1785 AD
1785 AD
The population of Sophara crosses 800 residents for the first time in its history amongst high tension between the Brickson and Hemming families. A gunfight breaks out on the outskirts of town on Desten Boulevard, leaving a young Brickson man dead. With the threat of an all-out war between the two families looming large, the Desten Council (made up mostly of members of the two houses) votes and decides to prosecute the killer, a twenty year old Hemming man, condemning him to death. The decision represents the first time a trial is held in Desten, and it leads to the passing of a legislation making the council’s patrol unit Sophara’s new Police Department. The Police Department is also made bigger, growing from five members to fifteen, and it is given the power to uphold the peace on the streets of Sophara without bias.
The damage between the two families reaches unfixable levels after the fight, as they begin to bicker about who owns the now abandoned home and land that housed the families when they first arrived in Desten. Again, the council intervenes and comes to the conclusion that because the house was no abandoned, the land would be returned to the council and in its place, they would build the Desten Independence Hall, the seat of government for the Desten Council. Both families reluctantly agree, and the first house to ever be built on Desten is brought down and destroyed to make way for the new Independence Hall.
Economically, Sophara continues to be reliant on trade with ships on their way to and from the New World for its wealth. Demand for produce and meat continues to rise as ships dock at the pier to stock up on their provisions, while fishing becomes a major food for the local population. Most residents living in Sophara are either employed by the Hemming family in their farms or by the Brickson family as construction workers. Some families, like the Linfields, manage to successfully run their own businesses – in the Linfields case, it is a pasture to the northeast of town specialized in lamb and sheep meat.
The first house ever built on Desten, which housed the Brickson and Hemming families after their shipwreck.
Central Sophara looking west.
Sophara looking north.
Two aerial shots of Sophara and its farms.
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