How would some Essosi or Westerosi polity go about establishing a permanent and productive colony on Sothoryos, given the condition of their medical and military technology? Is it even possible or is it a fool’s errand?
1. Get a bunch of settlers and supplies on a boat.
2. Land on Sothoryos.
3. Get eaten by dinosaurs.
4. ???
5. Profit!
This seems overly pessimistic, Steven. Zamettar apparently existed as a thriving port city for hundreds of years, which indicates that it absolutely is possible to have a stable polity on Sothoryos over a very long time horizon.
As long as you stay the fuck away from Yeen, it should be doable.
Zamettar is a city that’s been abandoned for a thousand years for a reason: disease (”green fever, the dancing plague, blood boils, weeping sores, sweetrot…Blood boils, green fever, sweetrot, bronze pate, the Red Death, greyscale, brownleg, wormbone, sailor’s bane, pus-eye, and yellowgum”), the river is full of piranha and crocodiles, the jungle is constantly encroaching on the ruins, and the only neighbors are slavers.
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