Talk:Konig des Menschen Chapter VI (Map Game)/@comment-26044830-20200915232330

Dragon's Fire | "De Kaap" (Cape)

 * Leadership Structure (last update?): There has been major restructuring since the advent of the Dutch Revolt. Though they are almost isolated from domestic affairs aside from actively supporting the revolt because the organisation was founded on the basis of dissenting and expressing anti-Westrian sentiment among fellow Dutchmen, the organisation already has a set goal of departing the Netherlands before 1575 at best after a polarising vote that saw the organisation becoming further fractured during the revolt and the company potentially become entirely privatised (the privatisation of the company is not happening yet, there has to be negotiation around transport ships and the caravels that the organisation wants to keep). The Grand Dragon, of course, remains the dominant leader, with most power being handed to him.
 * Grand Dragon:
 * Mechiel Tangelder (b. 1480 - d. 1549, office 1502 - 1542)
 * Koen van der Wel (b. 1502 - d. 1570, office since 1542 - 1559)
 * Lars Hatgers (b. 1515, office since 1558)
 * Representative of the Grand Dragon:
 * Hubert Bodde (b. 1473 - d. 1536, office c. early 1510s - 1536)
 * Koen van der Wel (b. 1502 - d. [1570], office 1536 - 1546) - abolished
 * Operator (Financier):
 * Gert Rutters (b. 1499 - 1562, office 1530 - 1562)
 * Rogier Saggers (b. 1526 - d. [1581], office since 1562 - 1570) - abolished
 * Senior Chiefs: Four figures
 * Government: A provisional government was established in place upon the settlement of Kaapstad as a provisional outpost and settlement initially. Leadership of the Dragon's Fire remains predominant and for now, the organisation is still mainly the government but as Hatgers ages and is crippling in health after a long journey (thanks scurvy), he intends to eventually dissolve the organisation and slowly roll over to a proper republican government at least.
 * Membership: 290 members are 'full' members of this organisation. This does not include the 210 who are brought along, including many children and wives of members who are willing to depart from the Netherlands to a new place. Combined brings the current 'population' of De Kaap (Cape) as 500, though the population would struggle to survive the new climate. Also including from the privatisation compromise are those ships:
 * 4 transport ships
 * 1 caravel
 * Diplomacy: N/A
 * Operations: N/A
 * Events:
 * Long Trip to the South: For around a year and a half or so trip, they restocked supplies and brought crops along. These crops, along with very few livestock animals that were carried abroad were the only way for long-term survival and they are also packaged into the cargo deck during the departure on 1569. However, many have died along the way from general starvation, where 100 of the people onboard died from various illnesses or health issues such as a lack of fresh water (these had to be carried in barrels or die trying by drinking ocean water which is bad) or from scurvy, as they lack sufficient vitamins (not known at the time but close) or just simple malnourishment. By May 1571, they arrived after months of adventurous mishaps around the coast, they find nobody there. (continued on Settlement)
 * Settlement: They found a large rocky cliff called the Cape of Good Hope (yes the same location as OTL). It was perhaps explored by Agoustan explorers decades ago and use it as a pinpoint to the Indian Ocean since the turn of the 15th century. But now for the first time, the members of Dragon's Fire and their children/wives decide to set up camp near Cape of Good Hope, establishing small camps and outposts in the area. It would soon be declared as Kaapstad (should time go by, for now, it is assumed that this settlement would be Kaapstad/Cape Town in the 17th century). Crops are being planted, but the success of this attempted settlement is dependent on long-term survival from crops and whatever they have brought there. Starvation will likely be rife. A provisional government was set up as well as Dragon's Fire even has started to slowly disintegrate. The Grand Dragon is ensuring that basic leadership exists. Bringing 500 people into Cape of Good Hope might've been a bad idea without support...
 * Meanwhile in the Netherlands: The Dragon's Fire operatons around Den Haag have collapsed in a span of 2 years as many lost the sense of being part of the organisation. Many simply accept the independence of the Netherlands anyway and decided that it wasn't worth a shot of continuing operations by what they eventually see as the Grand Dragon's elaborate scheme to escape their country. By 1572, all main operations of the organisation are now in South Africa.