Floating Refuge
The Floating Refuge is the pirates stronghold in the Maoratari Duchy, owned and operated by the gang known as the Caretakers. Its most basic purpose is to be a place where pirates can rest, recruit new crew, and sell their stolen goods, away from the prying eyes of the Empire and her laws. It also acts as a buffer between the Empire and the islands of the Maoratari Duchy, ensuring that any fleet that seeks to pacify the islands will have to pass through the Floating Refuge first. The stronghold itself is at the center of a large cluster of rocks that are raised out of the Sea of Swords, built on and around a rocky formation. The surrounding rock pillars are all held by the Caretakers, and have at their tops a small fortified bunker armed with cannons and provisions. Those bunkers were instrumental in the Vandwig Disaster.
The inhabitants of the Refuge are all pirates and other criminals, and there is vast consumption of alcohol and drugs. To keep the peace in such a dangerous place, the Caretakers are cruel and brutal, and do not shy away from killing someone and dumping their body to the sharks. This environment is perfect for many gangs and pirate crews, as it only allows the strongest to survive, which make the Refuge an excellent place for promisin grecruits to such organizations. As a result, most large gangs of the Empire have some presence on the Refuge, such as the Sundered Bones and Mr Key's Associates.
As time passed, and the Refuge became more poppular with pirates, her position was challenged, and to establish order she created the Caretakers gang out of her old crew. After almost a decade, the Refuge was the main Pirate Port in the Empire, and most pirates would come there to rest and sell their goods. Isra's position however would soon be challenged, but all doubters would be silenced after the Vandwig Disaster, which earned Isra and the Caretakers massive ammounts of gold and respect, and established the Floating Refuge as unassailable for years to come.
The inhabitants of the Refuge are all pirates and other criminals, and there is vast consumption of alcohol and drugs. To keep the peace in such a dangerous place, the Caretakers are cruel and brutal, and do not shy away from killing someone and dumping their body to the sharks. This environment is perfect for many gangs and pirate crews, as it only allows the strongest to survive, which make the Refuge an excellent place for promisin grecruits to such organizations. As a result, most large gangs of the Empire have some presence on the Refuge, such as the Sundered Bones and Mr Key's Associates.
History
The Floating Refuge was constructer over three years by Isra Al'Sabin, a then captain, now head of the Caretakers gang. Isra was a pirate captain hailing from Ahridia, and she saw that there was a need for a place that pirates can gather and organize away from the Empire, and the islands of the Maoratari Duchy were not good enaugh, as they were dominated by local rulers that did not care much for the pirates. She used her small fortune to build what was at the time a small outpost at an uninhabited cluster of rocks, and used her connections to other pirates and some merchants that she had gained from her time as a pirate, to establish it as a basic trading post between the Empire and Maoratari Duchy.As time passed, and the Refuge became more poppular with pirates, her position was challenged, and to establish order she created the Caretakers gang out of her old crew. After almost a decade, the Refuge was the main Pirate Port in the Empire, and most pirates would come there to rest and sell their goods. Isra's position however would soon be challenged, but all doubters would be silenced after the Vandwig Disaster, which earned Isra and the Caretakers massive ammounts of gold and respect, and established the Floating Refuge as unassailable for years to come.
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Founding Date
503
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Outpost / Base
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