Saturday, September 13, 2014

Salt Cay


Satellite Image


Map with distance scale and features


Turk and Caicos Island Group


Nicknamed the "Ghost Isles" in 1630 as the Spanish depopulated the islands between 1500 and 1550, killing or removing all of the native Taino people for use as slave labor on other island colonies.  The islands have been uninhabited since.

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Campaign Log 1

"Changelings"

1630

April 1 -- Inigo Montoya and Sid the Dutchman arrive in the port town of Cayona on Tortuga
April 2 -- Recruited by farmers to investigate sick daughters
April 3 -- Encounter with the Lady in Gray
April 4 -- Battle with Changeling at farmhouse; learn of kidnapped daughters
April 5 --  Battle with the crew of L'Esprit Du Henri at Tortuga docks; depart for Santo Domingo
April 6 -- Get lost on open ocean
April 11 -- Stopover at Dario's Village (small settlement) on southern Hispaniola coast
April 13 -- Unknown ship spotted and avoided
April 16 -- Arrival in Santo Domingo
April 17 -- Encounter at SD Cemetary. Battle with Changelings, Father Gregoire in unknown Fae Land; girls rescued
April 18 -- Fled Santo Domingo at dawn with girls
April 29 -- Arrival back on Tortuga.


NEWS (just reaching Tortuga)

-- King Adolphus Gustavus of the Swedish Empire threatens to send forces into the Holy Roman Empire's civil war (aka 30 Years' War) (occurred early 1630)

-- Dutch fleet of 69 ships capture Portuguese colonies in northern Brazil; rename conquered territory New Holland (occurred Jan 1630)

-- Bubonic plague outbreak in Northern Italian States (including Tuscany, Milan, and some of the Papal States) spreads to Venice. (as of late 1629)