Channel City
The rather optimistically named Channel City is a lawless shantytown on the edge of The Channel in the Shattered Sea. While it has been purged of any overt pirate presence by the anti-piracy efforts of both the The Crater Sea Trading Company and a number of other nations navies, it's well known that many of the goods found there are of dubious origin, and the pirates have eyes in the port.
History
Channel city was founded in 1784 by several long forgotten ships captains who believed that it would become a major city, and the capital of a new nation within the The Shattered Sea. Due to Its central position within the shattered sea and easily accessibility due to being right on the edge of the Channel, they envisioned it becoming a trade hub where all goods produced in The Shattered Sea could be collected before being shipped back to the other nations of The Shattered Continent.
Sadly for the visions of it's founders, it's distance from the areas patrolled by the various navies of the established nations lead to it quickly being taken over by pirates. The development of the city, which at the time had been a planned affair with proper warehouses and a focus on becoming a modern port quickly devolved into a free-for-all, with shacks and hastily constructed buildings being built at record speeds, with new bars and brothels popping up as fast as four walls and a roof could be tossed together.
Eventually, this central hub for piracy could no longer be ignored by the powers that be, and the navies of The Shattered Continent descended upon Channel City like the fist of an angry god, scattering the pirate crews and driving them deeper into the treacherous waters of the shattered sea where the navies couldn't easily follow them. While the pirates may have been driven away, any chance of Channel City becoming a modern trade hub was long gone, and the lawless shantytown was here to stay.
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