Bankers Guild Builds/Funded Builds/Portavas/Charting the Seas

A Vessel Dedicated to Chart, Compass, and Discovery

The sea keeps its secrets only until someone dares to measure them.

The Daughter of the Sea now sails from Horizon's Edge as Portavas' foremost cartography vessel, dedicated to the careful exploration, surveying, and documentation of the nation's ever-changing waters. Built not for commerce or warfare but for discovery, she has become an indispensable tool in expanding the knowledge of sailors, merchants, and navigators alike.

Purpose-built for long-range surveying, the vessel's reinforced hull provides exceptional stability even in unsettled seas, allowing its crew to conduct precise measurements while underway. Every aspect of her construction has been guided by practicality, from her balanced rigging and efficient sail plan to the carefully designed working decks that give cartographers uninterrupted space to record observations, calculate bearings, and update charts as new discoveries are made.

Within the ship, dedicated workspaces house meticulously organised supplies of parchment, inks, measuring instruments, compasses, sextants, rope, and navigational equipment. Storage has been carefully planned to support lengthy expeditions along unfamiliar coastlines, isolated islands, hidden coves, and hazardous reefs, ensuring the crew can remain at sea for extended periods without sacrificing accuracy or comfort.

Watching over every voyage is the ship's weathered figurehead, a graceful sculpture known simply as The Daughter of the Sea. With her gaze fixed eternally upon the horizon, she has become both the vessel's namesake and its enduring symbol, representing guidance, vigilance, and the unending pursuit of knowledge beyond the next wave.

Since entering service, the Daughter of the Sea has steadily expanded Portavas' understanding of its surrounding waters. Previously unrecorded shoals, reliable anchorages, dangerous currents, and safe coastal passages have begun to appear upon increasingly detailed charts, providing invaluable guidance for merchant convoys, fishing fleets, naval patrols, and explorers alike. Each completed voyage adds another piece to an ever-growing archive of maritime knowledge, reducing the unknown one coastline at a time.

The Daughter of the Sea serves as a reminder that discovery is not won through conquest alone, but through patience, observation, and careful record keeping. Every chart she completes makes the waters of Portavas a little less mysterious, ensuring that future generations of sailors navigate not by guesswork, but by the hard earned knowledge of those who first dared to measure the sea.

Cost of Construction	1 Legend, 4 Myths
Location	PORTAVAS – Horizons Edge
Build Code	BG.FSM.64
Nation	Portavas
Balance Remaining	FULLY FUNDED

Contributions

Contributor	Source	Amount
Marisella “Mari” di Ravesso	Portavas	5 Sagas
Marisella “Mari” di Ravesso	Portavas	5 Myths, 15 Sagas
Captain Sheba de Golden Globes de Horizons Edge de Ravesso	Portavas	4 Myths
Hektor del'Drago, di'Azotar, d'Galene	Portavas	10 Myths
Marisella “Mari” di Ravesso	Portavas	1 Myth, 10 Sagas
Marisella “Mari” di Ravesso	Portavas	2 Myths, 10 Sagas
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