Post by Kurosaki on Mar 29, 2009 23:19:08 GMT -5
This was written completely by Raika. I am simply reposting it for easier member viewing.
Name of Island: Golden Island
Size of Island: Larger then most islands, but most of it is forest
Location of Island: East Blue near Shimoshiki Island
Inhabitants: Most people living on the island are peaceful people.
Town(s)/Village(s)/City or Cities: Abon- A small village in the very center of the island. The people here are protected by the forest that surround them and anyone who makes it through the forest may die from the local disease. The village is known for growing Abon weed which is both an incredible medicine for the local disease and a valued cooking ingredient. Because of the small size, the village has very little buildings beyond homes. These homes are large buildings that can hold 10 families at a time. These homes are built almost entirely out of stone to keep them from collapsing. The few other buildings that are there are mainly a small hospital and a few stores. Most people living in Abon are very poor and are unable to have much more then just what they need to survive. Most people living here prefer peace above all other things and have no weapons or tools to defend themselves with. They tend to have to face pirates and bandits who mistake Abon weed for gold indicator weed. When this happens, they either rely on bounty hunters or simply wait for the pirates to get infected by the Abon weed disease. They then sell the medicine at an inflated price to get the pirates to leave.
Flora and Fauna: Most animals who live on Golden Island have fur, feathers or skin colored gold. Although it is unknown why they are like this, people on the island like to make up stories about why and the most popular is that there is a fruit in the forest that will turn your skin gold if you eat it. Because of this many people make trips into the forest to search for this fruit and make themselves a legend. The forest surrounding the village of Abon is populated by boars, bears, wolves and several other dangerous animals. All of these animals tend to grow beyond the normal rate of their species, with a full grown bear easily mistaken for a small mountain. The islands most found plant is a small weed known as Abon weed, which is renowned as being delicious. Abon weed causes sickness in people that can lead to death, recognized by the person's body becoming spotted. Although the disease can be stopped if the Abon weed is torn out, the people of Golden Island would never do that because they like the taste too much. The only known cure to this disease is found in the flower of Abon weed and so Abon cuisine can be considered medicine. Abon weed is remarkably similar to a weed which grows over gold known as gold indicator weed. This combined with the islands name has led to pirates believing that there is gold on the island.
Island History: Golden Island was originally discovered by a man named Abon and his family. Once landing on the island, they decided to stay. Less then a week later, Abon's children became infected with the local disease. In order to cure themselves, they ate the weed growing there thinking that if they got rid of the plant it would get rid of the disease too. Incredibly, the weed slowly haled their illness and to avoid getting sick again, the family began to eat the weed, which Abon named after himself, everyday and soon developed a taste for it. Several years later, more people began to come to the island and eventually started the village of Abon, named for the weed. Over the years, they enjoyed peace in the center of their island, protected by the forest that surrounded them. Over the years several pirates and bandits came to island, believing Abon weed to be gold indicator weed, but were forced to leave after realizing there mistake and becoming infected. However there are rumors that some of these pirates hid their treasures somewhere in the forest where it is protected by the creatures of the forest. Several people have tried to enter into the forest to search for the treasure, but the few of them that come back are usually clawed, bitten or gored on a horn. Despite this many people still try to get at the treasure without even knowing if it truly exists or if they're getting themselves killed for nothing. There are also numerous numbers of traps in the forest that Abon put up to stop pirates from getting through. Ironically, more villagers get caught in the traps then pirates ever do. The forest has become known simply as the graveyard due to the large number of deaths in it.
Name of Island: Golden Island
Size of Island: Larger then most islands, but most of it is forest
Location of Island: East Blue near Shimoshiki Island
Inhabitants: Most people living on the island are peaceful people.
Town(s)/Village(s)/City or Cities: Abon- A small village in the very center of the island. The people here are protected by the forest that surround them and anyone who makes it through the forest may die from the local disease. The village is known for growing Abon weed which is both an incredible medicine for the local disease and a valued cooking ingredient. Because of the small size, the village has very little buildings beyond homes. These homes are large buildings that can hold 10 families at a time. These homes are built almost entirely out of stone to keep them from collapsing. The few other buildings that are there are mainly a small hospital and a few stores. Most people living in Abon are very poor and are unable to have much more then just what they need to survive. Most people living here prefer peace above all other things and have no weapons or tools to defend themselves with. They tend to have to face pirates and bandits who mistake Abon weed for gold indicator weed. When this happens, they either rely on bounty hunters or simply wait for the pirates to get infected by the Abon weed disease. They then sell the medicine at an inflated price to get the pirates to leave.
Flora and Fauna: Most animals who live on Golden Island have fur, feathers or skin colored gold. Although it is unknown why they are like this, people on the island like to make up stories about why and the most popular is that there is a fruit in the forest that will turn your skin gold if you eat it. Because of this many people make trips into the forest to search for this fruit and make themselves a legend. The forest surrounding the village of Abon is populated by boars, bears, wolves and several other dangerous animals. All of these animals tend to grow beyond the normal rate of their species, with a full grown bear easily mistaken for a small mountain. The islands most found plant is a small weed known as Abon weed, which is renowned as being delicious. Abon weed causes sickness in people that can lead to death, recognized by the person's body becoming spotted. Although the disease can be stopped if the Abon weed is torn out, the people of Golden Island would never do that because they like the taste too much. The only known cure to this disease is found in the flower of Abon weed and so Abon cuisine can be considered medicine. Abon weed is remarkably similar to a weed which grows over gold known as gold indicator weed. This combined with the islands name has led to pirates believing that there is gold on the island.
Island History: Golden Island was originally discovered by a man named Abon and his family. Once landing on the island, they decided to stay. Less then a week later, Abon's children became infected with the local disease. In order to cure themselves, they ate the weed growing there thinking that if they got rid of the plant it would get rid of the disease too. Incredibly, the weed slowly haled their illness and to avoid getting sick again, the family began to eat the weed, which Abon named after himself, everyday and soon developed a taste for it. Several years later, more people began to come to the island and eventually started the village of Abon, named for the weed. Over the years, they enjoyed peace in the center of their island, protected by the forest that surrounded them. Over the years several pirates and bandits came to island, believing Abon weed to be gold indicator weed, but were forced to leave after realizing there mistake and becoming infected. However there are rumors that some of these pirates hid their treasures somewhere in the forest where it is protected by the creatures of the forest. Several people have tried to enter into the forest to search for the treasure, but the few of them that come back are usually clawed, bitten or gored on a horn. Despite this many people still try to get at the treasure without even knowing if it truly exists or if they're getting themselves killed for nothing. There are also numerous numbers of traps in the forest that Abon put up to stop pirates from getting through. Ironically, more villagers get caught in the traps then pirates ever do. The forest has become known simply as the graveyard due to the large number of deaths in it.