
Part One: The Most Evil Company In History
Behind the Bastards
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The Adventurer's Association - A Brief History of the Ascension
A captain brand of a boat named the ascension was shot dead by his own ship's gunner. He had gone ashore to attend the funeral of another boat's mate when he was killed. The dutch east india company were trying to establish a monopoly on spice trading in asia and India. They decided they didn't want any english asols buying and selling spices from the same islands that they were so took 13 warships to the banda islands, the world's only source of nutmeg and mace. admiral verhoven took with him an army of one thousand soldiers, including japanese mercenaries, with swords meant to be used as executioners to enforce corporate will through
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