, stranger saangmaammaang, feast ngiiaakiim, child saangngang, old one ngaaitiituu, the place Qinilaa, the beast ankaa, the sky limngaqu.

A tradição deles

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the snow house and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the grass meadow.
• Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the watch post 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 spring, the first year of Cold Slate: the ways of the people changed: name. mantido
• Late spring, the first year of Slate Shelf Watch: arctic fox tracks across the spot.
• Late spring, the first year of Slate Shelf Watch: arctic fox tracks across the spot.
• Late spring, the first year of Slate Shelf Watch: four came to Slate Shelf Watch and lit the hearth. The net-mender, the fire-keeper, the watcher, the lamp-lighter. mantido
• Late spring, the first year of Slate Shelf Watch: Evander Cole called a people to Slate Shelf Watch: the people of Slate Shelf Watch. mantido

Aqui agora

the net-mender (gente) · the fire-keeper (gente) · the watcher (gente) · the lamp-lighter (gente)