02.02: Aboard the Hundari Kornmara
Grain Mother Patil was, technically not a captain. her ventures made her a sea-baron. It wasn't a title formally recognized in Kumlar or Khune for that matter. But it was the civilian equivalent of an Admiral. She commanded more than one ship. She was a Baron.
The captain of the Hundri Konmara was a dark-skinned man who's chest was almost as broad as his torso was long. He had tribal scarring all up and down the left side of his face, and only half a thumb on his right hand. One eye was white through and through, but his crew was trained as efficiently as any military ship. If not better.
Hatal captained the ship through force of presence, it seemed. It was a note of pride on Huarta's part that Hatal's crew had remained largely unchanged over the course of the last four seasons.
The Hundari Konmara was a speedy ship. It had a narrow beam--just under twenty-feet across--and a length half again longer that most Khundari cargo ships. Ninety feet from stern to bow wasn't huge, but her dimensions were a new development that had illicited murmurs of respect from the the shipwrights of Cyren.
The Hundari Konmara had both a fore and stern castle, useful for shelter as well as defense, should it be needed. It was a surprisingly stable ship, but Huarta had Hatal hug the coastline to stolgard. There were omens of ill-weather on the horizon, and she didn't want to take chances with her cargo.
So, the ship is half-way between a Cog and a Sohar... basically giving a speedy craft that can carry a lot of goods with a comparatively smaller crew. It'[s a technological advancement on Khune's part. And it's costly as hell! Huarta is a Sea-baron.
As a bit of irony, a goodly portion of the cargo making it's way to Stoltgard were the goods that Arui, herself, had accompanied from the plains of Aren.
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