YEAR: 230 AD

POPULATION: 1,942

The Nahervue Logging Company

In 228 AD, the ship HOPE III returned with not only its Aliphiaran crew, but also with three families from Rome itself. They were well-off merchant families who had gotten in trouble with an influential senator – in the middle of the night, he confiscated their businesses and put all of them, including the children, in prison. Through their own influential connections, they managed to escape two nights later and it was arranged for them to travel across Europe to what is today the French Riviera. It was there that they met the HOPE III crew, who sold them on the idea of a fresh start in an unknown, beautiful land. Just one week later, they were on their way to Nahervue, Aliphiara.

Like the Gora tribesmen and women that joined the settlement and continued to do so, the three families were welcomed into Nahervue and were formally given the family name of Romana. One of the businesses the Romana family had experience in was logging, and they immediately saw an opportunity in the sector. Meeting with the Elder Council, they got approval for a business license and were given a chunk of land on the Aliphiara Road a few miles out of town. They immediately did well – a place where the inhabitants of Aliphiara could buy logs without worrying about cutting them down themselves was a life saver for them. It did not take long for the Nahervue Logging Company to become Aliphiara’s biggest and most successful business.