This caused great tension between Kashiwara, Shimizu, and their superiors, eventually leading the decorated Major Tanida to kill several of his own men, whom he believed were traitors working for the Americans. With tarnished pride, loved ones dead and faith in their country crippled, they spared their comrades from the devastating news by sabotaging the radios and radio towers. However, just under a year after landing on the Rook Islands, the terrible news of Japan's bombings finally reached the island's radio station, Private Kashiwara, and Superior Private Shimizu. The soldiers were then able to build bunkers and fortifications across the island's perimeter with the natives effectively driven back. The natives were then forced to the centers of the isles, with some being imprisoned and most being killed. Rook Islands rumours and myths state that the ship was never found.Ĭenturies later, a Japanese Brigadier General named Takeo Masaki had his men land on the isles to start up a small air force/army base during World War II.

After a relatively minor battle, Zheng He wiped Lin Cong's empire from the island for good (with the help from the Rakyat who took the opportunity to rebel), but not before Lin Cong could seal away his most prized possession: the Chaoyang. At this point, Lin Cong and his men were considered lords of the islands (with Lin still in complete control), the island's newfound empire was short-lived, however, as a vengeful Zheng He returned for Chaoyang and his traitorous old ally. Once Lin Cong and his men secured and hid the ship, they set out to enslave the natives, the Chinese invaders forced the native slaves to build shrines as well as some towns and temples in his name.

After Zheng He left the islands, Lin Cong stole one of his colossal treasure ships, the Chaoyang, which contained massive amounts of gold and treasure collected by Zheng on his many voyages and promised his crew wealth and power which he promptly delivered. They proved an ideal location for one of his most loyal warriors - Lin Cong. In the 15th Century Zheng He, a Chinese explorer, passed the islands during a voyage to map the oceans.

However, lawless pirates and militiamen have since violently taken over the archipelago. The once peaceful archipelago used to belong to the thriving native tribes, most notably the Rakyat, who once controlled the islands in their entirety. They are filled with tropical forests, green grasslands, thick swamps and steep mountains, but years of violence and neglect have caused them to fall into a state of permanent turmoil. The Rook Islands were once considered a tropical paradise.

4 Aspects of the Rook Islands that resemble Indonesia.

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