St Hylena
St Hylena is a beautiful island north of the equator around coordinates 32°W 10°N.
Mt Actaeron is the sizeable peak on the island and the main settlement on the island is Porto Seguero.
Porto Seguero
Porto Seguero is an 'independant trading port' not under the ownership of any nation and that ships from all nations are welcome here as long as they abide by the Seguero Code of conduct while in port. This is a bustling port with plenty of ships that show flags from a number of lands as well as 3 showing merely coats of arms or depictions of creatures such as a Wolf, a Dragon and a Whale with a horn.
The town has around 5,000 inhabitants and a significant number are exiled or disgraced Destinians (around 20%) or Ebolan's (10%) who have all departed their homelands for one reason or another and have started a new life on this island on the tropical trade routes. Most of the residents are human (85%) with the other 15% being split across Elves, Halflings and Orcs along with small numbers of other races.
The island is large (some 25sq Miles) and the port is only a small part of it but movement into the deep interior is ill advised due to the stories of wild animals and hostile backward tribesmen who practise cannibalism. The large peak of Mt Actaeron takes up the majority of the central part of the island with its canopied jungle covering the slopes and almost down to the shoreline across most of the island.
Residents of Note
- Jao da Nova
- Estevao da Gama - The Harbour Master
- Vasco da Gaema, brother of Estevao and local stevedore representative
- João Vaz Corte-Real
- Antonro El Salazar
- Edmundo el Nevis
- Don Francisco de Almeida - Governor. He is a disgraced member of the Council of 10 who has fled here along with his family. He became governor due to his administrative ability, financial status, knowledge of dispute management and politics.
- Lopo Homem-Reineis - cartographer
- Fernao Lopez
