Talk:Konig des Menschen Chapter VI (Map Game)/@comment-26044830-20200811222213

Dragon's Fire

 * Leadership Structure: There is a structure that resembles some form of leadership and hierarchy, where most members are at the bottom and those who lead the organisation are at the top. They do have the authority and reserve rights to revoke membership. The Grand Dragon, created as a title to go with the de facto leader and obviously coming out from a tavern, has most of the power and the final say in its current leadership structure. There are senior chiefs, but they are small in number and are often appointed by the Grand Dragon or the Representative manually. Since the late 1510s, there has been a structural change, whereby there's now a temporary front company established officially where the Grand Dragon is the leader and that all of the gains, whether be from operating trade to handling loot will be directed to this organisation secretly. The Representative is the one who operates in the Westrian Netherlands.
 * Grand Dragon: Mechiel Tangelder (b. 1480, office since 1502)
 * Head of the Company: Mechiel Tangelder (b. 1480, office since 1515)
 * Representative of the Grand Dragon: Hubert Bodde (b. 1473, office since early 1510s)
 * Senior Chiefs: Seven figures
 * Membership: 930 members, all of them are concentrated in Westrian Netherlands and based around Den Haag and the surrounding towns within a close range of no more than 20 kilometres. Most of the membership comes from secret meetings and invitations by word of select messengers. Slavokans (or Jews, the sentiment of antisemitism in Europe is still prevalent so its expected) are not accepted however. Women are technically allowed into the organisation but they are smaller in numbers compared to men. Since the operation was split into two, one based in Westrian Netherlands with a representative (Hubert Bodde) appointed to loyalty and continue the operations of Dragon's Fire in that area. The front company that's set up will secretly funnel any profits if available to this group, topping up on financial incentives. This is not known to anyone yet as the messengers and groups sent to Hispania were mainly seen as 'ordinary' Dutchmen.
 * The Tangelder Company: A front company that's set up for any conquistador-esque or mercenary purposes of the group. May be involved in trade too.
 * 240 men (based around the city of Atlantis, for now at least)
 * 60 other members who are in (Westrian) Netherlands
 * 3 transport ships
 * Diplomacy:
 * Hispania: hmmm...
 * Operations: N/A
 * Events:
 * Better Train Faster Than Time Allows Us: Training is being set up near Atlantis as they move away from the city. The group will have to learn within five years before achieving full training by themselves with their arquebuisers. They were not experienced at firearms, only some melee weapons, but the only way to show. Rigorous training is met through the early 1520s. By the end of 1523, it is clear that they have to depart quickly and join up with the groups or stray a little before they take all of the gold. And so, they plan their departure after three years of studying and learning their own weapons. The exception are the reserve ones back at the home operations of Dragon's Fire. They're probably going to train themselves, perhaps.
 * Mainland Conk Stuff: In order for reinforcements and reserves to be made for the New World while time lasts, few men were chosen by the Representative and the Senior Chiefs. Funding continues through crop harvests, manufacturing objects and selling it off at a small-scale. Though it goes nowhere, some of it is then funnelled into the budget of Dragon's Fire, with hopes of buying few more transport ships. They are also being trained at a smaller scale like the 300 men that were brought onto the New World just before the Grand Dragon made a move to Hispania and brought them here for final training. They expect to amass another 300 men to be sent to the New World, which might even be the last one.
 * Repair and Supplies: Supplies especially by 1524 are important. Ships that are owned by the front company Tangelder Company are also repaired by hand, though none of the efforts of the Dragon's Fire men have successfully repaired any flaws, so they spent the rest for others to invest in repairing some of the damage done by sailing further than they have before. At this point, they're more experienced in handling their ownt ransport ships. Although transport ships can simply ship supplies back and forth with few men, this will soon be a problem as the group led by the Grand Dragon move deeper and further away from the ports and colonies of Hispania.
 * What's Next: Meridia (South America) is the target. As news reported of the Aztec and Maya civilisation being conquered already within few years, the Grand Dragon would never give up on finding riches. By 1524, he would reach the coast of northern Meridia and would begin a plan to set up his own expedition to find civilisation and perhaps take some of the gold. He set up camp for the remainder of the year around OTL Cartagena, Colombia. So far he hadn't seen any other tribes, but he did encounter the Zenu people a few times, which his group simply shot few as a firing warning. But that is quite not so resourceful.