Although the SimBasic story has ended, I'd like to step back to sum things up. When the story started there were the introductions, so why not closing it all with "outroductions"? Counting both 2nd and 3rd generation, the 8 settlers have turned into a population of 48 persons!
Before August ends, the spin-off blog shall be up. I
have picked what household to bring the story forward - and your wishes have mostly been heard. The community aspects will be covered though, through the lives of that one household, and there will be plenty of occasions they can visit other families to keep us updated on some of the loose threads.
But for now - a quick outroduction covering each of the 13 households of Maccaroni Island! Starting in the western Region (red framed pictures), then the eastern Region (yellow framed), Southern region (green framed) and finally the Northern region (blue framed). Btw, nobody currently resides the Sentral region.
Western region
This region is where
Rita and Roger Redward originally settled. All current households contain minimum one of their descendants.
Find this region in the interactive map.
Yamir Redward is unmarried and lives here alone with 2 horses. He is the son of Corinne and Randal Redward. He works at the Fort Base, and was not interested in taking over the family ranch. His life might be a little less predictable now that contact was made with the other world.
Yamir Redward (young adult):
Aspiration: Rich and famous. Traits: Athletic, Insane, Coward, Star quality, Snob.
Randal Redward, head of the council, married to Corinne, the local teacher. Their youngest child Yvilla still lives with them. Randal Redward is head of the local council, and he controls the local bank and several businesses. He is oldest child of the settlers, Rita and Roger Redward, and he is determined to complete his Father's goal of controlling the little community. The other world contact might ruin his little kingdom, so he made the decision on behalf of them all to stay on Maccaroni Island. Randal does understand that time will change, but hopefully a delay will give his son Yamir Redward a chance to get in charge.
Randal Redward (elder):
Ambition: Rich and famous. Traits: Athletic, Insane, Workaholic, Star quality, Eco-friendly.
Corinne (Yea-Low) Redward (elder):
Ambition: Home design hot-spot. Traits: Artistic, Virtuoso, Neurotic, Bookwork, Snob.
Yvilla Redward (teen):
Traits: Insane, Virtuoso, Neurotic, Bookworm, Eco-friendly.
Constance Hamming, owner of the Consignment store, married to Jess, who works at Greta's Bistro. All their 3 sons live at home, too. The twins Marvin and Gastor, and their older brother Russell, working at Fort Base. Constance is sister of Randal Redward, while Jess hails from Greench Farm. In the past Constance founded the Pets Club with Graica Greench and Albert Blumington. The household has 3 dogs descending from the wild dogs, but Cairo is no longer around. Because of the income from the store, this household has a better economy and more cash than most of the others, but will it be possible to share the values equally between the 3 brothers?
Constance (Redward) Hamming (elder):
Ambition: Superstar athlet. Traits: Athletic, Absent-minded, Workaholic, Family oriented, Ambitious.
Jess (Greench) Hamming (elder):
Ambition: 5 star chef. Traits: Excitable, Heavy sleeper, Technophobe, Natural cook, Angler.
Russell Hamming (young adult):
Ambition: Seasoned traveler. Traits: Good, Athletic, Technophobe, Family oriented, Adventurous.
Marvin Hamming (teen):
Traits: Clumsy, Absent-minded, Insane, Natural cook.
Gastor Hamming (teen):
Traits: Brave, Heavy sleeper, Hates outdoors, Natural cook.
Eastern region
This region is where
Yvonne and Yespar Yea-Low originally settled. All current households contain minimum one of their descendants.
Find this region in the interactive map.
There are currently 2 Yea-Low households, and this is the main property. Reynar Yea-Low is 3rd generation Inventor. He descends from both the Yea-Lows and the Redwards. His wife, Graica, hails from Greench Farm, she is a member of the local Pets Club, and currently she works at the newly established news desk. Graica hates the idea of leaving Maccaroni Island. This young family just had their first child, but the household counts numerous animals.
Reynar Yea-Low (young adult):
Ambition: Perfect mind perfect body. Traits: Athletic, Genius, Hates outdoors, Artistic, Ambitious.
Graica (Greench) Yea-Low (young adult):
Ambition: Animal rescuer. Traits: Clumsy, Grumpy, Vegetarian, Hydrophobic, Party animal.
