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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 121720" data-attributes="member: 530">I don't think that it needs to be much of a mystery where the town is located.  Lafitte and Barataria is a good example of a pirate operating in the open and how such a city would relate to the surrounding area.  Here's one possibile suggestion to fix that problem:The black market goods filtering through Aesaer (the pirate town) have long been a double edge to the Geanese economy.  On the one hand, merchants headed in and out of Geanavue are occassionally pillaged, but on the other hand, goods travelling to and from distant ports and captured by the pirates often find their way to Geanavue by way of Loona, creating a profitable industry in dealing with the black market goods and stimulating local trade.  Many of these goods have changed hands enough times such that it is no longer even known that they are illegal by the time they reach Geanavue.Indeed, Geanavue is one of the primary beneficiaries of the pirate raids on several different levels.  The crown itself has been known to negotiate treaties with the pirates giving trade benefits and coin in return for the protection of their ships and influence as to who the pirates' targets will be (which frequently, by no coincidence, are also competitors of both the throne and the city's more prominant merchant houses).  The merchant houses themselves have also been known to pay off the pirates to either buy safe passage or attack their enemies (both Geanese and foreign), but such activity is punished harshly by the crown when discovered, a double standard which does not go unnoticed by the nobility.Further optional development/adventure hook:  The current ruler of Geanavue does not wish to remain as closely tied to Aesaer as his recent predecessors have.  Rumor has it that he has been infiltrating spies into the city of pirates and gathering information in preparation for possible conflicts caused by the heavy trade embargos that he plans to implement shortly as a precursor to cutting off all ties to Aesaer.  He has also been commissioning the construction of large warships of late to defend Geanese merchants as well as fast, sleek, sloops to patrol surrounding waters.  As rumor of these intended actions has hit the streets, many noble houses have become rather uneasy (as certain houses have much to lose through a clampdown of the black market), fueling hostilities toward the crown.</blockquote>

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