Ships

The Ships are the traveling method on Seas. There are various types of ships

Overview

The owner of the ship is also its captain. He might be a merchant or he may be part of the nobility. If they belong to the former group, they will travel between all of the major cities or towns that have a marina, to sell or buy goods. If they belong to the latter group, they would typically recruit a deputy captain who was looking for a boat. Employees won’t be paid on a monthly basis. Instead, their salary would be paid for one to three years all at once.

Most of the time, the boat and the crew are tied together. You intend to purchase a vessel from a captain, but without the crew he had already hired, so the salary he had already paid will be his loss. Even for a member of the aristocracy, 80 gold royals isn’t a small amount of money.

Trivia

• When Roland and Barov were arguing turned out that after the trade with Willow Town at the beginning of the month, the town hall now has a balance of 315 gold royals, but if they spend half of it to buy a boat now, they won’t be able to pay the salaries of the militia.
• In this world ships are made of wood. Roland Wimbledon was the first person In this world to make a ship out of concrete.

References

Chapter 11 (novel)
Chapter 47 (novel)