Starting TOD next session. Question: Weren't the Mercurial and the Blue Nixie the only two ships that arrived in Farshore originally? They are the only two mentioned and there are no other ships in Farshore as of TOD. So, if a caravel can bring about 30 people or so how did the population of Farshore get to 240 not to mention the minimum crew of 14 which would have been needed to bring The Blue Nixe and The Mercurial back to Sasserine?
Here's the best computation I can come up with so far:
Original colonists about 5 years ago, less the 14 required to sail back to Sasserine: 46
Children born to these 60: 69 (a child for each couple every other year)
New arrivals on Blue Nixie: 30
Olman additions (although TOD indicates they are pretty much not permanent residents): 30
Dead from Rat's End attack: (10)
So the MOST I can come up with is 165, and the kids and Olman are really stretching it...
Anyone else have an idea or is there something I'm missing?
The only thing I can think of is that there might be survivors from shipwrecks on other parts of the island (e.g. the Gallivant). But that is the best I can come up with.
I'm going to guess that the original expedition had a small flotilla of ships because Farshore is later listed as having small fishing ships. What likely happened is the original expedition included one or more larger ships (like a galley which can carry 300) but the ships were likely damaged on the trip over and were cannibalized by the settlement for construction material.
Great! Actually their were only two ships, but it was never said what type of ship the Mercurial was so we can "assume" it was a galley which would mean up to 330 could have travelled there to begin with and about 30 came back for more supplies. It makes it possible.
Also, I've really enjoyed the Lidu diaries.