MISC: NON-CHARACTER DATA:

Spontoon:                     Is                                                Description

Great Stone Glen         Place                Where Oharu lives and worships. On Main Island, the original waterfall’s cascade pool. Now dry other than a small side stream. This change occurred due to the Great Ritual that went all pear shaped. Otherwise known as The Great Mistake.

Odin’s Eye                   Aircraft              Japanese built Junkers Ju 86D. Originally a ten passenger aircraft. One of two stolen by the Chinese warlord Pion (later stolen from him) it was converted to a cargo aircraft. Sold to Songmark School by Helen Whitehall in 1936.

Peppers Delight           Yacht                Private Yacht belonging to a very rich, very influential high society American bear who was never named and could be anyone.

Bright Wale                   Ship                  Tramp Steamer captained by Annie Wolten.

Sea Fairy                      Ship                  Tramp Steamer captained by Amelia Reinholst.

Parrys                           Bar/Restaurant A semi-safe place, a small eating establishment that catered to madmen flyers and adventurous tourists. Its decor is broken aircraft parts, signed photographs of pilots (many now dead) and the occasional Huntress. Usually safe for the average person. Its claim to fame was a very bribable Head Waiter. An ancient Russian aristocrat who’s neck was very much wanted by both White and red Russians. One simply did not play double agent as badly as he had, and not make a few enemies. Yet he was trustworthy, once bribed he stayed bribed.

The Committee             Group               A group of five women with either powerful connections or powerful in their own right. They are a vigilante group some say, a womans last hope most others say. When a woman has been injured and no court will or can help her (say Molly Procyk for example) they will do their best to see that the guilty party receives justice (by the courts.) They work within the law, but are quite happy to trick a target into breaking some other law (by story, rumor, false news report etc) if they have too. Known by the Allthing, they are considered an unofficial arm of the law. An example would be to convince a criminal that a certain action, though dangerous, would give them huge returns. Say, stealing a certain red crystal from a rather badly guarded museum? They never force anyone to do anything, they never act physically. Getting on their bad side is really NOT a good idea. If you plan of staying around Spontoon that is. 

Yellow Lance                Bar                    Male only (mainly gay) bar on Casino Island. Single story, upper scale. Slightly more ornate and outgoing than the Double Lotus. Has an open patio in front to allow patrons to eat, drink and watch the traffic (designed along a typical French Café.) No back rooms.

Hawaii                           Is                                   Description 

Burnt Coconut             Hotel                 Small hotel across from the Split Palms. As for the name, guess.

Fennigins Fresh Fish  Fish Packing     Run by five Mississippian males who somehow (stoned out of their minds) traveled from Biloxi Mississippi to Oahu Hawaii in a shrimp boat. Read them as well... Beatniks comes to mind.

Grass Skirt                   Nightclub          Upper class nightclub with a certain reputation (anything for a price, other than children. You want it? It costs, cash only.) Somewhere in or around Honolulu.

Paula Paula                  Company          Inter-Island Transport company working out of Molokai, Hawaii as far North as Midway Island.

Split Palm Resort         Resort               A low-middle class tourist resort. Famous for the four lightning spit palm trees (still living) in its front. In Kualoa Point, Oahu.

                                                                On Dendrobium Lane.

Wambenger Engineering                      Converted Copra warehouse. A base for Hawaiian island

                                       Company          and Aircraft repair / construction. One of the native Hawaiian insurgents intelligence & supply bases. 93 Naupaka Street.

Misc-Other                    Is                                   Description

Burat Maru                    Ship                  Cipangu Merchant that brought Oharu near Spontoon. Blown up and sunk.

Three Moons                Ship                  Freighter Molly Procyk stowed away upon.

Three Duces Engineering                    Aircraft repair company on St. James. Fairly good.  

                                      Company

USS Gummy Rose       Ship                  Sugar Freighter running from Hawaii to San Dago and back. Quietly owned by America’s espionage community. One could be cut to pieces upon its deck in daylight, or towed behind as shark bait and no record of anything, much less your having ever stepped aboard its deck would ever be found.

The London Illustrated Political Progress Weekly

                                      Newspaper       One of the many publications Killian Whitehall wrote for.

South Thomas Island   Place               ‘An out of the way little spit of land known more for its laid back party hardy attitude than high technology.’ West South West of Spontoon.

San Frisco Eclectic Examined              American Newspaper concentrating upon the Occult and Mad Scientists. Heavy readership (much as the New York Thymes.) Reporter Louise Huntley was sent to Cranium Island under the personal protection of one Biff Armstrong (insert belly laugh here.)

Barker Island                Place                A sandy spit of thieves and traders. West of Spontoon. 

Brotherhood of the Boneless              A world-wide collection of fur and exotic materials traders. Basically they are poachers of intelligent furs, rendering them for their component parts then selling them on the black market. They do not deal in slaves, only ‘product.’ In one form or fashion they have been around as long as China has had civilization. Most likely longer. At least three ‘Houses’ are so far mentioned. One in New Jersey, America, one in Berlin, Germany and one in Qiqihar, China. They do not exist in or around Spontoon and in fact have warned their members off since the excellent work of one detective. Ken Fletcher OFFICIALLY prefers that this group does not make any further appearance upon Spontoon Island. Please honor his wishes. THIS GROUP WAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AUGUST 04, 2007 C.E.

Mettiewin Goldshark Mayfly                 ref: Metro Golden Mayer 

                                      Company

Mark Seven Orscalator Machine           A very large, extremely complex machine to be found on Cranium Island. A finicky, fragile machine. Yet when working it is able to re-code a subjects DNA, somewhat controllably. Usually. Maybe. Well, it has worked right once. Honest. We think.

Messing with the Tourists Minds         Is considered a HIGH ART on Spontoon.

                                      Game

Pair of Dice Island       Place                Very small island, maybe 300 inhabitants, somewhere West of Spontoon.