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Port Hope is a coastal merchant town located -190,-2550 on Hope island. Port Hope is a town under the British Empire and will therefore only accept citizenship to Players with a legitimate British Passport. Port Hope offers shops to rent, where merchants from around the seas can buy and sell their wares. While being a trade town, crime has always been a problem for the city to cope with, therefore the KOS<sup>(kill on sight)</sup> wanted board was set up in Nov. 2014, to bring criminals to justice. To aid in the hunt of criminals, the order of the protectors were established dec. 2014 and has since then been fighting the criminals who threatens peace in Port Hope. In oct. 2014, Port Hope won the BOTM<sup>(build of the month)</sup> competition due to it's prestigous and well crafted structures. | ''This page is about the Merchant port town, called "Port Hope" formerly known as "Port Hode".'' | ||
'''Port Hope''' is a coastal merchant town located -190,-2550 on Hope island. Port Hope is a town under the British Empire and will therefore only accept citizenship to Players with a legitimate British Passport. Port Hope offers shops to rent, where merchants from around the seas can buy and sell their wares. While being a trade town, crime has always been a problem for the city to cope with, therefore the KOS<sup>(kill on sight)</sup> wanted board was set up in Nov. 2014, to bring criminals to justice. To aid in the hunt of criminals, the order of the protectors were established dec. 2014 and has since then been fighting the criminals who threatens peace in Port Hope. In oct. 2014, Port Hope won the BOTM<sup>(build of the month)</sup> competition due to it's prestigous and well crafted structures. | |||
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'''<big>Etymology</big>''' | |||
When the island was first sighted it was named Hode, ''pronounced "Hoad"'', and coming from the norse word ''"harðr"'', or ''"hard"'' in english. It was named this way because of the heavy resistance of natives resisting to let go of their home, so due to the hard circumstances for the settlers, the Island was named Hode Island or ''"hard/rough Island"'' and soon after the [[settlement]] was named Hode too. | |||
During the reformation of the [[settlement]], transforming it into a merchant [[town]], many native german speakers would confuse the name with the German word ''"testicle"'', therefore putting the [[town]] in a awkward situation since many travellers were from German origin. To solve the situation the town council decided to rename the town and island, all hand in hand with the swearing of fealty to the Royal [[British Empire]]. Port Hode would no longer be known as ''"Hode"'', but ''"Hope"'' instead, Hope that everyone would forget about ''"testicle town"'' and hope towards future prosperity within the [[British Empire]]. | |||