: Do we actually know that Maeldun found and attacked Leix?
: The flavour text merely mentions his anger at seeing
: Tyr destroyed and his desire to find Leix, but where
: is it recorded that he did so?
GURPS says that Maeldun "quickly exacted retribution" after making that quote.
: Also, if, as you say, the island is the location of Leix,
: why then would the pirates attack Tyr? Surely it would
: have made more sense for them to attack the
: potentially more lucrative in terms of plunder and
: closer Covenent. Still, if common consent is for the
: island to be Leix then I see no reason to disagree and
: am happy to go along with it.
Covenant might be better defended, and if the pirates are based off an island it might be more important (sometimes) to steal enough food to sustain them on the island for a few months, than to steal stuff they can actually sell. And Tyr is apparently the main market for most common foods.
Given how little information we have, though, you don't have to go along with "common consent" if you don't want to. If you want Leix to be a different island (there's a chain up by Willow," or part of the mainland, or even not a land at all but rather a region of ocean patrolled and owned by the pirates, feel free. :-)
--SiliconDream
