The "Fortress Bridgehead" marked on the nautical chart lay at the northernmost point of all the islands affiliated with the Deep Dive Church. It was also typically the first stop within the New Continent for sailboats after crossing the "World Serpent's Celestial Current Belt."
The island had forests and freshwater sources. Although the soil was somewhat barren and incapable of yielding many crops, the "Fortress Bridgehead" truly lived up to its name.
It made perfect sense for the West Coast Pirate King, [Ocean Throne] Barbarossa Hailidin, to call adventurers to gather here.
Where the sky met the sea, the dying sun bled crimson, casting long, dense shadows of the jungle-like masts in the island's anchorage upon the ocean.
In just one day, aside from the main fleet of Barbary Pirates, over a hundred adventurer ships had arrived.