Dorance Yea-Low (baby):
Traits: Loner, Genius.
The mysterious Agnes Hawk works part time at the graveyard. Some think she is sick and needs help, others think she is just a crazy woman. She used to have an imaginary friend, and she also married Joe Hawk, who is now dead. Her two sons are already teens, and Agnes doesn't know for sure who is their dad - Beetle or Joe. This family seems to carry a curse, and the blond son, Grim, is the one to bring it on.
Agnes (Yea-Low Jones) Hawk (adult):
Ambition: Private museum. Traits: Neurotic, Artistic, Unlucky, Loves outdoors, Daredevil.
Amadeus Hawk (teen):
Traits: Neurotic, Artistic, Unlucky, Never nude.
Grim Hawk (teen):
Traits: Eccentric, Slob, Can't stand art, Mooch.
Down in the valley lives Yoseph Hedgewall with his wife Beatrice, their 3 kids and some animals. Yoseph works at the Our Delightful Bookstore, and he still dreams of becoming a novelist. Beatrice hails from Greench Farm, and finds joy in farming. Yoseph is a council member, representing the Maccaroni Bank owners. Their oldest kid, Evita, is somehow mean, and it worries Beatrice that she spends so much time with Amadeus Hawk. Another worry is that their youngest son turned out much greener than anyone else on the island.
Yoseph (Yea-Low) Hedgewall (adult):
Ambition: Illustrious author. Traits: Grumpy, Genius, Evil, Bookwork, Savvy sculptor.
Beatrice (Greench) Hedgewall (adult):
Ambition: Perfect garden. Traits: Brave, Virtuoso, Vegetarian, Green thumb, Angler.
Evita Hedgewall (teen):
Traits: Brave Virtuoso, Evil, Hates outdoors.
Gaspar Hedgewall (teen):
Traits: Loves outdoors, Genius, Loser, Technophobe.
Jamiel Hedgewall (child):
Traits: Brave, Virtuoso, Inappropriate.
The second Yea-Low household also resides in the valley, near Blumington Bridge. Dorothy and Alex Yea-Low left their main house to their oldest son, Reynar. Alex is an Inventor, while Dorothy runs the local hospital. Their son Yesador just started to work at the hospital, too. Alex is a council member, representing the Eastern region.
Alex Yea-Low (adult):
Ambition: Renaissance sim. Traits: Neurotic, Genius, Neat, Artistic, Grumpy.
Dorothy (Redward) Yea-Low (elder):
Ambition: Perfect mind perfect body. Traits: Athletic, Absent-minded, Snob, Light sleeper, Ambitious.
Yesador Yea-Low (young adult):
Ambition: Monster maker. Traits: Good, Genius, Loser, Light sleeper, Eccentric.
Richelle Yea-Low (teen):
Traits: Coward, Genius, Virtuoso, No sense of humor.
Irena Yea-Low (child):
Traits: Easily impressed, Absent-minded, Snob.
Southern region
This region is where
Greta and Gabriel Greench originally settled. All current households contain minimum one of their descendants.
Find this region in the interactive map.
Archie Greench is son of settlers Greta and Gabriel Greench. He runs the farm, which is the largest farm on the island. His wife Bridgette just retired from serving the Greench Market (grocery store), a market that mostly sells produce from this farm. Except from Archie's partnership investment, the business is owned by Maccaroni Bank. Archie and Bridgette had 5 kids, all about to grow up and move out. Godrian will take over the farm as the 3rd generation farmer. Archie is a council member, representing the Southern region.
Archie Greench (elder):
Ambition: Surrounded by family. Traits: Diciplined, Grumpy, Vegetarian, Hydrophobic, Angler.
Bridgette (Blumington) Greench (elder):
Ambition: Surrounded by family. Traits: Clumsy, Absent-minded, Over-emotional, Family oriented, Hot-headed.
Bertil Greench (young adult):
Ambition: The jockey. Traits: Clumsy, Absent-minded, Vegetarian, Equestrian, Hot-headed.
Godrian Greench (young adult):
Ambition: Private museum. Traits: Artistic, Absent-minded, Neurotic, Hydrophobic, Hot-headed.
