Category:Blackbrine History
Origin History
The Brineborn did not believe that the Immortals created the world and stars. It was the other way about: the world created the immortals. Before there was Emea, a realm of dreams said by the Brineborn to have been designed by the gods, there were the first Immortals, known to most only as the original eight. Brineborn legend tells that the Originals crawled up out of the sea. Idalos was the first parent, and from her belly the creators of mankind took form, learning their gifts and dividing their talents amongst their children, those known now as the living gods.
It is not so much the living gods that play a role in Blackbrine’s history, but those the salt people say are long forgotten, the most influential of which was known only as Kiba, immortal of earthquakes, sacrifice, power, and balance. Most believe him to be dead, while the rest say he is merely in hiding, and that every time the ground shakes, it is just the echoed rumble of his distant footfalls. Kiba was said to be the father of the founding member of Blackbrine, known to most in the common tongue as Creed, a Mortalborn slain by one of the immortals. After Creed’s death, Kiba disappeared, and has not been seen or heard from since. Now... Blackbrine belongs to those with the power to claim it for themselves.
Recent History
In arc 709 Vera Clegg’s father, Bart Clegg, organised an attack against the ship, Blue Borneo, and defeated Captain Richard Eyre, former Salt Prince and leader of Blackbrine and the Brineborn people. Bart died three trials later due to the injuries he sustained during the battle and his daughter, Vera, was named the new Salt Prince of Blackbrine, sailing the flag of Leviathan alongside her father’s flag, the crooked crown.
Seven arcs on, Vera Clegg still rules Blackbrine, and though she may not look like your typical bloodthirsty pirate, she has lived up to her father’s name and continued his legacy, recruiting or destroying any who get in her way, fostering a 'join or die' approach to leadership. Her galleon, The Howling Harper, is equipped with eighty cannons, with four mounted aft instead of two as found on most ships, and a swing cannon on either rail to repel would-be enemy ships.
Some say Vera has never stepped foot on dry land, and others believe she has been marked by the Immortal of Death, able to read objects and sense when trouble is near. Most know her by her auburn mane, black corset and leather boots. She wears the symbol of the Leviathan on a thin, long chain around her neck, and has hazel coloured eyes that most men find memorising.
In the seven arcs that she has been in charge of Blackbrine, she has only been challenged twice, both during the season of her eighteenth birthday in Vhalar. Newcomers and those unaccustomed to the traditions of Blackbrine are always surprised to find that the city and its people are led by a woman, but are quick to realize why she has earned and kept her position as Zqy’Ufnaj, Champion of Water.