Since I didn’t manage to get tickets for tonight’s show, I thought I’d take a moment to let those who are interested know something of the history of the Lufton Runner.
Built in 361 at the Bertlin Shipyards in Lufton, she was originally named the Fairwinds IV under the ownership of a group of wine merchants called the Sweet Sister Consortium. She made her first voyage that year, and arrived in such good shape, that her sailing master, Can Dotheo, decided to hire a Gurge Rider and risk a return trip, which was made successfully in 362:5.
On the return, the Sweet Sisters traded her to a group of Marble quarriers and merchants called Greystone. She was refurbish, her hull strengthened, and, filled with marble, she returned to Port Outreach in 363:4, still under the command of Can Dotheo. Upon arrival, he carried out a thorough check of her knees and braces, and decided he’d risk another return trip.
When she arrived back in Lufton in 363:13, he managed to trade his shares for full control of the ship, and renamed her the Lufton Runner. After being refurbished once more, she made her final trip to Port Outreach in 364:6 loaded with wine, cheese, marble, and various local Lufton fruits.
Her arrival was greeted with some celebration, and, after trading his cargo, Can Dotheo, by special arrangement with the Harbor Master, had her docked, took her as his dwelling, and applied for Port Outreach citizenship, which was granted in 365.
He remained there until his death in 419. He requested that after he passed, the ship go to, “Those who would put it to good use.” After much discussion among the City Council and the Harbor Master (and, according to some, a Touch performed by the Torchlight Drum Circle), it passed to the control of Congerstew, a hairstick therapist and music aficionado and her lover Crimfish. Within a few months, they had gathered a group of chronies dedicated to “good music and loud living.” Calling themselves the Lufton Collective, they opened Lufton Runner or The Luf to the public in AT 420.
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