Migrant Fleet

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Over one thousands years ago the people who now call the migrant fleet home were the denizens of a large island of Sancre'o'hanara where they had constructed a mighty and formidable kingdom that's navy was the the pride of a nation. When the Travan Dominion's armies came to demand the people of the island serve the Hanara as they were called scoffed and thought they were safe behind their mighty fleet. This would prove their undoing. The mighty Travan Mage Varatrix Belenich along with 100 other Travan Magi conducted a ritual that caused cataclysmic earthquake to devour the island. With their home sinking into the sea the Hanara people piled unto their ships and when the ships were full they assembled hundreds of makeshift vessels to get themselves off the doomed island. And thus the migrant fleet was formed, they sailed far and wide evading the grasp of the Travan Dominion and building a larger and larger fleet to house their growing numbers.

Council of Captains
"A ship at sea is its own world. To be the captain of a ship is to be the unquestionable ruler of that world and requires all of the leadership skills of a prince or minister." - First Admiral Kuhina Nui

Among the members of the fleet cross-ship relations are carried out by each ships captain who meet together on the neutral Capital ship, Sancre. This council by simple majority makes all decisions of the fleet and settles any inter-fleet disputes. On each ship a captain is the undisputed master, after being elected by the crew members a captain is given unlimited power on his/her ship.

Culture
The predominant value that is drilled into the head of every fleet youth is that duty comes before all other things. Because of their dire and sometimes perilous circumstance it is expected that everyone give all they can to ensure the survival of the fleet. Marriages are always cross ship to prevent inbreeding and any person who can't or won't pull their weight is exiled at the next port. Many youths are also encouraged to leave the fleet and makes their own way in the world while also advancing the fleet's goals, this can include building alliances or aquiring new ships.