Boletta Greench (young adult):
Ambition: Surrounded by family. Traits: Diciplined, Absent-minded, Vegetarian, Family oriented, Loves outdoors.
Eileen Greench (teen):
Traits: Diciplined, Grumpy, Over-emotional, Hopeless romantic.
LaShawn Gladiston is son of the settlers Greta and Gabriel Greench. He was pushing elderhood when marrying the much younger Rebecka Black. They run a small scale farm, and LaShawn visits the nectary at Redward Heights regularly to produce nectar. They just had their first baby.
LaShawn (Greench) Gladiston (elder):
Ambition: Nectar cellar. Traits: Diciplined, Light sleeper, No sense of humour, Technophobe, Hydrophobic.
Rebecka (Black) Gladiston (young adult):
Ambition: Golden toungue golden fingers. Traits: Absent-minded, Virtuoso, Hot-headed, Unflirty, Good.
Glamella Gladiston (baby):
Traits: Couch potato, Loves outdoors.
Carie Peel, daughter of settlers Greta and Gabriel Greench, runs the local bakery that she wants to buy from the bank owners. Her partner, Albert Blumington, helps raising funds through his work as a Sculptor. They have 3 daughters. Although there is a well tended garden from when Greta and Gabriel used to stay here, neither Carie nor Albert care much for the plants.
Carie (Greench) Peel (adult):
Ambition: 5 star chef. Traits: Easily impressed, Friendly, Vegetarian, Natural cook, Hydrophobic.
Albert Blumington (adult):
Ambition: Renaissance sim. Traits: Clumsy, Absent-minded, Shy, Childish, Mooch.
Blanca Peel (teen):
Traits: Easily impressed, Absent-minded, Vegetarian, Party animal.
Gabriella Peel (child):
Traits: Clumsy, Artistic, Neurotic.
Gerda Peel (toddler):
Traits: Neurotic, Athletic.
Cody Major, son of settlers Greta and Gabriel Greench, makes a living from growing garden flowers. His much younger wife, Rosanne, has just started a business offering canes. They have 2 kids, and 3 dogs. Rosanne has no idea why her mom, Corinne Redward, never stopped by to greet her only grandchildren.
Cody (Greench) Major (adult):
Ambition: Perfect garden. Traits: Insane, Perceptive, Vegetarian, Green thumb, Angler.
Rosanne (Redward) Major (young adult):
Ambition: 5 star chef. Traits: Brave, virtuoso, Workaholic, Hopeless romantic, Snob.
Rafael Major (toddler):
Traits: Insane, good.
Georgine Major (baby):
Traits: Brave, Good.
Northern region
This region is where
Bianca and Bolan Blumington originally settled. All current households contain minimum one of their descendants.
Find this region in the interactive map.
Alfonso Blumington, youngest son of settlers Bianca and Bolan Blumington, lives alone up north with 4 mine cats. As a 2nd generation fisherman, he can hardly make ends meet. He wants to marry someone, but the population is too small, maybe he can find a woman in the town of Galucca?
Alfonso Blumington (adult):
Ambition: Perfect aquarium. Traits: Clumsy, Easily impressed, Over-emotional, Handy, Photographer's eye.
Bella Black is a daughter of settlers Bianca and Bolan Blumington, while her hubby Christopher is a son of settlers Rita and Roger Redward. Up here they live in a poor house, with 2 of their 3 daughters, and 3 cats. Their main activity is fishing, but Christopher also works at the House of Law, being the father of the Maccaroni Laws. Bella is a council member, representing the northern region. Is there a future for them now that the captain from the town of Galucca said that this is the better side of the island for a harbour? Could the Black family benefit from increased traffic due to the new contact with the other world? After all, Christopher is still a Redward by genes...
Bella (Blumington) Black (elder):
Ambition: Perfect aquarium. Traits: Absent-minded, Easily impressed, Shy, Unflirty, Dramatic.
Christopher (Redward) Black (elder):
Ambition: International Super Spy. Traits: Athletic, Virtuoso, Hot-headed, Adventurous, Good.
Bonita Black (teen):
Traits: Absent-minded, Virtuoso, Hot-headed, Adventurous.
Carla Black (teen):
Traits: Absent-minded, Easily impressed, Loser, Adventurous.
