Region Type: Occupied Island Territory
Political Status: Pirate-controlled, outside all recognized authority
Primary Threat: Reinheart Blake and the Oakhaven Garrison
Reputation: A place ships avoid, and people disappear from
The Isle of Oakhaven lies off the northern trade routes of Banana, surrounded by a sea tinted orange by mineral runoff and citrus pollen. Rolling hills dominate the interior, broken by orderly farmland and scattered groves of orange trees. Long stretches of cotton fields ripple like snowdrifts when the wind blows in from the coast.
Stone villages dot the island, built low and sturdy against storms. Many structures show signs of age—patched roofs, scorched walls, half-rebuilt watchtowers. From a distance, Oakhaven still appears prosperous.
Up close, it is silent.
Black pirate banners hang from hilltop palisades and harbor towers. Cannon nests overlook fields rather than open water. Roads are patrolled. Bells once used to mark harvests now signal curfews.
Before its fall, Oakhaven was known for three exports:
Salt-cured pork, prized for long voyages
High-grade cotton, used in sailcloth and uniforms
Citrus preserves, traded throughout Banana
The island held no standing military force, relying instead on neutrality and trade. Its people were farmers, ranchers, dockhands, and craftsmen—capable, but unarmed.
That vulnerability was exploited.
Oakhaven fell not to invasion, but to containment.
Ships arrived one by one. Trade slowed. Harbors were seized. Leadership vanished. Within weeks, the island was surrounded, its ports chained, its hills fortified. Resistance was met swiftly and publicly.
No kingdom answered the calls for aid.
Self-Styled Governor of Oakhaven
Captain of the Iron Brand (unofficial designation)
Reinheart Blake is a human captain of severe discipline and absolute control. He is not theatrical, not loud, and not reckless. He does not indulge in chaos.
He enforces order.
Blake is a master of firearms, trained beyond the level of common soldiers. Pistols, longarms, and precision weapons are tools he maintains obsessively. He favors clean kills, long sightlines, and overwhelming suppression.
He does not miss often.
Cold. Methodical. Unyielding.
Blake does not rule through drunken brutality or impulsive violence. His cruelty is deliberate. Every punishment is meant to teach. Every execution is meant to be remembered.
He believes fear is the purest form of stability.
Under Reinheart Blake’s rule, Oakhaven is subjected to:
Systematic slavery, binding entire villages to agricultural labor
Sexual violence, used as punishment and control
Public executions, staged to discourage resistance
Murder of dissenters, including elders and former leaders
These acts are not hidden. They are enforced openly.
Blake’s crew consists of:
Veteran pirates
Former mercenaries
Gunmen trained in coordinated fire
Their numbers are modest, but their discipline is absolute.
Reinheart Blake: Supreme authority
Gunnery Lieutenants: Enforce order, control patrols
Overseers: Manage slave labor and production quotas
Dock Wardens: Regulate all sea traffic
Disobedience is met with immediate, visible consequences.
Elevated firing positions across hills and towers
Overlapping fields of fire near villages and docks
Controlled access to food and medicine
Informant networks among the enslaved
Escape is rare. Revolt is crushed early.
Oakhaven still produces—but none of it benefits its people.
Cotton is shipped north through pirate routes
Pork is salted and sold to private buyers
Citrus exports are taxed brutally
The island survives at the bare minimum necessary to keep labor alive.
Reinheart Blake is not a leader within Tortuga or the Lost Armada, but he operates with their tolerance.
Uses their smuggling routes
Pays in coin, goods, and silence
Avoids direct conflict with pirate elders
As long as Oakhaven remains profitable, Blake is ignored.
Curfews enforced at dusk
Bells mark work shifts, not time
Armed patrols move constantly
Civilians avoid eye contact
Hope exists only in whispers.
Blake is not a brute to be overwhelmed.
He is:
Patient
Accurate
Tactical
He studies opponents. He chooses terrain. He retreats when needed. Any confrontation with him is calculated, punishing, and lethal.
He does not underestimate challengers.
Oakhaven remains occupied, productive, and broken.
Ships pass by without stopping. Kingdoms look away. Pirates profit quietly.
Reinheart Blake rules unchallenged—for now.