Tortuga is the last major settlement still resisting Blackbeard's undead forces. In Windrose's alternate history, Tortuga has been reimagined from its historical role as a freewheeling pirate haven into a besieged outpost where the living make their last stand against the dead.
Role in the game
Tortuga functions as a hub location. It provides access to traders, quest-givers, and services that supplement the player's own base. As the closest thing to civilization left in the game world, it is where story threads converge and where the player receives major quest lines.
Defenses
The settlement maintains fortifications against both land and sea attacks. Walls, cannon emplacements, and a small defensive fleet protect the harbor. The state of these defenses likely changes as the story progresses, with the player's actions potentially strengthening or failing to prevent incursions.
Population
Tortuga shelters survivors from across the Caribbean. Former pirates, merchants, soldiers from the destroyed British Navy, and civilians have gathered behind its walls. NPCs in Tortuga offer quests, sell goods, and provide information about the wider world.
Historical basis
The real Tortuga (modern-day Ile de la Tortue, Haiti) rose to prominence in the 1630s as a base for buccaneers preying on Spanish shipping. The game takes this historical foundation and warps it through its alternate-history lens, keeping the Caribbean pirate flavor while adding supernatural threats.