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Pemmican is an Oranjestad colony in the upper northwest corner of Oldeshire. The population in 2016 was 402.

The town was established in the latter half of the 15th century. Pemmican served as a refuge for embattled Queen Maria II of Taynia from 1830 to 1833.

History

Pemmican was founded in 1451 by Jacob Bruke, a Mainlander in the service of William of House Torrance, Count of Oranjestad & Brandywine, who recruited farmers, fishermen, and merchants to colonize the area.

Jacob Bruke first discovered the region in 1448 while on his failed attempt to circumnavigate Oldeshire. He called the area "Penna Cove", after his grandmother, and he claimed the area for the Mainland. In 1449, he was issued a charter by William of House Torrance, giving him exclusive rights to settle the land. In addition, the charter also gave Bruke exclusive rights to the milling monopoly, land rights in the name of the monarchy, tithes, administration of justice, and rights of succession. Bruke was proclaimed "Baron of Penna Cove" and began colonization efforts immediately.

The commercial port of early Pemmican played an important role in the Mainlander trade in northwest Oldeshire and Clementine, beginning in the 15th Century. The cove of Pemmican was often full of caravels and galleons, a circumstance that contributed to the progress of the town and its people. The construction of a number of manors, convents, churches, and military fortifications in Pemmican, infrastructures that were usually inappropriate for a small city indicates the important role that Pemmican played in shipping for the Mainlanders.

Pemmican voted to remain with the independent Oranjestad in 1815, citing historical ties to House Torrance, the first rulers of Oranjestad.

20th century

Pemmican was hit by a major earthquake on 1 January 1908 that did considerable damage to the city's historic center and to many other locations. By the 20th century, trade through Pemmican was eclipsed by the nearby port city of Kraghal. As a result, Pemmican was rebuilt after the earthquake substantially smaller than it had been previously.

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-[[File:Pemmican.png|200px|thumb|left|Pemmican, facing North]] Pemmican dates back to 1829, when Commander James Pearl and his wife, Lady Anne Pearl, arrived in the unsettled area with a Kingdom of Taynia Crown grant of one thousand acres of land, a reward for Commander Pearl's 27 years of distinguished service in the Royal Navy. In 1830, Commander Pearl built a house upon the most elevated section of his estate and named it Pearl Hill. Pearl died suddenly at his estate on January 13, 1840, at the age of 50 years. In 1844, Sir James Pearl's wife, Lady Anne, moved to nearby Kraghal. John Lester, who had come from the Kingdom of Taynia to work for James Pearl, continued working the estate, leasing it from Lady Anne Pearl for another 14 years. In her Will, she left John Lester 100 acres of land called "Anna Vale", which he later sold. The estate eventually came into the hands of Andrew Glendenning, who worked it as successful farmland well into the 1920s. John Lester purchased other land from Edward Dunscomb and later inherited another 50 acres nearby from Pearl's sister, Eunice Blamey. John Lester died in 1893 leaving his estate, called "Pemmican", to sons Ashton and James.
+[[File:Pemmican.png|400px|thumb|left|Pemmican, facing North]] Pemmican is an [[Oranjestad]] colony in the upper northwest corner of [[Oldeshire]]. The population in 2016 was 402.
-By the 1930's, Pemmican was in decline. The estate was hemorrhaging money and many of the workers had left to live a city life. In 1936 the land reverted to direct Taynia control. Rather than be saddled with the burden of rehabilitating the estate, Taynia elected to sell the land. [[Oranjestad]] snapped it up quickly. By 1950, the town of Pemmican was alive and well, fortified by Oranjestad. The town today is mainly a military town - monitoring the major waterways in the area for activity.
+The town was established in the latter half of the 15th century. Pemmican served as a refuge for embattled Queen Maria II of Taynia from 1830 to 1833.
+==History==
+Pemmican was founded in 1451 by Jacob Bruke, a Mainlander in the service of William of House Torrance, Count of Oranjestad & Brandywine, who recruited farmers, fishermen, and merchants to colonize the area.
+Jacob Bruke first discovered the region in 1448 while on his failed attempt to circumnavigate Oldeshire. He called the area "Penna Cove", after his grandmother, and he claimed the area for the Mainland. In 1449, he was issued a charter by William of House Torrance, giving him exclusive rights to settle the land. In addition, the charter also gave Bruke exclusive rights to the milling monopoly, land rights in the name of the monarchy, tithes, administration of justice, and rights of succession. Bruke was proclaimed "Baron of Penna Cove" and began colonization efforts immediately.
+The commercial port of early Pemmican played an important role in the Mainlander trade in northwest Oldeshire and Clementine, beginning in the 15th Century. The cove of Pemmican was often full of caravels and galleons, a circumstance that contributed to the progress of the town and its people. The construction of a number of manors, convents, churches, and military fortifications in Pemmican, infrastructures that were usually inappropriate for a small city indicates the important role that Pemmican played in shipping for the Mainlanders.
+Pemmican voted to remain with the independent Oranjestad in 1815, citing historical ties to House Torrance, the first rulers of Oranjestad.
+===20th century===
+Pemmican was hit by a major earthquake on 1 January 1908 that did considerable damage to the city's historic center and to many other locations. By the 20th century, trade through Pemmican was eclipsed by the nearby port city of Kraghal. As a result, Pemmican was rebuilt after the earthquake substantially smaller than it had been previously.