siobhancan99
The Divine
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The Winds of Providence arrived in Southport the early part of the day, before the sub-tropical heat. The carrack was loaded with steel, ready to trade to the Uluntu for good yellow gold, and then on to the east to load up on spices. It was spring, and there was hope that the summer storms that plagued the southern oceans would hold off long enough to make the return village at a profit. Still, the captain of the Winds of Providence was not above taking extra coin from the crown to bring new settlers to his majesty's most far flung colony, and so the ship found itself docking at the expansive Southport docks, to let off its excess human cargo and take on fresh water and fruit for its journey round the Cape of Winged Devils.
His eyes swept the shoreline. The older part of the city... if city it could be called with a mere 10-20,000 souls... was built in the popular clay style of Gajes, who originally held the colony before it lost it in the Treaty of Sarajaca. A large portion of the island folk still hailed from Gajes, and seemed not to care that their taxes went to a different king. Sweeping south, towards the harbor fort, were the great warehouses holding sugar and molasses and rum, the principle exports of the island. The rum distillery itself sat, squat and emitting noxious gases, behind the gun emplacements overlooking the deep harbor.
The water was crystal clear, and blue as the sky... calm and serene unlike the turbulent and muddy colored waters of the ports of Pemberton. The beaches were white and sandy, and the hills surrounding the town were green and lush. The heat wasn't too bad here on the coast, but the captain knew it could be downright beastly inland and away from the water. Still, on a day like today where the weather was calm and clear, and the blue winged Southport Macaws with their crimson breasts swarmed the rigging... it seemed like it just might be paradise.
He turned to the passengers now disembarking. A young couple with a cow intent on farming here. The cow had not enjoyed the journey, and the crew had not enjoyed the cow. He was not sad to see the back of them... though he wouldn't have minded seeing the back of the wife a time or two without her husband around. A middle aged man, severe, in a black coat of fine but simple make, tight breeches and socks, and expensive shoes. Oglethorp by name, or so he thought. He spoke little and read much on the journey. He had the air of a barrister, and the captain did not think much of that. Still, he'd been polite and paid upfront in cash. He paid the crew to take a few chests down to the dock. How he intended to move them into town without his own porters was his business. Last a young, rather affable man who had been pleasant enough. Desmond. "Well, here you are lad" he gestured "20 acres of this island to be yours, so long as you agree to live here." He laughed "good luck as a farmer, I suppose."
His eyes swept the shoreline. The older part of the city... if city it could be called with a mere 10-20,000 souls... was built in the popular clay style of Gajes, who originally held the colony before it lost it in the Treaty of Sarajaca. A large portion of the island folk still hailed from Gajes, and seemed not to care that their taxes went to a different king. Sweeping south, towards the harbor fort, were the great warehouses holding sugar and molasses and rum, the principle exports of the island. The rum distillery itself sat, squat and emitting noxious gases, behind the gun emplacements overlooking the deep harbor.
The water was crystal clear, and blue as the sky... calm and serene unlike the turbulent and muddy colored waters of the ports of Pemberton. The beaches were white and sandy, and the hills surrounding the town were green and lush. The heat wasn't too bad here on the coast, but the captain knew it could be downright beastly inland and away from the water. Still, on a day like today where the weather was calm and clear, and the blue winged Southport Macaws with their crimson breasts swarmed the rigging... it seemed like it just might be paradise.
He turned to the passengers now disembarking. A young couple with a cow intent on farming here. The cow had not enjoyed the journey, and the crew had not enjoyed the cow. He was not sad to see the back of them... though he wouldn't have minded seeing the back of the wife a time or two without her husband around. A middle aged man, severe, in a black coat of fine but simple make, tight breeches and socks, and expensive shoes. Oglethorp by name, or so he thought. He spoke little and read much on the journey. He had the air of a barrister, and the captain did not think much of that. Still, he'd been polite and paid upfront in cash. He paid the crew to take a few chests down to the dock. How he intended to move them into town without his own porters was his business. Last a young, rather affable man who had been pleasant enough. Desmond. "Well, here you are lad" he gestured "20 acres of this island to be yours, so long as you agree to live here." He laughed "good luck as a farmer, I suppose."