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[[Image:Regraf.PNG|thumb|A map of Shark Island on 16 April 2006 with "RE" cut into the jungle.]]
  
'''Shark Island''' is the name of the largest of the three islands off the west coast of Shartak, according to the [[Royal Expedition]]. Two of these bodies of land measure barely a dozen units at their widest, and should properly be referred to as islets. The largest stretches over fifty units along its main axis and more than a dozen at its waist and is an island proper.
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'''Shark Island''', roughly centered at {{map|70|568|26|416}}, is the name the [[Royal Expedition]] gives to the largest of the [[Western Islets|three land masses]] off the west coast of Shartak. In their view, the two smaller land masses should be called islets, since they measure barely a dozen units at their widest, and the largest should be called an island, since it is considerably larger than the others, being over fifty units long and almost twenty wide.
  
While no trees have been sighted, smaller banana and mango plants provide some fruit and demonstrate that the island could be cultivated at some future point.
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While [[Locations#Fruit trees and bushes|fruit trees and bushes]] are absent from the island, smaller banana and mango plants provide some fruit and demonstrate that it could be cultivated in the future.
  
== History and Discovery ==
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== History and discovery ==
The island was first visited by [http://www.shartak.com/profile.cgi?id=647 Morgan Freelance]. He had begun to suspect the existence of a smaller island off the west coast of the main island after noting that the Shartak logo contained a map, and that the 'S' of 'Shartak' all but obscured another land mass. On February 22 he [[Talk:Royal_Expedition#Old_Comments|announced]] his findings to other members of the [[Royal Expedition]] and set out. By February 26 he had set foot upon this new land, claiming it in the name of HRH.
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The first known visit to the island was made by {{profile|647|Morgan Freelance}} on 26 February 2006.<sup>[http://wiki.shartak.com/index.php?title=Royal_Expedition&diff=1954&oldid=1850]</sup> He had suspected its existence after noticing that the map in the Shartak logo appeared to contain an outline of a land mass behind the "S" in "Shartak". On 22 February he [[Talk:Royal_Expedition/Archive|announced]] his educated guess to other members of the [[RE]] and set out. He reached the island four days later, claiming it in the name of Her Royal Highness.
  
A second expedition was mounted, led by the formidable [http://www.shartak.com/profile.cgi?id=713 Grigoriy], which proceeded to map much of this new land and opened up the interior to further adventurers and explorers.
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A second expedition was mounted, led by the formidable {{profile|713|Grigoriy}}, which mapped much of the island and opened its interior for later adventurers and explorers.
  
It was with some surprise that they returned to discover that, in their absence, their findings had been appropriated by members of the [[Discordian Cargo Cult]]. The [[Discordian Cargo Cult|DCC]] had violated the spirit of discovery and taken to referring to the island by the title '[[La Islet Bonobo]]' and claiming the territory as their own.
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It was with some surprise that they returned to discover that, in their absence, their findings had been appropriated by members of the [[Discordian Cargo Cult]]. The DCC had violated the spirit of discovery by referring to the island as "[[La Islet Bonobo]]" and claiming it as their own.
  
[http://www.shartak.com/profile.cgi?id=647 Morgan Freelance] vowed to return and by 13 April had blazed the letters 'RE' into the jungle of the island, sufficient to be visible from satellite. His efforts were resisted by geurilla activity from [[Discordian Cargo Cult|DCC]] members, one of whom was slain in the ensuing skirmish. [http://www.shartak.com/profile.cgi?id=647 Morgan], himself, died shortly thereafter in a brutal retaliatory killing which has sparked a full scale conflict between members of both the [[Discordian Cargo Cult|DCC]] and the [[Royal Expedition|RE]]
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Morgan Freelance vowed to return and by 13 April had blazed the letters "RE" into the jungle of the island, sufficient to be visible from the sky. His efforts were resisted by guerilla activity from DCC members, one of whom was slain in the ensuing skirmish. Morgan himself died shortly thereafter in a brutal retaliatory killing which has sparked a conflict between members of both the DCC and the RE. Both groups have agreed that fights over the territory may only occur on the disputed territory, not on the mainland.
  
Both groups have agreed that the conflict shall only be prosecuted on the disputed territory, and that neither party shall pursue this matter on the mainland.
 
  
At the time of this writing, the island has been claimed as the territory of two clans: The [[Royal Expedition]], and the [[Discordian Cargo Cult]].
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== Current Events ==
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A freelance group containing sevral Outsiders,Pirates and 1 Native Have decided to blaze a highway to the Island. It is currently under construction now, and Full Details will be added upon its Construction. We will attempt to add it to the Map Project--[[User:BLooDCLotT|BLooDCLotT]] 01:23, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:23, 27 August 2007

A map of Shark Island on 16 April 2006 with "RE" cut into the jungle.

Shark Island, roughly centered at [-70.568,+26.416], is the name the Royal Expedition gives to the largest of the three land masses off the west coast of Shartak. In their view, the two smaller land masses should be called islets, since they measure barely a dozen units at their widest, and the largest should be called an island, since it is considerably larger than the others, being over fifty units long and almost twenty wide.

While fruit trees and bushes are absent from the island, smaller banana and mango plants provide some fruit and demonstrate that it could be cultivated in the future.

History and discovery

The first known visit to the island was made by Morgan Freelance on 26 February 2006.[1] He had suspected its existence after noticing that the map in the Shartak logo appeared to contain an outline of a land mass behind the "S" in "Shartak". On 22 February he announced his educated guess to other members of the RE and set out. He reached the island four days later, claiming it in the name of Her Royal Highness.

A second expedition was mounted, led by the formidable Grigoriy, which mapped much of the island and opened its interior for later adventurers and explorers.

It was with some surprise that they returned to discover that, in their absence, their findings had been appropriated by members of the Discordian Cargo Cult. The DCC had violated the spirit of discovery by referring to the island as "La Islet Bonobo" and claiming it as their own.

Morgan Freelance vowed to return and by 13 April had blazed the letters "RE" into the jungle of the island, sufficient to be visible from the sky. His efforts were resisted by guerilla activity from DCC members, one of whom was slain in the ensuing skirmish. Morgan himself died shortly thereafter in a brutal retaliatory killing which has sparked a conflict between members of both the DCC and the RE. Both groups have agreed that fights over the territory may only occur on the disputed territory, not on the mainland.


Current Events

A freelance group containing sevral Outsiders,Pirates and 1 Native Have decided to blaze a highway to the Island. It is currently under construction now, and Full Details will be added upon its Construction. We will attempt to add it to the Map Project--BLooDCLotT 01:23, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

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