: 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.
As they rebelled from being Tyr's prison colony in the
first place, they could well have attacked Tyr out of
revenge, sweet revenge.
Also, it makes sense for Leix to be an island,
as its the best place to put a prison colony - escape
is very hard. Ideally a larger island, as you can put
lots of prisoners there, and have enough land to farm &
be self-sustaining.
Once they'd rebelled, they would have control of whatever
ships were in port and become a naval power & hence be
called pirates.
Along the lines of your conspiracy theory - what kind of
place was Tyr to have such a sizable prison colony, when
other major cities such as Madrigal & Covenant apparently
didn't? Were homeless peasants banished to Leix for
stealing a loaf of bread?
