Fort Vriendskap

Fort Vriendskap
Location	Vriendskap Bay
Language	Afrikaans Dutch English
Government	Oos-Awense Kompanjie
Leader	Kovio
Establishment	18-2-18
Population	~3
Abbreviation	FV

Fort Vriendskap ('Fort Friendship') was the first military building to be erected at the Cape Colony at Cape Frienship . It was built on the 18th of Febuary 2013.

The Fort was built by the Katten Oos-Awense Kompanjie (Katten East Avence Company), when it established a replenishment station under Kovio van Oranje on the shore of Gelukkig Bay in Febuary. Constructed of earth and birch wood, it was square, with a pointed bastion at each corner. The bastions were named Drommedaris, Walvisch, Oliphant, and Reijger. The bastions were named after the ships in Van Oranje's fleet.

Within the Fort are living quarters, kitchens, a council chamber (which was also used for church services), a sick bay, workshops, and storerooms. Cannons were placed on the ramparts. A nearby stream was diverted and channeled to form a moat around the fort. Being built of earth, the Fort needed frequent maintenance and repairs, especially after heavy rains.

Later on the 18th of Febuary, natives from Avence and the local Templar Branch raided the fort, burning it nearly all to the ground. A battle was fought, and most all non-military inhabitants of the fort were killed. Re-construction on the Fort would go under way after siginificant reenforcements had arrived in the area. The Cheif of the Locals, Shakomatiqua was maimed in the battle, and retreated back to his village of Nomba-Abensuna.

In late Febuary, an increasing number of fleets were sent out by competing merchant groups from around Kovanje. Some fleets were lost, but most were successful, with some voyages producing high profits. In March 1599, a fleet of eight ships under Kovio van Oranje was the first Katten fleet to reach the ‘Cape of Awense’ of Breshik. The ships returned to Kovanje and the expedition made a 400 percent profit.

Later, the Katten joined forces with the muslim Finns from Mazz Island in an anti-Battkhort alliance, in return for which the Katten were given the sole right to purchase emeralds on the cape. Dutch control of Vriendskap was achieved when a fort and trading outpost was set up at the Bay of Friendship. On the 13th of Febuary, the Katten worked rigerously to finish their fort, but a subsequent Battkhort attack led to a second change of hands; following this second reoccupation the fort was burned to the ground, the Katten once again captured Fort Friendship, however the entire settlement had been burned to the ground, and the death toll was immense.

Dutch advances were halted by an autonomous and powerful group of native Breshikans called the Templars. They remained in control of the Nova Avence trade and their resistance is on-going as of current.

The place has started today and will be abandoned tomorrow

nova avence portal on one side, nova avence on the other side

Emerald Trade Spice

Everything is currently burned down, and destroyed. Natives are ravaging everything.

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