In seventeen fifty-two, Britain made a bold change to its calendar. For centuries, the nation had followed the Julian calendar, which was slightly out of sync with the real solar year. This discrepancy resulted in confusion and uncertainty about the proper date. To fix this issue, Parliament passed a revolutionary reform: the adoption of the Gregor
In the belly of 1781, a monstrous deed took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by callousness, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke|John|William], ordered that over 130 African captives be dumped overboard. This act was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by the desire to secure insurance payout for the lost slaves.
A whisper travels on the breeze, a tale spun from honeyed lies and tangled truths. It speaks of a river, its waters glinting with the allure of ecstasy. But within its depths lurks a darkness, a deceptive lure that promises wealth at the cost of souls. They say those who fall in its current are forever ensnared by the current's Molasses Catastrophe