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<blockquote data-quote="CarlZog" data-source="post: 5373631" data-attributes="member: 11716">It depends on what the context of Freeport is in your world. One of the key distinctions of Freeport as a standalone setting as compared to Theah is that Freeport operates in something of a vacuum. Yeah, it's a pirate town, but it's never really made clear where all these ships are coming and going, or who exactly they're pirating from.Theah, on the other hand, is a setting of sophisticated international intrique (or at least can be when done right).Regardless of the religious nature of your setting, if you are going have Freeport in it, I would consider examining how the piracy and criminal elements of Freeport fit into your setting. Who in your setting does Freeport prey on? Then you'll know why an assasin and revolutionaries would be drawn there.Perhaps they are political not religious revolutionaries. THey could be looking to create something of a privateer navy that would prey on the govt they are trying to overthrow.An assasin working with for the revolution could be targeting a pirate lord if that pirate lord has been enlisted by the standing govt to wipe out the revolutionaries at sea.Or they could be religious fanatics. Rather than trying to overthrow a central religion perhaps they are trying to establish one as a ruling power. Factions such as these also look to places where the existing power structure is unstable and/or corruptable.Going back to your &quot;24&quot; comparison, you can look to modern analogies for all this stuff too. South American revolutionaries operating along the Caribbean coast; extremist muslims seeking poltical power in the Middle East, etc, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CarlZog, post: 5373631, member: 11716"] It depends on what the context of Freeport is in your world. One of the key distinctions of Freeport as a standalone setting as compared to Theah is that Freeport operates in something of a vacuum. Yeah, it's a pirate town, but it's never really made clear where all these ships are coming and going, or who exactly they're pirating from. Theah, on the other hand, is a setting of sophisticated international intrique (or at least can be when done right). Regardless of the religious nature of your setting, if you are going have Freeport in it, I would consider examining how the piracy and criminal elements of Freeport fit into your setting. Who in your setting does Freeport prey on? Then you'll know why an assasin and revolutionaries would be drawn there. Perhaps they are political not religious revolutionaries. THey could be looking to create something of a privateer navy that would prey on the govt they are trying to overthrow. An assasin working with for the revolution could be targeting a pirate lord if that pirate lord has been enlisted by the standing govt to wipe out the revolutionaries at sea. Or they could be religious fanatics. Rather than trying to overthrow a central religion perhaps they are trying to establish one as a ruling power. Factions such as these also look to places where the existing power structure is unstable and/or corruptable. Going back to your "24" comparison, you can look to modern analogies for all this stuff too. South American revolutionaries operating along the Caribbean coast; extremist muslims seeking poltical power in the Middle East, etc, etc. [/QUOTE]

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