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== Developement of Deadman Drake's Dread Drekars of the Drapes Year 160==
With his head filled from a young age of the "good ole days" by 
the tales an ex-raider great-uncle, '''James Drake''' had
looked forward to joining the family business of merchant marine
transport for most of his life. His extended family operated 
three snekkja, used to move goods and people between the coastal
villages, and to carry lumber and ores collected from the scattered
rocky island outposts back to the mainland, and occansionally longer
journeys to trade with further off neighbors. James had worked
his way up to 'Second Mate' on the '''Cordierite Compass''' when the
'''Curtain of Death''' came down. 

They were sailing a regular delivery of food & supplies to one of the 
islands used to harvest lumber when suddenly many onboard died.
In shock, '''James''' rallied the remaining crew and few passengers and
completed their trip to the island. Over the next several days it 
became apparent how lucky they had been. Almost a quarter of the 
crew had successfully passed thru, as tavern tales of ships completely 
losing their able-bodied and seasoned crews were shared. The '''Curtain of Death'''
followed the mainland's irregular edge, but out at some distance. Some
small islands where out the 'in' side. Most of the larger islands
fell 'out' side.

Greving for lost family and crew-mates, '''James''' managed to gather his 
remaining crews, and filled them in as much as possible with survivors 
from other boats. They set about the grisly, but profitable, tasks of
scavenging cargo and recovering the many other boats now adrift throughout
to long coast. Most of the population of the '''Outer Islands''' did not want
to risk the trip back to the mainland. Once it was determined that the
mainland government was very limited in what it could do for, or to, the
'''Outer Islands''', they started forming their own, often rough and limited
version of governance. '''James Drake''' and several other surviving shippers 
set high prices for the supplies they could get to the now independent isles,
and became an important lifeline between the many isolated locales.

'''James Drake's''' son '''Daniel''' (it is unclear if Daniel was James natural or
adopted son) continued the family tradition at first. He soon expanded it
by creating a second branch that was not as clean cut as transporting goods
(only passengers were usually between various Outer Islands or were mainland village
to village where cutain fell a good distance offshore).
James had re-told the great-uncles tales to young Daniel and Daniel decided
to become a Raider. Taking one ship far down the coast, well past where any
of the settled Islands were, '''Daniel''' and his crew attacked farming villages and coastal
outposts, taking what they could. A few weeks of this ended up with Daniel
on Wanted Posters and the locals sending for proper warships to repel these raiders.

A chase soon occurred, with the larger warships gaining on '''Daniel's Drekar'''
slowed by his ill gotten gains. But '''Daniel''' had a plan. Carefully preparing his 
sails, '''Daniel''' let the warships maneuver him towards the '''Dread Curtain of Doom'''. 
Thinking they would soon have him pinned, the warships closed in. As they 
passed thru, everyone visible on Daniel's ship 'passed-on', with much theatrical 
screaching and screaming. The warships hastily turned away to avoid the same fate. 
Scanning the drekar with telescopes as it quietly sailed away from the coastline, 
the Officiers of the warships declared them all Ex-pirates. 

Playing dead until the warships were no longer visible, the drekar turned
for home. Slowly traveling since they were in friendlier waters, '''Daniel''' stopped 
further up the coast. That night, while celebrating at a tavern, '''Daniel''' was
presented with a copy of the now revoked bounty poster. His comment about
feeling pretty good for a dead man was met with cheers from his crew and
'''Deadman Drake''' became his nickname.

In the years that followed the independent '''Outer Islands''' became home to
many a raider and pirate crew, causing problems for the coast in both directions.
Eventually they took on the name '''The Drapery Islands''', after the safety the '''Curtain''' provided.
A group of well-to-do's stuck to the old name when they increased the area's financial 
stability with the creation of the Outer Bank. This soon became where many of the 
mainland's wealthy would "tuck a little something away where the tax man couldn't get to it".