Saopuff Island

Name: Saopuff Island
Bank: A
Warehouse: C
Major: No
Benefactor: Duke Stride
Turf: The Crossroad Market
Components: Hands | Samurai | Mink | Fishmen | Winged | Long-Arm | Long-Legs
Environments: Canyons, Woodland
Size: Small
Inhabited: Yes
Description: Saopuff Island is a small piece of land in the Ranger Sea in the South Blue that's covered with shallow, wide canyons that form natural streets and walls along the ground. Buildings and homes are built into the sides and the tops of these canyons. Along the island floor is an endless market of stalls, vendors and shops selling anything one could imagine. Buyers are attracted from all over the Blues. It has no formal government. Money is everything on this island and those without it can quickly find themselves in the slave trade.

Components: Crossroad Market: One of the most successful Hands outposts to have been constructed. Its organizer, Duke Stride a.k.a. "Walker," is one of the richest people in the South Blue. The market sells everything from weapons, to slaves to luxury clothes to narcotics.

Green Hilts: An organization of ronin that have found great profit in protecting the integrity of the Crossroad Market. They answer directly to Duke Stride, defending the island from government pests or rowdy customers. Their name comes from the distinctive emerald hilts to their katana. They're lead by the master swordswoman, Kaeko Maki. They're staunchly against any form of government.

Briggs Memorial Hospital: A group of explorers and doctors came together to form the Briggs Memorial Hospital in memory of the executed doctor of legend, Ba'an Briggs. Their goal is to pursue medicine and science without the help of the World Government. Patients with no other options flock to the hospital in the hopes that their strange medicinal pursuits can help them. It's currently run by chief medical officer Lorenzo Stride, Duke Stride's kid brother.
Encyclopedia: Rain Plague | Lurk Buzzards | Moon Cacti | Candy Crystals | Fanged Monarchs | Spider Coyotes
Lore: Saopuff Island was a humble trading post in the Ranger Sea until Duke Stride arrived. He inspired the humble townspeople to amplify the quality of their goods and work to that of world-class goods, and supplied them with the capital to do so. Beginning from there, the market spread in capability and depravity. The Rain Plague, which has been mostly eradicated was inadvertently introduced to this island as it was trying to be sold as a biological weapon. The founding members of Briggs Memorial were able to answer the disease and limit its spread, as such, they're regarded as island heroes on equal footing with the Green Hilts.
Technology: Common