"In those days it was not uncommon to see the galleys of the Freemen Privateers ease into the bay, sleek and riding low with booty. They hailed from such mysterious ports as Filman Orras, Fort By a Half, Dead Man's Story, and Exile; names that rang with adventure in the ears of a lad who had never seen his home city from outside its walls."

GotM, US HC, p.168