Talk:Briggs

I was under the impression that Briggs' original ship was a sailing ship. Before battling his crew, one of the crew members mentions that Champa had been building such ships already.
 * As you know, the ship wreckage at the cliffs between Indra and Osenia is the original ship that Briggs used. It was kind of a small ship, and as you can see from the wreckage it had two sails. One would have to presume that the way that ship was used was that the crew was using oars for propulsion, and the sails were used both for steering and for some extra propulsion. This more primitive Champa design is different from the radical-for-its-time Sailing Ship design that Alhafra made: a huge ship propelled entirely by catching the wind in its huge sails, without using any oars at all. That's pretty much the while idea going on there. The only unusual part is that the Alhafran design is the only one that's properly called the "Sailing Ship" while the other ones like what Briggs had are merely ships that sail. Erik Jensen (Appreciate me here!) 18:50, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Izumo trading
I thought I had Mind Read everyone in Champa and Izumo, and I never heard of any trading occuring between the two towns. Where does it say they traded? Phimi 22:56, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * In Izumo after the Serpent's been defeated, talk to the innkeeper from the side. He'll say the following line: "Briggs, from Champa, hasn't been by selling much fish lately, so our menu's suffered." And his Mind Read text is "If Briggs's ship doesn't come out soon, we won't be able to get any seafood. Until then, all we'll have to eat is freshwater fish." In other words, Briggs of Champa sells fish to the Izumoans, and I presume that's a main way Champa is sustained in terms of commerce. Erik Jensen (Appreciate me here!) 03:16, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Number of Sea Fighters
While it is completely clear that Briggs only had four Sea Fighters, before the battle there are four on deck yet there is one below deck with Briggs. One of the ones on deck even says there's one below deck.
 * Yeah, that scene makes it pretty unmistakable that there are at least 5. Is it possible that when Briggs calls down the Sea Fighters from above deck, three of them are willing to come down and fight while one of them flees for himself and leaves the group and town forever so that he won't get apprehended by the recently arrived Madrans? That idea can't be ruled out, I think... And I don't think it's provable anywhere that Briggs only has ever had a maximum of four, either. Erik Jensen (Appreciate me here!) 02:55, 30 June 2009 (UTC)